Position: Project Manager
Company: K&C
Category: Project Manager
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent

Our customer, a leading player in the B2B information and Services industry is currently looking for a Project Manager to join their team.
The group offers its customers and clients multi-media products and solutions.

Software, trade shows, databases, digital solutions, lead generation, analysis & insight, events and training helps customers and clients to:

- Improve their efficiency and productivity
- Make informed decisions faster with better insights on a daily basis
- Grow revenue by generating new business and sales opportunities

Their success is based on three key strategic pillars:

- Portfolio of market-leading brands
- Deep in-house technological capabilities and expertise, enabling continued product and platform development
- Growth through value enhancing global acquisitions

The customer is heavily involved in the construction sector and businesses focused on quality-of-life planning which are at the crossroads of several major challenges: dense and sustainable cities, the urgent need for affordable housing, energy renewal for all buildings and, more generally, of all neighbourhoods. These pressures result in new regulations, increased cost-control measures, different organisation for construction sites, additional training needs for the entire industry and more.

In this context, our customer brings all the necessary tools and services to professionals in these sectors to navigate those changes.

**Responsibilities:**

- Coordinate team ramp up and onboarding
- Support best practices (tools, processes, people management), ensure projects meet industry leading quality standards
- Manage risks, anticipate problems before they arise, and work with appropriate personnel to develop solutions
- Assist in monthly reporting and invoicing process

**Responsibilities in Managed Projects:**

- Be the clients’ trusted advisor on all elements of delivery best practice
- Work closely with customer management to understand the business requirements for the project, develop effective working relationships and coordinate development activities for the project
- Estimate and plan projects from start to finish together with a team
- Coordinate, monitor and motivate the team assigned to the project
- Conduct project presentations and compile reports, organize and lead meetings
- Create and track cost estimates
- Report project progress/status on a regular basis to client, internal management, perform other duties as required

**Requirements:**

- Project Management experience and strong commercial understanding
candidate should be willing to sometimes work as a scrum master with distributed team in SAFe environment
- Understanding and practical experience with Agile approaches (Scrum, Kanban)
- Experience in managing multiple agile teams
- Ability to use basic techniques of Team management, Risk Management, - Communication management, Change management, Time and task tracking, Reporting
- Ability to create and maintain project artefacts related to change management, quality assurance, project monitoring and control
- Ability to recognize, identify critical risks and work out a mitigation plan
- Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks
- Ability to identify problems and provide/suggest possible solutions
- Ability to manage contractual terms and financial issues
- Ability to identify and manage stakeholders expectations
- Fluent English