Senior Project Manager

AIZEN RECRUITMENT; France; Hybride; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

PMP/PRINCE2

Résumé du poste

AIZEN RECRUITMENT is seeking a Senior Project Manager to own end-to-end delivery of IT initiatives in France. You will lead cross-functional teams, build integrated plans, govern scope, schedule, budget, risks, and ensure value realization across business and technology stakeholders.

Strong communication and alignment with executives is essential. Experience with Agile and Waterfall, plus hands-on use of Jira or Asana, is required.

Qualifications

• 3+ years in a Senior Project Manager role delivering complex, multi-team initiatives.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies (Scrum/Kanban/hybrid).
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication.
• Hands-on with Jira or Asana (and Confluence or equivalent).

Responsabilités

• Own the full lifecycle (initiation → planning → execution → closure) for one or more IT projects.
• Plan & govern: Create integrated plans (scope, schedule, cost, resources), RAID logs, dependency maps, and change-control processes.
• Budget & forecasting: Build bottoms-up budgets, track burn vs. forecast, and manage variance with corrective actions.
• Delivery management: Run stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retros; coordinate cross‑functional squads (engineering, design, data, QA, security, operations).
• Progress & reporting: Define KPIs/OKRs, maintain dashboards, produce executive status reports, and escape blockers early.
• Risk & issue management: Proactively identify, quantify, mitigate, and own critical risks/issues with clear owners and deadlines.
• Stakeholder leadership: Map stakeholders, run steering committees, align priorities, and manage expectations across business and technology.
• Quality & readiness: Oversee testing plans (SIT/UAT), cut‑over/runbooks, release governance, and post‑go‑live hypercare.
• Vendor management: Coordinate external partners/SIs, manage SoWs, and track deliverables to contract.
• Benefits realisation: Define success metrics and ensure projects deliver the intended business outcomes.

Connaissances

Senior Project Manager

Agile & Waterfall

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Outils

Jira

Asana

Confluence

Description du poste

What You’ll Do

• Own the full lifecycle (initiation → planning → execution → closure) for one or more IT projects.

• Plan & govern: Create integrated plans (scope, schedule, cost, resources), RAID logs, dependency maps, and change-control processes.

• Budget & forecasting: Build bottoms-up budgets, track burn vs. forecast, and manage variance with corrective actions.

• Delivery management: Run stand‑ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retros; coordinate cross‑functional squads (engineering, design, data, QA, security, operations).

• Progress & reporting: Define KPIs/OKRs, maintain dashboards, produce executive status reports, and escape blockers early.

• Risk & issue management: Proactively identify, quantify, mitigate, and own critical risks/issues with clear owners and deadlines.

• Stakeholder leadership: Map stakeholders, run steering committees, align priorities, and manage expectations across business and technology.

• Quality & readiness: Oversee testing plans (SIT/UAT), cut‑over/runbooks, release governance, and post‑go‑live hypercare.

• Vendor management: Coordinate external partners/SIs, manage SoWs, and track deliverables to contract.

• Benefits realisation: Define success metrics and ensure projects deliver the intended business outcomes.

30/60/90 Day Success Outcomes

• 30 days: Project charter, governance cadence, risk register, baseline plan & budget approved; stakeholder map and comms plan in place.

• 60 days: Execution on track with visible burn‑down/burn‑up; top risks actively mitigated; first deliverables shipped or UAT complete.

• 90 days: Key milestones met within agreed tolerances; adoption/change plans executed; post‑implementation review and benefits tracking underway.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• 3+ years in a Senior Project Manager role delivering complex, multi-team initiatives.

• Demonstrated delivery in Agile and Waterfall (e.g., Scrum, Kanban, hybrid).

• Strong stakeholder management, executive communication, and facilitation skills.

• Hands‑on with Jira or Asana (and ideally Confluence or equivalent).

• Evidence of managing budgets, dependencies, and distributed teams.

Nice to Have

• PMP or PRINCE2 certification.

• Sector experience in IT or finance (e.g., platforms, cloud, data, security, payments, regulatory).

• Familiarity with SDLC/DevOps practices, CI/CD, and modern cloud environments.

Tools & Environment (typical)

Jira, Confluence, Asana, MS Project, Miro, O365/Google Workspace, Slack/Teams; exposure to modern engineering and QA practices.