Technical Project Manager

NPAworldwide; Bern; Hybrid; CHF 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

NPAworldwide in Bern, Switzerland is seeking a Project Manager to lead customer-facing technology projects from planning through delivery. This hands-on PM role emphasizes governance, financial control, risk and scope management within a technology environment.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders, driving end-to-end project success and contributing to PMO improvements. Hybrid work and a strong benefits package are offered.

Qualifications

• 3+ years hands-on PM experience in software, tech or enterprise IT.
• End-to-end project delivery ownership demonstrated.
• External client-facing project leadership experience.
• Strong knowledge of PMI/PMBOK, PRINCE2, IPMA or HERMES.
• Experience with project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies.
• Budgeting, forecasting, cost control and reporting experience.
• RAID logs, risks, issues, actions and dependencies management.
• Experience with formal scope and change control.
• Delivery of software implementation or migration projects.
• Strong stakeholder management including senior contacts.

Responsibilities

• Leading customer-facing tech projects from initiation to delivery.
• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules and milestones.
• Managing RAID logs and risks, issues, actions and dependencies.
• Executing change control across scope, cost and schedule.
• Managing budgets, forecasts, costs, delivery hours and resources.
• Running internal and client-facing project meetings.
• Providing regular status, financial and governance reporting.
• Monitoring milestones and dependencies.
• Managing stakeholder expectations throughout the lifecycle.
• Coordinating cross-functional teams and customer stakeholders.
• Mentoring PMO members and contributing to process improvements.

Skills

Project management

PM methodologies

Governance

Stakeholder management

Budgeting

Risk management

Client-facing

MS Office

MS Project

Education

PMP certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Description
Project Manager
Location: Bern, Switzerland hybrid
Salary: CHF90,000-110,000 plus excellent benefits package
About The Opportunity
Our client is a specialist technology company providing advanced software solutions to major telecommunications organisations around the world.
They are looking for a Project Manager with strong core PM skills to lead customer-facing technology projects from planning through delivery.
This is a genuine Project Manager role, not a Scrum Master or Delivery Lead position. The role combines structured governance, commercial control, stakeholder management and technology delivery. Telecoms or GIS experience is useful but not essential.
Role & Responsibilities
As a Project Manager, you will own customer projects from planning through delivery, ensuring alignment to scope, timescales, budgets and customer expectations.
Your Responsibilities Will Include

• Leading customer-facing technology projects from initiation through delivery
• Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules and milestones
• Maintaining RAID logs and managing risks, issues, actions and dependencies
• Operating formal change control across scope, cost and schedule
• Managing project budgets, forecasts, costs, delivery hours and resource utilisation
• Leading internal and client-facing project meetings
• Providing regular project status, financial and governance reporting
• Monitoring milestones, deliverables and project dependencies
• Identifying and resolving escalated project issues
• Managing stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle
• Coordinating project teams, technical specialists and customer stakeholders
• Supporting and mentoring members of the Project Management Office
• Contributing to the improvement of PMO processes and controls
• Maintaining knowledge of company technologies and PM best practice
  

Qualifications
Key Requirements
You will be a hands-on Project Manager with clear ownership of governance, financial control, risk, change and delivery within a technology environment.
Essential Skills And Experience Include

• 3+ years'hands-on Project Management experience within software, technology or enterprise IT
• Proven ownership of end-to-end project delivery
• Proven external client-facing project leadership experience
• Strong practical knowledge of PM methodologies and governance such as PMI/PMBOK, PRINCE2, IPMA or HERMES
• Experience managing project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies and resources
• Project financial management including budgets, forecasting, cost control and reporting
• Practical management of RAID logs, risks, issues, actions and dependencies
• Experience operating formal scope and change control
• Experience delivering software implementation, integration, migration or deployment projects
• Strong stakeholder management, including senior and C-level customer contacts
• Experience coordinating cross-functional technical and business teams
• Excellent communication skills and working knowledge of Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project
  

Desirable

• PMP certification or strong knowledge of PMI / PMBOK
• Previous supervisory or people management experience
• Experience within telecommunications, network technology, fibre or OSS/BSS
• Exposure to GIS or network inventory platforms such as Smallworld or Ericsson Network Engineer
  

Why Is This a Great Opportunity
Why Join?
This is an excellent opportunity to join an international technology business delivering complex projects for major telecommunications customers.
You will take ownership of strategically important customer programmes, work directly with senior stakeholders and play an integral role within an experienced and collaborative Project Management Office.
Salary Type : Annual Salary
Salary Min : CHF 80000
Salary Max : CHF 110000
Currency Type : CHF