This company offers industrial software solutions that cater to various stages within a project lifecycle. Their software helps with engineering design, managing operations and maintenance tasks, and optimizing data flow across different departments. They essentially provide tools for industrial organizations to improve efficiency and decision-making throughout the engineering, construction, and operational phases of their projects.
Position Summary
As a technical Project Manager you will belong to the Global Services team, taking on a very broad responsibility for the successful end to end delivery of software projects for our existing and future customer base. You will have to be a talented communicator in both commercial and technical contexts: able to quickly grasp and explain complex engineering software concepts while being just as comfortable with complex commercial negotiations.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage multiple software & services delivery projects in accordance with published project governance and quality standards Communicate with customers to understand how they utilize software to solve their business challenges
- Develop a trusted relationship with the customer through delivering their requirements
- Manage customer expectations and satisfaction by providing excellent project management and effective negotiation of changes to project scope
- Demonstrate effective leadership by serving as single point of responsibility for all aspects of assigned projects and by mentoring project managers and associate project managers
- Oversee project team interactions coordinating project elements and communicating project progress, both internally and to customers
- Plan transition of responsibility to support team once project delivery is complete
- Identify continuous improvement opportunities, including Lessons Learnt, and apply them in new projects.
Job Requirements
- Strong experience working in a software & services project management role, ideally within the petroleum industry or another process industry
- Excellent communication skills, including the ability to understand and explain complex technical topics
- Ability to identify issues and risks, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis
- Strong interpersonal skills with a desire to work in a team environment
- Proven experience with the full Software Delivery Life Cycle.
- Experience working with formal project methodologies (e.g. APM PRINCE 2, PMI/BOK) and possess associated accreditation (e.g. PMI PMP, IPMA Level C, PRINCE2 Practitioner)
