PMO and Project Manager (M/F)

UIC; Paris; Hybride; EUR 55 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Health insurance

Provident scheme

Staff restaurant

Works council / staff representation

Résumé du poste

UIC in France seeks an experienced PMO professional to join the Passenger, Freight, Operations & Safety Department. You will contribute to cross‑functional project management, portfolio visibility, governance, and action tracking in a dynamic, international environment.

You have 3–5 years in PMO or programme support, ideally in rail, mobility, consulting, technology or data sectors, with excellent organisational and execution skills, and clear decision‑support writing.

Qualifications

• Engineering or Master’s degree in transport, data, or information systems (or equivalent experience).
• 3–5 years of project management, PMO, programme implementation or support.
• Ability to work in international matrix environments and obtain contributions without direct line authority.
• Strong written and verbal communication for decision support.

Responsabilités

• Managing cross-functional projects, including EU-funded initiatives, with planning and reporting.
• Coordinate internal and external contributors to ensure timely task execution.
• Prepare business cases, benefits, resources, risks and schedules for decisions.
• Support governance: harmonised roadmaps, dashboards, milestones, risks and interdependencies.
• Organise meetings, minutes, actions, and management cadence; draft summary notes for leadership.

Connaissances

Organisational skills

Coordination

Execution

Structured communication

English fluency

Lean/Agile interest

Formation

Engineering or Master’s degree

Outils

Data platforms

Interoperability

SaaS ecosystems

Description du poste

Main mission of the successful candidate

Reporting to the Passenger, Freight, Operations & Safety Department, you will contribute to the management of key cross-functional projects and to improving the department’s internal execution, particularly in terms of portfolio visibility, governance, action tracking and management support. In this role, your main responsibilities will include:

Project management

• Managing selected projects, including projects funded by the European Union: planning, coordination, reporting and monitoring of deliverables
• Coordinating internal and external contributors to ensure that tasks are properly executed on time
• Preparing decision notes: business case, benefits, resource requirements, risks and schedule
• Proposing new projects in line with members’ needs and the department’s strategy
• Contributing to the establishment of consortia and partnerships, particularly in the framework of European programmes and institutional initiatives
• Preparing and coordinating funding applications in close liaison with Finance, Legal

Procurement functions

Portfolio and department governance coordination

• Harmonising roadmaps and action plans across the department’s different sectors
• Ensuring consistency of dashboards, milestones, risks, interdependencies and planning
• Organising governance processes: integrated meeting calendar, minutes, action follow-up and management cadence
• Drafting summary notes and decision-support documents for management meetings
• Supporting the organisation of statutory bodies, in particular forums related to passenger and freight activities

Support for data, budget and contract activities

• Monitoring the pipeline and sharing IRS within the team by coordinating updates, contributions and deadlines
• Acting as a point of contact for new data-sharing activities such as meta-clouding and data hub initiatives
• Providing support for the department’s budget management and accounting follow-up
• Contributing to the alignment between needs, resources, workload and the use of external service providers
• Harmonising and supporting contract management within the department in liaison with the relevant support functions

Candidate profile

• You hold an engineering degree or a master’s degree, ideally in transport, data or information systems, or you have significant experience in project management.
• You have 3 to 5 years of experience in project management, PMO, programme implementation or programme support, ideally in the rail, mobility, consulting, technology or data sectors.
• Excellent organisational, coordination and execution skills
• Structured communication and the ability to produce clear summaries to support decision-making
• Ease of working in international matrix environments and ability to obtain contributions without direct line authority
• Good command of digital and data-related topics in the rail sector: data exchange, interoperability, platforms, SaaS ecosystems, products and services
• Interest in Lean/Agile ways of working and pragmatic MVP-type approaches
• Fluency in English is essential; French is an asset, and knowledge of other languages is welcome

Job details

• Join an international professional association and a multicultural, dynamic and close-knit team
• Contribute to high-impact projects in the rail transport sector
• Work in a stimulating environment with a wide variety of assignments
• Possibility of partial remote working, subject to manager approval
• Company health insurance and provident scheme
• Subsidised staff restaurant
• Works council/staff representative benefits (CSE)