Senior Technology Project Manager

Are you interested in working with a leading technology player, the global leader in the assessment and certification of professional skills industry with presence in more than 200 countries worldwide? If so, this is the chance to apply now! 📥

PeopleCert is looking for a Senior Technology Project Manager who will be responsible for managing key organization projects. Project management responsibilities include the coordination and completion of projects on time within budget and within scope. The successful candidate should set deadlines, assign responsibilities, monitor and summarize project progress providing reporting to the Project Manager Team Leader regarding their status.

As a Senior Technology Project Manager, your tasks will include the following:

• Manage projects lifecycle from initiation to closing phase using Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Collaborate with stakeholders in project initiation phase to define scope and requirements ensuring the success of business case
• Handle project communications and perform stakeholder engagement
• Work closely with Software Architects, Business Analysts, internal and external engineering teams to provide feasibility study and technical design assessment, as well as to define project development activities
• Ensure detailed project, implementation or actions plans are created for the duration of each project as appropriate, in order to monitor and track progress
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Ensure monitoring of progress against all projects, is timely and accurate, enabling sponsors and stakeholders have visibility and sufficient information to make the required decisions
• Perform risk management and apply mitigation strategies to minimize project risks
• Encourage knowledge transfer and lessons learnt activities within the PMO and business project teams to drive best practice
• Work effectively in a team environment and liaise with other teams, in order to get the job done and reach the best possible results
• Carry out any reasonably allocated duties and tasks, relevant to the role and the scope of activities by applying a flexible & adaptable customer centric approach to serve PeopleCert’s multinational presence and global operations across multiple time zones

What we look for:

• University Degree in Informatics Technology, Engineering or relevant field, Postgraduate Degree will be considered a plus
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in Project Management
• Excellent command of the English language (C2 level certification desired, LanguageCert C2 LTE or C2 IESOL certificate would be a plus)
• Project management certification (e.g. PRINCE 2, PMP, CAPM) is required. IT Governance & Service Management (e.g. ITIL) is desirable
• Experienced user of MS Project and MS Office toolset (Word, Excel and PowerPoint)
• Experience in online project management tools e.g. JIRA, Wrike is desirable
• Software development experience and understanding of all aspects of Software Development Lifecycle is required
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• Well organized, self-driven, flexible and able to work in a high-volume, fast-paced, and deadline-driven environment
• Effective people management and development skills gained through previous managerial experience
• Prioritization and project management skills and ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously
• Analytical thinking, effective and timely decision-making, problem-solving and change management skills
• Ability to think “out of the box” and “connect the dots” to derive the