Senior Project Manager, PMO

Job descriptions may display in multiple languages based on your language selection. What we offer: At Magna, you can expect an engaging and dynamic environment where you can help to develop industry-leading automotive technologies. We invest in our employees, providing them with the support and resources they need to succeed. As a member of our global team, you can expect exciting, varied responsibilities as well as a wide range of development prospects. Because we believe that your career path should be as unique as you are. Group Summary: Magna is more than one of the world’s largest suppliers in the automotive space. We are a mobility technology company built to innovate, with a global, entrepreneurial-minded team. With 65+ years of expertise, our ecosystem of interconnected products combined with our complete vehicle expertise uniquely positions us to advance mobility in an expanded transportation landscape. Job Responsibilities: The Senior Project Manager is accountable for the end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional IT projects and strategic initiatives. The role partners with business and IT stakeholders to define requirements, establish delivery strategies, manage execution, and ensure that projects achieve agreed business outcomes. The Senior Project Manager ensures alignment with Magna IT strategy, PMO governance standards, financial commitments, security requirements, and organizational priorities. Major Responsibilities Lead the end-to-end delivery of complex IT projects and strategic initiatives across multiple business functions, regions, and technology domains. Ensure alignment with business and IT strategy, clearly defined success criteria, expected business value, and measurable benefits realization. Establish and maintain integrated project plans covering scope, milestones, budget, resource demand, risks, issues, dependencies, quality, and delivery commitments in accordance with PMO governance standards. Support IT portfolio planning, prioritization, and transparency Prepare and lead steering committee meetings, present concise executive-level status reports, facilitate decisions, and escalate material risks or issues with clear recommendations. Develop and execute stakeholder engagement, communication, organizational change, training, and adoption plans in partnership with business and change-management stakeholders. Select and tailor waterfall, agile, or hybrid delivery approaches based on project objectives, delivery risk, organizational readiness, and governance requirements. Mentor project managers, share delivery best practices, conduct project health reviews, and act as an escalation point for complex delivery challenges. Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO processes, tools, and governance. Own project financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, cost tracking, and variance analysis, and ensure timely corrective action where required. Define project resource requirements, secure commitments from functional teams, monitor capacity constraints, and resolve resource conflicts through appropriate governance channels. Manage third-party vendors and implementation partners, including deliverables, dependencies, commercial commitments, performance, and contractual escalations in collaboration with Procurement and Legal. Ensure compliance with PMO governance, project approval requirements, architecture standards, cybersecurity controls, data privacy requirements, audit expectations, and applicable corporate policies. Maintain transparent decision, risk, issue, dependency, and action logs, and ensure timely escalation with clear impact assessments and recommended actions. Conduct objective project health assessments and lead recovery planning for initiatives that deviate from approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, or expected outcomes. Qualifications and Education Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business Administration, or a related disci…

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