Project Coordinator

We’re looking for a Project Coordinator to join our team in Puteaux, France. As part of our team, you will perform project coordination to assist our customer in setting up the Red Hat Professional Services team for the Client’s project manage the Professional Services resource plan, work with the Client to define key objectives for the Client’s use of the Professional Services; and update Client on close down of the Professional Services upon consumption of the budget or the project contractual expiration date.

What you will do:

• May oversee low complexity projects on a part time basis

• Facilitates project logistics/scheduling

• Supports project analysis and status reporting

• Develops presentations

• Works with RMO to ensure adequate project staffing

• Accurately maintains all processes, approvals and system tools related to specific projects

• Coordinate kick-off and onboarding meetings

• Coordinate in defining the way of working

• Align with Client to determine the Client’s key objectives for use of the Professional Services for the Client project 

• Define and manage the allocation of Red Hat consultants subject to the resources available as set forth in the Purchase Summary in the Order Form

• Assist with the process for change requests as set forth in Section 3.0 of this Appendix 3

• Facilitate periodic status calls/meetings

• Coordinate with Red Hat resources to align with the Client’s project schedule

• Coordinate with Client and team members

• Update Client on close down of project term and budget consumption.

• Proactively alert the need of changes in project scope.

• Provide frequent on-site monitoring and enforcement of schedules, milestones, and vendor accountability

• Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects

• Prepare project status reports and present project performance updates to relevant business stakeholders

• Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan

What you will bring:

• Foundational knowledge of Red Hat technology is a plus

• Familiar with processes associated with the Services Global Project Management Methodology

• Able to maintain all processes, approvals and system tools related to specific projects

• Demonstrates traits that, as developed, provide effective team leadership in a project

• Supports administration & execution of project time and expenses 

• Support project accounting setup

• Administer project analysis and reporting

• Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation, and presentation skills

• Experience with stakeholder management and building relationships

• Ability to coordinate risks anticipation and alert

• Awareness of organizational change management practices

• Focused and versatile team player who is comfortable under pressure, ambiguity, frequent change, or unpredictability

• Understanding of software development lifecycles

• In depth understanding of project management concepts

• Coordinate with geographically distributed teams and assist in training and coaching in order to achieve project goals

• Ability to collaborate with a diverse, global, cross-functional team

• Experience working with project and portfolio management tools

• Experience in an agile environment

• More than one year of project management experience

• Excellent communication skills in English and French

• Willingness to travel regularly

• Project management certifications are a plus

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