Project Manager
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Job Location:
The Hague - Netherlands
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
4 hours ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
- Manage and be accountable for a series of projects to client s 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 up-to-date 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 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 :
Mandatory:
- Bachelors plus 10 years of relevant experience.
- At least 9 years of experience in Project Management
- At least 9 years of experience leading cross-functional and multicultural teams in international ICT project environments with a proven ability to coordinate and align diverse team efforts to successfully deliver complex projects
- At least 9 years of experience presenting complex ICT project plans progress reports and outcomes in English to stakeholders including clients executives and cross-functional teams
- Managed minimum 5 end to end projects involving Commercial-off-the-Shelf software deployments Cloud deployment incremental software delivery ICT infrastructure deployment and/or service integration with external parties.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in working in an international environment and/or 2 years in EU institutions or bodies
- A minimum of 5 years of experience working in a highly regulated environment preferably in a public/government environment.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in standard project management tools such as MS Project
- Good knowledge of planning and estimation techniques
- Good knowledge of MS office including PowerPoint timelines and schedule visuals.
- Certification: PM Certification such as PRINCE2 Practitioner PMI PMP PM2 Certified or similar
Desirable:
- Good knowledge of structured approach to incremental software integration projects working with system integrators e.g. with an example of a service integration with a third party service provider
- Enterprise service bus integration with internal and external services
- Good knowledge of infrastructure projects i.e. projects with a scope to deliver (virtual) infrastructure connectivity and environments
- Good knowledge of Public IT procurement (EU) tendering processes and contract management throughout project lifecycles
Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Key Skills
- Project Management Methodology
- Project / Program Management
- Construction Estimating
- Construction Experience
- PMBOK
- Visio
- Construction Management
- Project Management
- Project Management Software
- Microsoft Project
- Project Management Lifecycle
- Contracts
About Company
Ar?s is a fully independent group of companies specialized in managing complex IT projects and systems for large organisations, focusing on state-of-the-art software development, business intelligence and infrastructure services. We are composed of 17 entities across 9 countries that ... View more
