Purpose
Defines and manages several large and high risk projects (national and international) with
very complex and/or unstable financial and business requirements or unproven
technology, hard to define or to predict, in order to deliver a solution within predefined
quality, time and budget.
Tasks and Responsibilities
1. Customer satisfaction
Ensures optimal delivery of solutions as defined in project plans under his/her supervision
to obtain optimal customer satisfaction and intimacy.
Main activities
- Understands customer needs for all customers;
- Understands the business value of the company solutions for customers;
- Encourages cooperation between customers and the company.
2. Project plan
Defines project specifications and planning, agreed with the stakeholders, resulting in a
manageable project plan.
Main activities
- Validates and accepts the assignment;
- Defines project resources;
- Defines sub tasks for subcontractors.
3. Project Coordination
Actively coordinates all required resources in the projects, within the scope of the project
plans, in order to deliver a solution within predefined quality, time and budget.
Main activities
- Defines and distributes project documents;
- Proactively communicates to all parties involved;
- Maintains the agreements with customers;
- Monitors projects in relation with project plans;
- Manages risks;
- Leads the project team;
4. Sales
Proactively signals and generates new company-business in order to obtain extra income and
increase customer satisfaction
Main activities
- Informs account management on possible extra work;
- Negotiates with customer for additional work;
- Produces independently commercially feasible proposals;
- Takes the lead in (parts of) large and complex sales cases (national and international);
- Generates leads from own network.
5. Planning & Administration
Ensures timely and correct planning and administration of the project and the team within
the company standards and agreements and in accordance with customer-administrations, to
ensure a professional delivery.
Main activities
- Ensures timely and correct administration of time sheets of the project team;
- Ensures team and project delivery within time, within budget and agreed quality;
- Records all financial data;
- Prepares project invoices and accounts;
- Monitors progress of team;
- Communicates on forehand about possible delays or overrun.
6. Trendwatching
Analyses trends and market information in order to ensure update project management
knowledge within the company.
Main activities
- Defines a vision on project management;
- Takes initiative for trendsetting;
- Leads opinion within the company.
7. Competence and knowledge development
Develops and coaches (Sr.) project managers in order to assist them in their growth.
Main activities
- Coaches (Sr.)project managers;
- Contributes with creative ideas on maintaining and improving team morale
- Develops Training Plan;
- Initiates activities to build up knowledge in the project management group;
- Ensures knowledge is embedded;
- Assists others with complex activities;
- Prioritizing strategic versus on-going commitments.
Quantitative
Budget per project or several projects over € 1 million
The project team is up to 15 active project members.
Job Requirements
Education
- BSc level
Experience, knowledge and skills
- More than 10 years project management experience in IT projects
- Level IPMA-C and certification such as Prince 2 Practitioner
Competences
A.3 Coaching
B.3 Networking
C.1 Problem analyses
C.4 Vision
C.5 Organization sensitivity
D.2 Verbal presentation
D.8 Impact
E.3 Autonomy