Project Manager
Porto
Porto, Porto, Portugal Job Description:
OLR teams consist of highly talented, disciplined, committed, and capable professionals in their own discipline. They are organising, adaptable, and functional. The OLR approach to delivery and operations is built on 20 years of leading global omnichannel solutions across a range of industries. OLR continuously learns, improves, and evolves through each engagement while staying at the forefront of ideas, technology, and a sustainable approach.
We are looking for a Project Manager to facilitate successful implementations of Oracle Retail software by employing proven project management skills. With offices and projects worldwide, occasional travel may be necessary.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
- Constantly provide leadership to both OLR and client project team members.
- Define and maintain project objectives, scope, organization, timelines, and overall approach.
- Maintain open communication with consultants, on-site, through formal and informal outlets.
- Provide management and produce deliverables related to the Software Development and Project Management Life Cycles, overseeing all development and project deliverable work as defined in the RACI Matrix.
- Work with staff to ensure professional development and ongoing growth and improvement.
- Develop and monitor implementation project plans, including management of staffing, timeline, and budget considerations.
- Build and maintain strong client relationships conducive to incremental business development.
- Monitor project progress against the plan for effectiveness and accuracy.
- Conduct constructive meetings with the client and project teams.
- Motivate project team by providing guidance, timelines, and direction.
- Compile project status reports and ensure proper distribution to OLR and clients.
- Facilitate the logging, reporting, and resolution of application issues during project execution.
- Monitor project teams' schedules to ensure project progress while considering staff time off requests.
- Coordinate with the technical team the live assessments to determine the readiness of the system as well as client and support teams.
- Indirectly supervise project team, including, but not limited to, Business Consultants, Technical Consultants, and Technical Infrastructure Consultants.
Essential Skills:
- Demonstrable project management record in successful scale software implementation.
- Proven experience leading teams remotely.
- Experience in participating in meetings with senior management.
- Comprehensive knowledge of the practices, procedures, and principles of project management.
- Understand and demonstrate financial responsibility.
- Effectively identify, escalate, and manage risks.
- Ability to be flexible and adapt to change in a complex global organization.
- Professional approach when dealing with internal and external customers, including clear and concise written and verbal communication skills.
- High degree of initiative, accuracy, efficiency, and attention to detail.
- Ability to maintain a positive attitude under stressful circumstances.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality when dealing with sensitive information.
- Proficient with MS Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio).
- Exceptional time management skills.
- PMP certification beneficial.
Education and Experience:
- Bachelor's degree in a Business, Computer Science, or related field.
- 4+ years of consulting experience or participation in scale IT projects.
- 2+ years of experience leading a team.
Benefits:
- Private Health Insurance
- Private Life Insurance
- Flex Benefits monthly allowance
- Work-from-home friendly
- Coffee, Tea, and Water in the office
- Different social events with a lot of food
- Great Collaborative environment
- Training and developing
- Employer Benefits Program
- A Certified Great Place to Work
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