Senior Project Manager – Software Delivery

Walsh Employment; Bern; Hybrid; CHF 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Walsh Employment Limited is recruiting a client-facing Project Manager to take ownership of technology projects from planning through delivery. This role emphasizes governance, budgeting, risk and change control, and regular stakeholder communication within a global software environment.

You will manage end-to-end project plans, schedules and resources, coordinate cross-functional teams, and report on progress.

Qualifications

• ,3+ years' hands-on Project Management experience in software/enterprise IT
• Proven ownership of end-to-end project delivery
• Strong external client-facing Project Management experience
• Knowledge of recognized PM methodologies (PMI/PMBOK, PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA or HERMES)
• Experience managing project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies and resources
• Strong financial and commercial project management incl. budgets, forecasting, cost control and reporting
• Experience with RAID logs, risks, issues, actions and dependencies
• Experience with formal scope and change control
• Experience delivering software implementation, systems integration, migration or deployment projects
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical and business teams
• PMP certification or strong practical PMI/PMBOK knowledge
• Telecom, network tech, fibre or OSS/BSS experience
• Exposure to GIS or network inventory platforms such as Smallworld or Ericsson Network Engineer
• Previous PMO, supervisory or mentoring experience

Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing technology projects from initiation through delivery and closure
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones and delivery objectives; maintain RAID logs and manage risks, issues, actions and dependencies
• Operate formal change control and assess impact across scope, cost and schedule
• Manage budgets, forecasts, costs, delivery hours and resource utilisation
• Lead internal and customer-facing project meetings
• Provide regular project, financial and governance reporting
• Monitor milestones, deliverables and project dependencies
• Resolve escalated project issues
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinate technical specialists, delivery teams and customer stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement across the PMO

Skills

Project governance

Client-facing PM

Budgeting

Risk management

Stakeholder mgmt

Cross-functional teams

End-to-end delivery

PMBOK/PRINCE2

PMP certification

PMO experience

Education

PMP certification

Tools

Smallworld

Job description

Working pattern: Hybrid, ideally 2-3 days per week in Bern

About the Opportunity

Join an international technology company delivering specialist software solutions to major telecommunications organisations.

This is a genuine client-facing Project Manager role, taking ownership of technology projects from planning through delivery. The emphasis is on strong project governance, financial control, risk and change management, stakeholder communication and structured delivery.

This is not a Scrum Master or Delivery Lead role. Telecom, GIS or network technology experience is useful, but the client is open to candidates from broader software and technology environments with strong core Project Management skills.

Key Requirements

• 3+ years' hands-on Project Management experience within software, technology or enterprise IT
• Proven ownership of end-to-end project delivery
• Strong external client-facing Project Management experience
• Good practical knowledge of recognised PM methodologies such as PMI/PMBOK, PMP, PRINCE2, IPMA or HERMES
• Experience managing project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies and resources
• Strong financial and commercial project management, including budgets, forecasting, cost control and reporting
• Practical experience managing RAID logs, risks, issues, actions and dependencies
• Experience with formal scope and change control
• Experience delivering software implementation, systems integration, migration or deployment projects
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical and business teams
• PMP certification or strong practical PMI/PMBOK knowledge
• Telecom, network technology, fibre or OSS/BSS experience
• Exposure to GIS or network inventory platforms such as Smallworld or Ericsson Network Engineer
• Previous PMO, supervisory or mentoring experience

Role & Responsibilities

• Lead customer-facing technology projects from initiation through delivery and closure
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones and delivery objectivesMaintain RAID logs and manage risks, issues, actions and dependencies
• Operate formal change control and assess impact across scope, cost and schedule
• Manage budgets, forecasts, costs, delivery hours and resource utilisation
• Lead internal and customer-facing project meetings
• Provide regular project, financial and governance reporting
• Monitor milestones, deliverables and project dependencies
• Resolve escalated project issues
• Manage stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinate technical specialists, delivery teams and customer stakeholders
• Support continuous improvement across the PMO

Why Join?

A strong opportunity to join an established international technology business, take ownership of visible customer projects and work directly with senior stakeholders while developing specialist knowledge of telecom and GIS technology.