Project Manager

Barden | B Corp; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Barden is seeking a permanent Project Manager in Dublin, operating in a hybrid setup (3 days on site). You will run projects end to end, coordinating multiple live workstreams across teams, reporting to senior leadership and shaping how projects are delivered in an SME environment.

The role emphasizes practical delivery over heavy programme structures, with opportunities to influence strategy and build project delivery capability from the ground up.

Qualifications

• 7+ years delivering projects and programmes end to end, often across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Recognised programme or project management certification.
• Hands-on generalist with ability to coordinate multiple workstreams and projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver multiple live projects directly while coordinating a wider set of workstreams across teams.
• Implement right-sized governance, RAID management, delivery controls, and progress reporting for a fast-moving SME.
• Partner with senior SME leads to guide effective project delivery and business outcomes.
• Facilitate steering governance and decision-making forums, owning agendas, materials, and follow-through.

Skills

Project leadership

PM certification

Generalist PM

Stakeholder management

Governance

Portfolio management

C-suite engagement

SME environment

Job description

LOCATION: Dublin (Hybrid - 3 days on site)

Barden is partnering with a highly innovative, entrepreneurial Irish business to appoint a permanent Project Manager to support the delivery of a growing number of strategic initiatives. This is a hands-on generalist role: you'll run projects end to end while coordinating a number of live workstreams across different teams.

This is a standalone role within an SME environment, so it will suit someone happy to build and shape as they go rather than plug into an existing PMO structure. You'll work closely with senior leadership and have real scope to influence how projects are delivered, with the emphasis on practical, day-to-day delivery rather than building out a heavier Programme and Project function.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and deliver a number of live projects directly, while coordinating a wider set of workstreams across different teams.
• Bring structure and best practice to how projects are initiated and delivered, from business case and scoping through to execution, without over-engineering process for an SME environment.
• Partner with subject-matter-expert leads across the business to guide and support effective project delivery.
• Put in place right-sized governance, including RAID management, delivery controls, and reporting, suited to a fast-moving, standalone environment.
• Provide clear visibility to leadership on progress, risks, and dependencies.
• Help ensure new initiatives are thoroughly assessed and set up for success.
• Facilitate steering governance and decision-making forums, owning the agenda, materials, actions, and follow-through that keep senior decision-making sharp and timely.
• Work closely with senior leadership with regards to strategy and innovation.

ABOUT THE PERSON:

Required Skills and Competencies:

• +7 years' experience delivering projects and programmes end to end, often across multiple concurrent initiatives.
• Recognised programme or project management certification.
• A strong project generalist background: equally comfortable managing real projects hands-on and coordinating multiple workstreams at once.
• Genuinely hands-on and highly assertive; this is a doer's role, not one for someone looking to build out a structured Programme and Project organisation.
• Comfortable operating as a standalone project resource, supporting multiple teams within an SME environment.
• Confident engaging with senior stakeholders (CEO, CFO etc) across the business, with experience supporting and facilitating executive decision-making forums.
• Proven ability to shape project governance in a proportionate way for an evolving, fast-paced SME environment.
• Strong portfolio management capability, including risks, dependencies, change control, and benefits tracking.
• Confident operating at C-suite level, influencing and guiding senior stakeholders.
• Motivated by the opportunity to build and enhance project delivery capability from the ground up within a growing organisation.
• Experience operating in an SME or similarly lean environment is a strong advantage; experience in regulated, high-governance, or large operational environments is useful but secondary to a hands-on, generalist mindset.