Program / Project Manager - Transformation Office

Company Description

Work smart, have fun and make an impact!

Our purpose is to guide all companies toward a sustainable world. EcoVadis is the leading provider of business sustainability ratings. Our solutions are backed by an international team of experts and powerful technology. We analyze data and build sustainability scorecards that give companies actionable insights into their environmental, social and ethical risks. 

Why apply to EcoVadis? Be a part of the global sustainability change in business. Grow your career. Work with extraordinary people. Feel valued for your contribution.

Learn more about our team and culture on EcoVadis careers page.

Job Description

The Transformation Office operates within the Corporate Development Department, which is tasked with fueling the company's growth through strategic insights, actionable frameworks, and robust operational support. The department focuses on three main areas:
- Company Strategy, External Growth & Advocacy
- Business Transformation & Change Management
- Corporate Governance, Quality & Data Protection.

The Transformation Office (TO) leads important transversal projects that help our organization grow and work more effectively. These projects include:

- Departmental reorganization: Adjusting team structures to streamline operational workflows
- Tool Implementation or expansion: Introducing new tools or improving existing ones to meet compliance standards and enhance productivity
- Efficiency enhancements: Leveraging internal analytics and advanced process mining to uncover and leverage efficiency opportunities.
- Change Management: Crafting and applying strategies to accelerate change adoption and improve satisfaction among stakeholders.

The objective of this role will be to:

• Effectively lead transformational projects and programs.
• Develop internal project management capacity by mentoring and supporting project managers.
• Improve the quality of program and project preparation, execution and documentation, increasing our project knowledge base, and aggregating project information.

Responsibilities:

• Lead program/project, guiding multi-disciplinary team members and engaging with stakeholders to facilitate their advice/decision-making.
• Contribute to and lead key TO tasks supporting project mangers, including training sessions, lessons learned discussions, facilitating team meetings, and organizing and updating portfolio information.
• Conduct project reviews and post-project assessments, evaluating guidelines, best practices, and template adherence.
• Identify areas for improvement and update project materials, templates, and guidelines.
• Conduct research, gather data, and prepare reports or presentations on project-related topics, such as planning and progress, risks, budget, resource allocation, communication, and stakeholders.
• Own our project management tool (Wrike)

Qualifications

• At least 7+ years of practical experience managing projects, preferably in large, complex  and multicultural environments
• Experience managing programs and reporting progress to various stakeholders
• Developing or participating in the definition of project management frameworks and standards within an organization.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies/frameworks (Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid, Kanban), change management, and best practices.
• Excellent communication skills in English (both written and oral) are a must for collaborating effectively with managers and stakeholders.
• Ability to work autonomously and foster collaboration in a remote and international context.
• Bachelor's degree in business administration, project management, or a related field.
   

Additional Information

• Location: Barcelona
• Start date: ASAP

In return for your expertise, we offer:

• Support with all the necessary office and IT equipment
• Flexible working hours
• Wellness allowance for mental and physical wellbeing
• Access to professional mental health support
• Referral bonus policy
• Learning and development 
• Sustainability events and community involvement
• Peer recognition program
• Employee-led resource groups
• Hybrid work organization (from the office or from home)
• Remote work from abroad policy
• Meals and Transportation Vouchers (Cobee card)
• Dental Benefits 
• Life & Accident Insurance + Private Health Insurance
• Paid employee volunteer day
• Paid moving day (1/year)
• Time off: 1 Community Service Day + 1 Personal Day
• Summer Hours in July and August (36 hours per week)
• Hybrid Monthly Allowance for electricity and Internet

Our hiring team looks forward to reviewing your CV and cover letter with a guaranteed response to every application. A new job with purpose awaits you!

Don’t fit all the criteria but still think you’d be a good candidate? Please apply anyway to give our hiring team the opportunity to assess your skills and to learn more about what you could bring to EcoVadis. We’re interested in hiring capable people, regardless of professional and educational background.

Can the hiring process be adjusted to suit my needs? Yes. We want everyone going through the hiring process with EcoVadis to feel confident that you are able to demonstrate your full potential. We welcome applications from disabled people, people with long-term health conditions, and neurodiverse candidates. If you need any adjustments, including the provision of interview questions, please let the hiring team know.

Our team’s strength comes from everyone’s uniqueness and is founded upon mutual respect. EcoVadis commits to equity, inclusion and reducing bias in our hiring processes. EcoVadis does not accept any form of discrimination based on color, national or ethnic origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, beliefs, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, neurodiversity, disability, parental status, or any other protected characteristic that makes you unique. In your application, we encourage you to remove personal information such as: photographs, marital status, number of children, religion, gender, residential postal code, university graduation date, past medical or parental leave(s) taken, nationality (instead, please state if you are legally eligible to work in the job region/country), university name (instead, please state any degrees obtained and the study major).