Senior Project Manager (Cloud Management and Data Analytics)

  • Location

    Brussels Capital

  • Sector:

    Information Technology

  • Job type:

    Contract

  • Salary:

    Negotiable

  • Contact:

    Astrid Destexhe

  • Contact email:

    Astrid.Destexhe@volt.eu.com

  • Job ref:

    77320-ITBEL-ASD_1603788886

  • Published:

    over 3 years ago

  • Duration:

    6 months

  • Expiry date:

    2020-12-26

  • Start date:

    asap

For our customer based in Brussels, we are looking for a Senior Project Manager with experience in Data, more precisely Cloud Management and Data Analytics


Required Responsibilities:

Scope management:
- To ensure that the needs of the internal clients are taken into account and that the business/technical solutions are delivered in line with the agreed requirements. To challenge requested scope changes and this during the duration of the project.

Cost management:
- To define together with all involved parties the needed project budget.
- To ensure you get this budget approved by all necessary "governance bodies".
- To identify timely budget variances and to challenge them avoiding your projects exceeds their budget.

Time Management
- To define in cooperation with your project team a clear and realistic project plan that meets project objectives and clearly identifies the
expected results and the associated resources.
- To commitment from the different departments on the expected results.
- To challenge the various parties involved ensuring delivery within agreed time frame.

Risk Management:
- To avoid problems by identifying pro-active risks/issues and initiating timely the appropriate actions.
- To escalate timely project problems to line management and /or project stakeholders ensuring they can still take appropriate action
within their organisation.

Reporting and Communication:
- To liaise on a continuous basis with management from the impacted departments avoiding surprises by ensuring they are "at any time"
fully aware of the project status.

People Management:
- To provide day-to-day management and coaching of one or more virtual teams

Degree & Experience:

- Minimum 10 years proven experience as dedicated Project Manager in complex environments, of which at least 5 years in data or cloud environment
- Proven successful management for multiple End-To-End major business/technical projects involving IT development

Technical skills:

- Experience with Agile way of working
- Understand Cloud road maps & Cloud architecture principles
- Familiar with Project Management methodologies PMI, Prince 2
- Familiar with Office Tools : Word, Excel, MS-Access, MS Project and Powerpoint
- Specific affinity with content in specific areas
- Experience with frequent interactions with top management

Attitudes/Behavior:

- Proven leadership skills to manage effectively virtual project teams & multiple stakeholders in senior management positions, both
business and technical
- Dealing with uncertainty and able to show expected composure in a continuous changing environment
- Dealing with ambiguity and conflict management
- Autonomy
- Initiative taker
- Result driven
- Solution oriented
- All-round, able to manage all types of projects, business and technical

Languages:

- English
- Dutch
- French