Purpose
Defines and manages a large, complex project or multiple projects with complex and/or
unstable business requirements or unproven technology, in order to deliver a solution
within predefined quality, time and budget.
Tasks and Responsibilities
- Customer satisfaction
Ensures optimal delivery of the solution as defined in the project plan to obtain optimal
customer satisfaction and intimacy.
Main activities
- Understands customer needs;
- Understands the business value of the company solutions for customers;
- Encourages cooperation between customer and the company.
- 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.
- Project Coordination
Actively coordinates all required resources in the project, within the scope of the project
plan, in order to deliver a solution within predefined quality, time and budget.
Main activities
- Defines and distributes project documents;
- Proactively communicates with all parties involved;
- Maintains the agreement with the customer;
- Monitors project in relation with project plan;
- Manages risks;
- Leads the project team.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Competence and knowledge development
Develops and coaches (jr) project managers in order to assist them in their growth.
Main activities
- Knowledge transfer;
- Ensures knowledge is embedded;
- Coaches (jr) project managers;
- Assists others with complex activities.
Quantitative
Project budget up to € 0.5 – 1 million.
The project team is up to 8 active project members.
Job Requirements
Education
- BSc level.
Experience, knowledge and skills
- More than 5 years project management experience;
- Level IPMA-C e.g. certified Prince 2 Practitioner.
Competences
A.2 Team management
A.4 Delegating
A.8 Conflict handling
B.1 Self-employment
C.3 Decisiveness
D.1 Verbal communication
D.6 Persuasiveness
E.5 Flexibility