Project Lead
Summary
Location: Barcelona (Hybrid)
Day Rate: Negotiable
Duration: 12 Months
Availability: ASAP
About the Client
My client is the air transport industry's IT provider, delivering solutions for airlines, airports, aircraft, and governments. Their technology powers more seamless, safe, and sustainable air travel.
About the Role
As a Project Lead reporting to the Senior Project Portfolio Manager, you will lead a variety of new products or services delivery projects to meet the needs of our Airlines and Avionics manufacturers customers. This position offers an opportunity to work in a fast-paced environment with all our internal cross-functional team (engineering, Operations, Product, etc) located in 20+ countries (Canada, United-States, France, Switzerland, Germany, Singapore, United Arab Emirates, Spain...). Success in this role means you are an excellent communicator and comfortable managing multiple tasks; you are a team player with high people skills and have a problem-solving aptitude.
Key Duties
• Manage the project throughout its life cycle - from project scoping, planning, to delivery, to transition to operations, and finally project closure ensuring expected outcome to stakeholders and business.
• Understand and articulate internal requirements and recommend options (plan, delivery strategy, budget, schedule, risks, etc.) with the input of the required technical experts or contributors.
• Define resource requirements and coordinate large and diverse cross functional teams.
• Ensure project requirements, deadlines, budgets and schedules are on track. Anticipate and remove blockers and impediments.
• Lead the project governance (status report, gates presentations, communications, risk mitigation process) and manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs as per the existing PMO governance.
• There will be times when you will be assigned to assist a program or project manager by managing sub-projects or key task elements. With each assignment, you report regularly on the progress and manage each assignment through its completion.
• Manage project communication and stakeholders’ relationship. • Foster a positive culture in your team: customer centric, a growth and “do it together” mindset.
What we are looking for
Experience
• Bachelor's Degree with solid academic qualification preferably in a technical domain complemented with equivalent business experience.
• Experience working with Software Development Projects.
• 3+ years of Project Mgt Experience with technical aptitude & hands-on experience. Agile & Hybrid methodologies.
• Self-motivated, team-oriented, positive can-do attitude can work autonomously and manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Track record in managing and delivering projects of varying complexities, budget, and deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to communicate effectively at all levels in the organization i.e. in detail with technical staff, commercial, product, operations, and providers, and present summaries in front of executives and senior management.
• You have experience with Software development or Data & Platform solutions.
• Advanced level English is required.
Nice to have
• PMP Certified or on the way to getting certified
• Experience delivering business critical applications.
• Understanding of ITIL practices