Project Manager

Proximus Group; Brussel Hoofdstad; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Proximus is looking for a Project Manager to steer virtual teams across departments, ensuring that business and technical projects are delivered on time, on scope and on budget through the Proximus methodology while maintaining continuous alignment with stakeholders.

You will own scope, cost, time, and reporting, define realistic plans with governance, coach one or more virtual teams, and navigate uncertainty and conflict.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years proven experience as dedicated Project Manager in complex environments.
• Proven successful management for multiple End-To-End major IT/business projects.
• Familiar with PMI, Prince 2, and Agile methodologies.
• Experience with Office tools Word, Excel, MS-Access, MS Project and PowerPoint.
• Strong leadership to manage virtual project teams and stakeholders.
• Ability to deal with uncertainty, ambiguity, and conflict; autonomous and initiative-taker.

Responsibilities

• Manage scope with internal clients, challenge changes, and ensure alignment with requirements.
• Define project budgets with stakeholders and secure governance approvals.
• Develop realistic project plans and secure commitments across departments.
• Identify and mitigate risks; escalate issues timely to leadership.
• Provide day-to-day management and coaching of virtual teams.
• Report project status to management and stakeholders, maintaining transparency.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Ambiguity handling

Initiative

Tools

MS Project

MS Access

Excel

Word

PowerPoint

Job description

Responsible to manage and to steer the virtual teams throughout the different Proximus departments

Responsible to ensure that the business or technical projects are delivered on -time, on-scope and on-budget through the use of the Proximus methodology while ensuring continuous alignment between the various stakeholders (within impacted teams)

Required Responsibilities:

Scope management:

To ensure that the needs of the internal clients are taken into account and that the business/technical solutions are delivered in line with the agreed requirements. To challenge requested scope changes and this during the duration of the project.

Cost management:

To define together with all involved parties the needed project budget.

To ensure you get this budget approved by all necessary "governance bodies".

To identify timely budget variances and to challenge them avoiding your projects exceeds their budget.

Time Management:

To define in cooperation with your project team a clear and realistic project plan that meets project objectives and clearly identifies the expected results and the associated resources.

To commitment from the different departments on the expected results

To challenge the various parties involved ensuring delivery within agreed timeframe

To avoid problems by identifying pro-active risks/issues and initiating timely the appropriate actions

To escalation timely project problems to line management and /or project stakeholders ensuring they can still take appropriate action within their organization

Reporting and Communication:

To liaise on a continuous basis with management from the impacted departments avoiding surprises by ensuring they are "at any time" fully aware of the project status.

People Management:

To provide day-to-day management and coaching of one or more virtual teams.

Degree & Experience:

Minimum 5 years proven experience as dedicated Project Manager in complex environments

Proven successful management for multiple End-To-End major business/technical projects involving IT development

Technical skills:

Familiar with Project Management methodologies PMI, Prince 2, Agile

Familiar with Office Tools: Word, Excel, MS-Access, MS Project and PowerPoint

Proven leadership skills to manage effectively virtual project teams & stakeholders

Dealing with uncertainty and able to show expected composure in a continuous changing environment

Dealing with ambiguity and conflict management

Autonomy

Initiative taker

Solution oriented

Able to manage a certain range of projects, business or technical

After your application, we will verify your profile and get back to you within 3

If you’re successful, you can expect the following steps:

An initial conversation with our recruiter - Swati Kumari

Interview with the Hiring Manager and the team.

About Proximus

We are Team Possible turning tech into opportunities.

We are driven by four core pillars: "I care," "I make a difference," "I radically simplify," and "I embrace the future". This means you'll join a team that genuinely cares for customers and colleagues, is empowered to make a real impact, strives to radically simplify complex challenges, and is always looking ahead to embrace the future of technology. We believe in an inclusive and safe environment where everyone can thrive, offering extensive career development resources, including access to over 5,000 training modules and a minimum of 5 days of training per year, to help you continuously learn, grow, and tackle bold challenges with us.