Company Description
Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty. Merkle's expertise has earned recognition as a "Leader" by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit www.merkle.com.
We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join us! If you're passionate about technology, and ready to contribute to exciting projects, we'd love to have you on our team. You will be reporting to one of the Delivery Management Team Leads.
Job Description
You will:
Handle customer projects regarding scheduling, financial and content aspects.
Have full control of project planning, risk and scope management, project team leadership
Acknowledge and validate contractual details of the projects.
Accomplish daily project management activities.
Provide regular internal and external reporting of project status to different levels of stakeholders.
Obtain client acceptance for partial and complete delivery.
Deliver and lead medium to large sized projects or subprojects in a large program.
Deliver projects within the contracted time, quality and budget and to the company defined profitability level.
Manage local and remote team members and external suppliers.
Guide client and 3rd party team members towards project success.
Comply with our project management standards and processes.
Identify and unlock further business opportunities.
Provide consulting services.
Create concepts and specifications.
Communicate well with clients.
Support the acquisition process, and create offers.
Develop Merkle project management skills.
Be involved in mentoring for other Merkle project leads.
Qualifications
5 or more years of experience in Project Management
Fluent English, written and spoken
Sales and business mindset
Relevant university degree or other higher educational background
Team spirit – able to work in a regional and international team
Role model in your acting and performance
Relationship management – create relationships on all levels
Experience with full lifecycle of project management discipline, know-how of modern project methodologies (e.g. kanban, agile)
Experience managing software development and digital delivery projects (e.g. ecommerce, CRM, ERP, and CMS)
As an advantage: Certified in Project Management (Prince 2 practitioner, PMP, Agile PM Practitioner or other equal, Scrum Master, IPMA), German language
Additional Information
We do not sponsor work visa
For those who don't have Portuguese documents (NIF and NISS), we suggest you to search for more information at local country Social Security entities, and on SEF (Serviços Estrangeiros e Fronteiras), for possible roles in Merkle Portugal.
Benefits and perks:
The latest Technology & Latest IT tools
Software-house environment
Agile and Flexible working hours
Hybrid work system (remote friendly)
Digital nomad policy
Focus on career development
Health insurance (also included for the household)
Mental health support
Volunteer experiences and sustainable mindset
25 vacation days + 3 wellness days per year
Beers (after 6pm), foosball, and ping-pong! #workhardplayhard
Free breakfast every second Monday of the month
Employee discounts
Team & Company events
Merkle do not discriminate against job applicants on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Experience stipulated in this job description serves as a guide only and all applications will be considered on their merits, irrespective of experience.
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