Project Manager

White Horse Employment; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home working

Benefits package

Friendly culture

Global travel

Job summary

White Horse Employment in Dublin is seeking an experienced Project Manager to join the Ireland Service Delivery team, managing a major national contract in intelligent transport systems. The role is hybrid with travel across Ireland, the UK and internationally.

You will plan and deliver complex programmes, maintain documentation, manage budgets and stakeholder communications, and lead cross-functional teams to ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale, multi-year projects in technology, transport or public sector.
• Budgets above £50 million with strong commercial acumen.
• Excellent written and verbal communication with senior executives.
• Experience in regulated environments, GDPR knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Plan, manage and deliver projects aligned to growth, budgets and timelines.
• Create detailed project plans highlighting risks, dependencies and slippage.
• Maintain RAID logs, schedules, change and decision logs.
• Gatekeeper of scope with change control and early discussions.
• Serve as main point of contact for stakeholders with clear communication.
• Translate technical details for engineers, executives and clients.
• Produce status reports, escalations and executive summaries.
• Run productive meetings to surface issues and drive actions.
• Control costs by tracking budgets and forecasting monthly with finance.
• Maintain a PS ratio of 2.0 across projects.
• Work with cross-functional and product teams to clarify roles and deliverables.
• Identify, mitigate and own project risks and issues, driving solutions.
• Use Lean principles and project data to improve workflows and performance.
• Ensure GDPR compliance and other regulatory requirements.
• Travel as required across Ireland, the UK and internationally.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Risk management

Change control

Cross-functional leadership

Lean principles

Analytical thinking

Regulatory compliance

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Engineering degree

Business Administration degree

Job description

Location: Dublin (hybrid/home working, with travel around Ireland, the UK and internationally)

Hours: Full time, Monday - Friday

An excellent opportunity has arisen for an experienced Project Manager to join the Ireland Service Delivery team of a leading provider of intelligent transport systems, managing project activity on a major new national contract.

If you're keen to join a business that combines the friendly, social feel of a small company with the benefits and investment of a global organisation, and you want to lead large-scale public transport technology projects, this is the role for you!

• Home working, with a Dublin base


• Great benefits package within a large global group


• Friendly, engaged culture with a real emphasis on employee engagement


• Work on a high-profile, multi-year public transport contract

The Role:

• Plan, manage and deliver projects that support organisational growth and client satisfaction, keeping cost, quality and timelines in focus


• Build detailed project plans that flag risks, dependencies and slippage early, and track progress against scope, schedule and budget


• Personally maintain project artefacts, including RAID logs, schedules, change logs and decision logs


• Act as gatekeeper of scope: assess every change for impact, route it through change control and have the difficult conversations early


• Be the primary point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, with clear, regular and transparent communication


• Translate between technical detail and business outcomes for engineers, executives and clients


• Produce clear, decision-ready status reports, escalations, change requests and executive summaries


• Run purposeful meetings that surface the real issues and produce actions


• Control costs by tracking budgets and forecasting monthly, working with finance on invoicing, cash collection and reporting


• Maintain a PS ratio of 2.0 across your projects (unless otherwise agreed)


• Work with cross-functional and product teams to keep roles, responsibilities and deliverables clear


• Identify, mitigate and own project risks and issues, acting as the escalation point and driving solutions


• Use Lean principles and project data to improve workflows and future performance


• Ensure compliance with local legislation, including GDPR and DPO obligations


• Travel around the country, to the UK and internationally as required

The Requirements:

• Proven success managing complex, large-scale, multi-year projects with budgets exceeding £50 million, ideally in technology, transport or the public sector


• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including cost control, P&L ownership and maintaining a PS ratio of at least 2.0


• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to engage everyone from senior executives to operational teams


• Proactive problem-solving and risk management skills


• Analytical, data-driven approach to decision-making and continuous improvement


• Ability to bridge technical teams and business stakeholders


• Experience leading and mentoring cross-functional teams


• Solid working knowledge of the public transportation environment


• Experience delivering in regulated environments, with a working knowledge of GDPR


• Ability to adapt to changing environments


• Ideally a degree in Computer Science, IT, Engineering or Business Administration


• Certifications in Agile, PMP, PRINCE2, ITIL or Lean Six Sigma highly desirable