Project Manager Business

Mission context:

• A Project Manager ensures the project is completed on time and within budget, and that the project’s objectives are met (according to scope).

• Projects are separate to usual day-today business activities and require a group of people to work together to achieve a set of specific objectives.

• A Project Managers oversees the project to ensure the desired result is achieved, the most efficient resources are used and the different interests involved are satisfied.
  A Project Manager helps define and develop the project governance approach within the new Marketing & Communications department and shares best practices and know-how with their fellow project managers.
  

Function description:

A project manager is accountable for the realisation of one or more projects (*):

setup of the project:

• agree project objectives with management and stakeholders

• ensure project effort and cost estimation

• ensure project planning

• ensure project sourcing: setup of project staffing and/or sub-contracting

monitoring of the project:

• ensure availability of all project deliverables, observing scope, quality (a.o. functional requirements, work orders towards internal or external suppliers), costs and deadlines as foreseen in the plans

• ensure that all objectives and requirements are taken into account

• monitor and manage all risks related to the project

respect of rules and standards:

• ensure application of the gating principles at the different project stages

• ensure that all involved parties, including sub-contractors, adhere to enterprise rules and standards (including Compliance, Permanent Control and Operational Risk)

documentation and reporting on the project:

• ensure that the different project documents are created and maintained during the project’s life to reflect all changes occurred

• publish the regular progress reports

• contribute to the preparation of the project steering committees

representation of the project:

• participate in the project steering committees and other appropriate meetings

• ensure communication between the business and the different stakeholders

handover of the project deliverables:

• continuously align and share information during the project with the parties who will ensure

• the “run” activity once the project is finished, handover at the end of the project

He/she manages functionally (on content) the team assigned to his/her project. Project managers typically lead by example.

He/she will actively contribute to defining and improving the project governance approach within the newly created Marketing & Communications department, and share their know-how and best practices with other (more junior) project managers.

Required experience / knowledge

Technical experience:

Mandatory:

• Experience in project management methods, processed and tools

• Experience in the concerned domain(s)
  Experience in Agile environments
  Preferable:

• Adobe Campaign
  
  

Business experience:

Mandatory:

• Experience managing complex projects and working in rapidly evolving working environments.

Preferable:

• Marketing & Communications projects.

• Experience in financial industry.
  
  

Soft Skills:

Communicative, strong networking, stakeholder management and negotiation skills
Organised, methodical and rigorous
Creative, solution oriented
Teamplayer (motivating and listening abilities)
Able to make decisions