We are currently looking for a Project Manager to join our growing team in one of the most biggest European organizations.
Tasks:
- Manage and be accountable for a series of projects to Clients project management standards specifically concerned with integrating internal developed components and services and with external services.
- Ensure regular status communication updates to ICT management in accordance with accepted reporting standards at the deadlines requested.
- Maintain good working relationships with Business and ICT colleagues and external parties.
- Facilitate the setting up of meetings; undertake meeting minutes creation and distribution;
- Support the programme manager (Stream Leader) in all project dimensions when required;
- Follow the guidance provided by PMO Head of Team and the Stream Leader.
- Strengthen project governance implementation through chairing meetings when needed checkpoints and boards of assigned projects keeping stakeholders informed with uptodate information at all times and ensuring appropriate decision making;
- Ensure that all relevant project management documentation including a realistic plan and Gantt chart agreed among the project stakeholders is in place in the project management system at any given time. This includes participating directly in the production of project management deliverables;
- Ensure that the Gantt chart is always updated and showing reality;
- Manage the implementation of information systems to meet identified business needs acquiring and utilising the necessary resources and skills within agreed parameters of cost timescales and quality;
- Facilitate the production and approval of project deliverables at the specified quality level and in accordance with the project implementation plan;
- Track and monitor project implementation in accordance with the scope budget and person days specified in the project implementation documentation;
- Participate in identification and handling of dependencies issues and risks affecting the project;
- Proactive accountability and ownership of any risks and issues identified. Provide mitigation strategies and ensure that when required they are implemented or if required effectively escalated through the established governance (Stream leader ICT Management Steering Committees Portfolio Boards etc.);
- Monitor of the budget and resources available to the project reporting to the Stream Lead (Budget holder) and support PMO undertaking steps to correct deviations either through the financial procedures or through resource management processes;
- Interact and communicating with the Clients relevant internal stakeholders for the purpose of project implementation and monitoring including regular project progress reporting;
- Supervise the delivery of products and services by external suppliers in accordance with the contracts in place addressing and resolving issues and risks related to the relationship with those suppliers;
- Facilitate PMO initiatives on estimating costs timescales and resource requirements for yearly demand cycle.
Qualifications :
Who you are:
Mandatory:
- Bachelor plus minimum of 10 years of experience as an IT professional working in a mediumlarge enterprise ICT environment
- Fluency in English to at least B2/C1 level according to the CEFR (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages).
- At least 9 years of experience in Project Management
- Managed a minimum of 5 endtoend projects involving:
- CommercialofftheShelf software deployments
- Cloud deployment
- Incremental software delivery
- ICT infrastructure deployment
- Service integration with external parties
- Experience managing cloud (implementation) projects and delivering cloud services effectively ensuring they meet client requirements and align with business goals
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in:
- Working in an international environment and/or 2 years in EU institutions or bodies
- Working in a highly regulated environment preferably in a public/government environment
- Using standard project management tools such as MS Project
- Professional Knowledge:
- Good knowledge of planning and estimation techniques
- Good knowledge of MS Office including PowerPoint timelines and schedule visuals
- Strong foundation in IT and basic cloud concepts including familiarity with different cloud service models (IaaS PaaS SaaS) and providers (AWS Azure GCP)
- Certification:
- PM Certification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner PMI PMP PM2 Certified or similar
Desirable:
- Foundation Cloud Certifications and foundational understanding of the major cloud platforms
- Good knowledge of:
- Structured approach to incremental software integration projects working with system integrators including service integration with a thirdparty service provider
- Enterprise service bus integration with internal and external services
- Infrastructure projects specifically those delivering (virtual) infrastructure connectivity and environments
- Public IT procurement (EU) tendering processes and contract management throughout project lifecycles
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime