IT Project Manager

Summary of Position

Curium is seeking a smart, organized, and personable technical infrastructure project manager who thrives in a fast-paced & international environment.

As a Project Manager in the Infrastructure department you will be responsible for initiating, planning and executing projects for our global infrastructure teams. This position will work closely with our Chief Technical Officer, Global and Infrastructure PMOs, Program Managers, System & Network engineers, Telecoms, Security and other sub and network teams along with external vendors to manage communication and ensure timely delivery. 

Essential Functions

• Actively manage and close-out programs and projects to be delivered in multiple countries, coordinating with local IT Teams and business stakeholders, and managing interdependencies, prerequisites and risks
• Animate the project governance at each level of management (Steering committees, leadership teams, project teams) in coordination with the PMOs and Program Management
• Closely manage the budget, being accountable for cost tracking and capitalization
• Manage third-parties from RFP to contract completion, ensuring the quality of their deliverables and the respect of internal processes (legal department involvement, invoicing, …)
• Ensure adherence to the internal Project Management process on each of the projects including scope & budget management, resource planning, scheduling including critical path, risk management and contingency plans
• Ensure project documentation is created and maintained, using standard company templates, for all projects under your direction

Requirements

Must have Experience / Skills:

• Minimum 6 years of experience in Project Management for a global company in implementation of large to medium size projects within infrastructure (Active Directory, Data Center migration, integration of new acquisitions, OS upgrade, etc.) with budgets up to 1 M€
• Ability to manage and lead projects in different locations with multiple countries and vendors involved
• Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of stakeholders including senior management, users 
• Technical understanding and competency in relation to Infrastructure components. SCCM, AD, VM’s, IP Ranges, LAN/WAN design and build, MPLS circuits, security components. 
• Extensive experience with core PM tools including Microsoft Project, Microsoft SharePoint & Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams, etc.). 
• Ability to travel within the EU and potentially the US 
• Ability to understand cultural differences in relation to resources in these locations and ensure project team harmony and investment in each project
• Experience in driving projects autonomously while respecting the requirements and input of leadership such as Steering Committee, Project Leadership, Senior IT Management, Business leaders
• Self-motivation to push projects to conclusion and ensure engagement from the entire project team to meet targets within time, budget and scope requirements
• Ability to actively listen and act on the outputs provided
• Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities. 
• High level of English both oral and written

Nice to have Experience / Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent
• Prince2 Foundation or PMP certification preferred
• Experience from Pharmaceuticals or experience of the concept of qualification and validation will be a plus.
• Other additional languages appreciated include Italian, French, Spanish, Dutch, Czech
• Comfortable experience in oral presentation and PowerPoint conception 
• Leadership experience preferred

Competencies