Project Manager

Context of the job:

Our mission is to help people integrate technology into everyday life and to enable innovation through technology. We believe working in close cooperation with our clients and employees is the key to success; this means we offer people the best working environment in order to achieve the best results. We love entrepreneurial spirits and encourage people around us to be proactive and make the best decisions not only for business, but for their own personal development.

Our nearshore Romanian offices are located in Bucharest and Iasi and, with over 5000 team members at group level, we make sure we are always close to our customers.

Job mission:

The Project Manager is accountable for leading the full lifecycle management of one or more projects from requirements through to operational and commercial readiness.

Role involves managing key stakeholders across the business, owning communication and alignment between the business and Group Technology Operations teams at projects levels, accountable for delivering associated IT services tasks.

The Project Manager has accountability for ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery of new and enhanced products that meet expectations.

What will you do:

• Accountable for projects delivery
• Manages key stakeholders in the delivery chain of assigned projects
• Owns the communication and alignment between the Business and IT services management teams
• Plans and requests for resources to be allocated on the assigned projects
• Monitors progress on projects, addressing adjustments needed for successful delivery
• Ensures that projects are delivered according to standards, processes and governance
• Responsible for gaining investment approvals from customers and financial approval boards, ensuring budgetary and forecasting cycles are completed for planned investments
• Acts as an entry point for escalations to management
• Accountable for management reporting for assigned projects
• Focused on the permanent optimization as well as the further development of the current project processes

What we expect from you:

• At least 5 years’ experience working in an IT service transition business environment
• Strong experience in project management with strong service delivery and operational background
• Experience in IT Service provisioning
• Strong communication and decision-making skills with the ability to balance conflicting interests
• Knowledge of operational procedures and process standards (. ITIL)
• Fluent in English
• Experience of working in large multi-national, matrix-based organisations
• Experience in building and selling business cases for complex projects
• Well-developed technical knowledge across a broad range of IT topics
• Strong stakeholder management
• Experience in driving cost efficiencies within projects/sub-projects – budget owner up to €5m

Must have technical / professional qualifications:

• Networking/Computer Science engineering degree
• Project management skills (Prince2, PMI, Agile is a plus)
• ITIL V3 Foundation

What we offer:

• Flexible working environment within a dynamic team 
• We leave you room to balance your work and private life - 22 days as annual vacation + additional vacation days according to the internal policies
• Access to various training programs (soft and hard skills trainings, according to the internal policies)
• Continuous learning and improvement activities (reading groups, competency centers, video sessions on Pluralsight, Events: process related-Agile/Scrum/Kanban, coding oriented TDD Kata)
• Private Medical Subscription, Sanador/Medlife/Regina Maria Clinic - you can also register your family members at a preferential price
• Free Gym Subscription at Pescariu Sports & Spa (fitness, aerobic, pool) – according to the internal policies
• Preferential rates to 7Card subscription
• Pluralsight access
• Financial support for the birth of your child or unhappy events (for first and second-degree family)
• Benefit Online platform access
• Team events (teambuildings, team hangouts, Christmas party, etc.)