Our client in the Telecom sector is looking for a Senior Project Manager with experience in Data, more precisely Cloud Management and/or Data Analytics.

• Responsible to manage large and complex projects, to steer the virtual teams throughout the different departments.
• Responsible to ensure that the business or technical projects are delivered on -time, on-scope and on-budget while ensuring continuous alignment between the various stakeholders.

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 project plan that meets project objectives and 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 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 the Agile project methodology.
• Understand Cloud road maps & Cloud architecture principles.
• Affinity with content in specific data areas.
• Experience with frequent interactions with top management.
• Familiar with Office Tools : Word, Excel, MS-Access, MS Project and Powerpoint.

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