Chapter Lead

Company Description

Do you want beneficial technologies being shaped by your ideas? Whether in the areas of mobility solutions, consumer goods, industrial technology or energy and building technology - with us, you will have the chance to improve quality of life all across the globe. Welcome to Bosch.

Job Description

You are accountable for enabling functional excellence within your Chapter, focusing on Organizational Agility and Project Management expertise; thus, you ensure we do ‘the thing right"; you work actively as an ATC or PJM with 50% of your capacity.

You as functional excellence master:  

• take responsibility that your specific Chapter reaches functional mastery
• translate functional priorities into training and enablement of your Chapter
• implement and ensure consistency of standards and governance, drive methodological approaches

You as people developer:

• ensure necessary resources are available at the required skill level for BD teams, manage capacity by recruiting & upskilling
• ensure excellent onboarding experience for newcomers and talent retention
• lead Chapter Members and ensure their continuous development
• align and grow new areas of expertise within your Chapter
• create an open and inspiring environment for learning and innovation

You as a communicator:

• represent the Chapter within the Chapter Area
• act as an expert and digital thought leader to help Alliance and Tribe Leads to identify the necessary expertise
• actively promote and drive agile ways of working
• foster exchange and collaboration to create alignment within the Chapter

Qualifications

Work related requirements

Essential

Education:

you have a completed bachelor’s degree in a relevant field

Working Experience:

• you have >3 years of leadership experience (e.g., project management, line mgmt., etc.)  in the IT or software industry (comprising a focus on technology and business) preferably with financial business responsibility
• you are a proven expert in Agility and Project Management having already:
  • structured and organized agile ways of working and fostered the agile mindset in a large team.
  • led mid to large-size projects and consulted customers to identify the fastest and most efficient way to implement their requirements.
  • defined and monitored key performance indicators/metrics to measure initiative successes and provided teams with methods to continuously improve performance
  • resolved issues and solved problems/created transparency on impediments and facilitated their removal
  • provided senior level presentations which may have included financials, resource needs, and progress on deliverables, risks, and issues.
  • led, coached, mentored, and motivated project team members on a proactive basis and by being a role model.
  • participated in the coordination and delivery of trainings for agile masters and/or project managers.
• you are an expert understanding of customer requirements, trends, methodologies, tooling, standards, and processes in the respective area of expertise
• you have experience in working in an agile environment with agile methodologies
• you have experience in defining and setting standards as well as improving methodological approaches within Chapter´s area of expertise

Knowledge/Skills:

Your personality:

• you have a positive, entrepreneurial, agile, and future oriented mindset e.g., focus on empowering and coaching the team, the ability to provide and receive constructive (also critical) feedback, create autonomy through alignment, prioritize pace over perfection and define success by delivered value
• you have a strong "grow by growing others" mentality
• you are passionate about technology, your Chapter’s area of expertise, have an eye for breakthrough innovations and the urge to offer your Chapter Members a functional harbor
• you are a strong communicator combined with high resilience and empathy

Your work style:

• you understand your contribution as “servant leader”, non-hierarchical leadership style, ability to motivate and empower your Chapter
• you solve conflicts with empathy and resilience, you deal with feedback in a constructive way
• you have a high interest in driving methodological approaches and standards

Additional Information