Project Manager

We currently have a vacancy for a Project Manager fluent in English, to offer his/her services as an expert who will be based in The Hague, Project Manager.

The work will be carried out either in the company’s premises or on site at customer premises. In the context of the first assignment, the successful candidate will be integrated in the Development team of the company that will closely cooperate with a major client’s IT team on site.

Your tasks:

Coordinating the execution of the projects in accordance with the client’s project governance standards and project management methodology (adapted from Prince 2 and Agile);

Ensuring that all relevant project management documentation, including a realistic plan agreed among all stakeholders, is in place in the project management system at any given time. This includes participating directly in the production of project management deliverables;

Coordinating the production and approval of project deliverables by the services, at the specified quality level and in accordance with the project implementation plan;

Managing the required change and approval processes with the governance bodies of the client, including the security accreditation process when applicable;

Ensuring the project implementation in accordance with the scope, budget and man days specified in the project implementation documentation;

Keeping overview and control of the budget and resources available to the project and undertake the necessary steps to correct deviations either through the financial procedures or through resource management processes, this includes timely and up-to-date including reporting;

Coordinating the different project work streams and manage dependencies;

Supervising the delivery of products and services by external suppliers in accordance with the contracts in place, addressing and resolving issues and risks related to the relationship with those suppliers.

Requirements

University degree in IT or relevant discipline, combined with minimum 6 years of experience in Project Management;

Minimum 3 years’ of experience in standard project management tools such as MS Project;

Excellent knowledge and experience with project and programme management;

Excellent knowledge of project management standards and methodologies;

Good technical ICT knowledge in order to drive areas of ICT infrastructure, systems integration, software development and COTS application implementation projects;

Knowledge of planning and estimation techniques;

The following certifications are required: PM Certification such as PRINCE2, PMP, Scaled Agile or similar;