Senior Project Manager

Company Overview

Electra is committed to accelerating the world's transition to electrification, driving sustainability, and fostering eco-friendly innovation. We aim to be the brainpower behind tomorrow's battery management systems by utilizing advanced artificial intelligence and machine learning to design, analyze, and control optimized electric drivetrains. Our Focus is on the automotive industry, particularly electric vehicle manufacturing, EV battery software, connected mobility, fleet management, and analytics. Although we are currently focusing on the Automotive sector, Electra's technology can be deployed in the Aerospace, Robotics, Grid, and other industries that are rapidly transitioning into clean energy.

We have recently completed our Series A and are now scaling the organization to develop and meet our customer's overwhelming demand for our technology. Our team is rapidly growing, and that is why we need you!

Please submit your resume in English to be considered for this position. Candidates based in Italy will be given preference.

Position Overview

As the Senior Project Manager at Electra, you'll dive into the heart of innovation as you help our tech team build, deploy, and maintain cutting-edge software solutions for our elite clients. As the orchestrator of all things Scrum within Electra's PMO, you'll be at the forefront of driving collaboration and efficiency. If you are passionate about shaping the future of sustainable energy and have a proven track record in technical project management, we want to hear from you!

Key Responsibilities:

• Creating and managing schedules, logistics, and releases to customers for various Technology projects
• Identifying and communicating project-related risks to stakeholders
• Leading teams in identifying and implementing risk mitigation measures
• Managing all customer communications and leading customer meetings for projects
• Managing the Scrum process for assigned internal & customer projects, including planning sessions, standups, demos, and retrospectives
• Working with product managers and technical leads on prioritizing activities for team sprints
• Designing and implementing continuous process improvement activities
• Implementing and reporting dashboards to provide a department-wide overview of projects and high-level status for the Executive team

Qualifications and Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related fields or higher
• Proven experience in project management for software development in a startup environment.
• Strong leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and guide project teams to success
• Expert in Scrum or other Agile methodologies with a high level of fluency in Atlassian Jira and Confluence
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage and influence stakeholders at all levels
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced and startup environment

Nice to haves:

• Project Management Professional (PMP) active certification
• Exposure to automotive cloud/embedded development

Why join Electra Vehicles?

• Join a global team on a mission to revolutionize energy storage!
• Backed by top-tier investors such as Stellantis & Blackberry
• Mold the culture and journey of a growing organization
• Competitive compensation package
• Equity options for all employees
• Generous paid time off policy
• Employee micro-bonus program
• MacBook or Windows PC, you choose!
• Remote-first culture

Do you meet most, but not all, of the qualifications for this role? No worries - we invite you to still apply if you think you'd be a great match!

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