Senior Project Manager

IT Delivery Project Manager ( Retail/ Ecommerce) Hybrid working.

A global retail/ ecommerce organisation are seeking a talented Project Manager to join the Services Delivery Organization to lead a range of enterprise software implementations and projects.

As the delivery Project Manager, you will be responsible for:

Plan, implement and optimally deliver sophisticated customer projects at the highest level of quality

Build and maintain detailed project plans (adjusting under change control) that supports the agreed project scope/results to assure a high quality and successful outcome

Responsible for ensuring the quality of Work Items content, e.g. descriptive definition, acceptance criteria, priority

Lead globally distributed and matrixed teams & Take ownership of any critical issues end to end

Build strong and positive customer relationships and handle the expectations of customers throughout the lifecycle of the project

Ensure that the project team and activities follow the company methodology and gating processes: Perform scrum master activities as part of the Agile ways of working, e.g., conduct retrospectives, backlog refinement, daily stand-ups

Conduct governance reviews with the leadership team and with the customers

Provide regular updates to internal reporting systems and executive project reporting

Take ownership of the management of projects financials (financial forecasts, P&L, Invoicing)

Ensure project resources are effectively utilized and their time is supervised and approved in line with the budget

With input from the team, prepare project SOWs and take through the approval process

Partner with Sales and Pre-Sales on new opportunities to define scope, pricing and P&L

As the Project Manager you will have the following experience:

Experience in project management and implementing large enterprise software solutions

Good working experience of project management principles and SDLC methodologies such as Agile

Proven experience in delivering agile projects

Experience of delivering projects in a commercial environment is strongly preferred (either working for a software vendor or a Systems integrator)

Results orientated and a high level of resilience especially in an environment of change

Proven track record in leading a project team with a matrix model, managing a customer and work with internal stakeholders

Deep understanding of technologies and software integration domains

Highly collaborative working style

Highly numerate and analytical approach

Excellent social skills and verbal and written communication skills in English, a second foreign language is very desirable (French or Italian)

Agile Scrum certification advisable

PMP/Prince 2 qualified is preferred.

Engineering or Sciences degree preferred.

Experience in Consumer Goods/Retail sector/ecommerce is a plus

We are offering a competitive package, this a hybrid working environment ( 1-2 days in Bologna)

*Unfortunately, we are unable to sponsor*

Please contact hello@freshtechit.com for more information

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