At Company on Finance industry (Contractor), in Lisboa, Portugal Expires at: 2025-08-19 Remote policy: Partial remote Seeking a project management service capable of making an immediate impact.
This service should have expertise in IT Infrastructure project delivery and possess excellent planning and reporting capabilities.
The service provider must also be able to implement disciplined project delivery using the Waterfall methodology.
The service will plan, budget, report, and track the project through standard project governance workflow tools, adhering to all the project stage gates.
The service will be required to direct the activities of technical staff who will scope, design, and implement the work.
Goals Management of one or more concurrent projects ranging from small-scale to large-scale projects involving Infrastructure Services (for example, storage and computing, networking, end-user computing, identity management, cloud services).
Delivery of projects on time, on budget, and on scope.
Establishment and active management of relationships with project stakeholders at all levels.
Assistance in the definition and documentation of project scope, objectives, timeline, and budget.
Preparation and maintenance of up-to-date project plans and budget forecasts for all aspects of the project delivery and active monitoring of project progress and actuals throughout the project lifecycle.
Preparation of high-quality project plans, 'plan on a page,' and status for executive reporting.
Preparation and chairing of regular project meetings and production of agendas and meeting minutes.
Establishment of formal and informal communications plans for each project.
Planning and coordination of resources across multiple providers both internal and external.
Rapid assimilation of the level of technical knowledge and resources required for each assigned project.
Capture and active management of risks, issues, and dependencies throughout project planning and execution.
Notification of stakeholders of risks and issues; working with the team on risk mitigation strategies, and escalation when necessary to resolve issues and blockers.
Development and refinement of project cost estimates and management and reporting on budget actuals vs forecast for the life of each project.
Preparation and seeking approval for project change requests for changes to project scope, schedule, or costs.
Delivery of projects adhering to Project Management Standards and Governance Frameworks.
Provision of supporting evidence of adherence to standards when requested.
Active driving of progress by coordinating, leading, and challenging the technical resources.
Working with technical resources and management to confirm and resolve priority issues when demand exceeds capacity.
Ensuring proper handover to BAU support and stakeholder sign-off before the project is closed.
Management of third-party vendor project engagements including preparation of Statement of Work (SOW) and purchase requisitions and ensuring invoices are approved and coded to the project as required.
Set up and manage project collaboration sites in SharePoint or Teams.
This role will report to the Manager of Project Management.
Main requirements Required skills Planning Cloud Data Center Project Management Waterfall PMP or Prince2 Infrastructure knowledge Reporting Budgeting
