We are looking for a highly energetic, self-driven Project Manager to join our IT organization on a 2-year contract. As a Project Manager, you will play a strategic role within Filtrona. This position is crucial for creating and maintaining focus, enthusiasm, and momentum across a number of key projects.
The Project Manager is ultimately responsible for the successful delivery, coordination, and management of project interdependencies. In collaboration with product and technical experts, he/she will ensure the overall integrity and coherence of the projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define the scope and schedule of projects in collaboration with relevant SMEs, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and portfolio requirements.
- Plan and design project governance and structure, including the allocation of appropriate resources and skills.
- Proactively monitor project scope, progress, and timelines; address issues and remove impediments.
- Ensure that product or service delivery meets technical quality standards and business success criteria.
- Own risk management and initiate appropriate mitigation strategies.
- Manage third-party vendor contributions to the projects.
- Develop and manage budgets, monitor costs and expenditures, and track benefits realization as projects progress.
- Communicate effectively with all stakeholders and provide regular progress reports.
- Collaborate closely with the wider project management team to ensure alignment and manage dependencies at the portfolio level.
Key Requirements
- Experience in one or more of the following sectors: application lifecycle, service integration, data management, and virtualization.
- 8–10 years of experience successfully managing projects valued over USD 500K for multinational organizations.
- Hands-on experience delivering Business Process Re-engineering programs within mid-to-large global organizations.
- Strong skills in project budgeting, business case preparation, and managing RFP processes.
- Proven vendor management capabilities.
- Ability to foster a sense of community within project teams.
- Effective leadership, interpersonal, and communication skills; ability to manage by influence.
- Experience working with business users at various levels (executives, sponsors, SMEs, end users).
- Confidence and presence to engage with both business stakeholders and technical SMEs.
- Excellent negotiation and communication skills, with tact and diplomacy.
Preferred Skills
- Bachelor’s degree.
- Demonstrated knowledge of project management methodologies such as PRINCE2, PMP, and Agile.
- Experience managing geographically dispersed and cross-functional teams.
- Experience with global implementations.
- Change management skills are a plus; experience managing functional transformation projects (e.g., Sales Ops, Ops Excellence) is a bonus.
- Experience coordinating projects in environments with evolving or undefined processes.
