IT Project Manager

Summary of Position

As a Project Manager in the IT department you will be responsible for initiating, planning and executing projects relating to Information Technologies. This position will work closely with our IT Vice Presidents of Curium’s Strategic Business Units, Group Applications director, Chief Technical Officer, their teams, the business leadership and 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 global and local business stakeholders and IT teams, 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 PMO 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

• Completed University Education - Bachelor's Degree

• Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Management for a medium-to-large company in implementation of large to medium size projects with budgets up to 5 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

• 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 outside

• 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

• Fluent in English. Any other language is an advantage, especially French. 

Nice to Have:

• Prince2 Practicioner or PMP certification preferred

• Experience with leading (or participating) in implementations of ERP software or other software for managing company business

• Comfortable experience in oral presentation and PowerPoint conception

• Experience from Pharmaceuticals or experience of the concept of qualification and validation will be a plus.

• Leadership experience preferred