Hybrid Project Manager

at TomTom

• Job title: Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Java, PMP, Python, SQL
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Pune, India

About the role

• Project Manager managing the operational delivery of projects in a technical map-making environment at TomTom. Leading project execution, risk management, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end operational delivery of projects, ensuring successful realization against customer requirements for content, quality, timeline, and budget.
• Drive projects across the full lifecycle—definition, planning, execution, delivery, and aftercare—using structured project management methodologies and tools.
• Lead day-to-day project execution, ensuring milestones, dependencies, risks,and resources are actively managed and controlled.
• Proactively identify risks, issues, and constraints, define practical mitigation plans, and ensure timely resolution without impacting delivery commitments.
• Organize and facilitate regular project, operational, and stakeholder status meetings, ensuring clarity, alignment, and decision ownership.
• Deliver clear, accurate, and data-driven project reporting to internal stakeholders, senior leadership, and external partners.
• Define,monitor, and continuously improve project KPIs, ensuring performance,quality, and efficiency targets are met.
• Act as a subject-matter expert, driving engineering and tooling priorities based on operational needs and customer impact.
• Ensure compliance of automated and manual workflows, validating quality, process adherence, and governance standards.
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams (Engineering, Operations, Quality,Product, Platform) to drive alignment and execution efficiency.
• Manage external suppliers and partners, ensuring contractual deliverables,quality standards, and timelines are met.
• Manage operational and organizational change impacts, ensuring smooth adoption of new processes, tools, or delivery models.
• Take a hands-on approach to close execution gaps where required, especially during critical delivery phases.
• Challenge the status quo, identify inefficiencies, and drive continuous improvement across business and operational processes.
• Apply data analytics and operational insights to support decision-making,root-cause analysis, and process optimization.
• Lead complex problem-solving efforts, taking new perspectives where precedents do not exist.
• Serve as a mentor and escalation point for less experienced project managers and team members.
• Operate independently in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment, demonstrating accountability, ownership, flexibility, and resilience.
• Foster team motivation, engagement, and performance, creating a culture of ownership, quality, and delivery excellence

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree, preferably in IT, Engineering, or Geographical Sciences
• 12–15 years of proven project management experience in a technical or operational map-making environment
• PRINCE2,PMP, or equivalent Project Management certification
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies (PMI, Agile, or hybrid)
• Experience with Lean and Six Sigma quality management practices
• Domain experience in GIS, Mapping, or Navigation (preferred)
• Working knowledge of: QGIS, ArcGIS, OSM iD Editor, Java-based map editing tools
• FME Workbench (basic)
• Python and SQL scripts (basic understanding)
• Experience managing complex, global projects across multiple regions and time zones
• Proven ability to handle multiple assignments in a fast-paced environment
• Experience managing vendors, external stakeholders, and partners (strong plus)
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• High energy, self-starter mindset, and strong sense of ownership
• Ability to work effectively in multicultural, cross-functional teams
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint),
• Basic understanding of JIRA and Power BI for project tracking, reporting, and insights
• Strongly quality- and process-focused, with a proactive and solution-oriented mindset
• Advanced proficiency in English