Technical Project Manager

Origina; Sandyford, Dublin; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Origina is seeking a Project/Programme Change professional for a 12-month contract to embed project management practices and oversee a programme of small projects. The role requires communicating across all levels, managing partners and providers, and balancing process with agility to support Origina's growth trajectory.

You’ll work with our Technology & Programme Change teams to drive governance, deliver meaningful change, and ensure high-quality delivery of internal changes across the

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in a Project Management role.
• Professional accreditation in project management preferred.
• Understanding of PM processes and strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Experience in collaborative environments and cross-functional teamwork.
• Calm, proactive problem-solver with ability to adapt to a smaller business context.

Responsibilities

• Schedule and govern projects using appropriate methodologies, refining milestones, resources, and costs.
• Maintain internal delivery governance and standard reporting processes.
• Review requirements and standards for scheduled projects.
• Oversee daily tasks and ensure team delivers against milestones.
• Facilitate communication and negotiation within the team.
• Maintain project schedules and report status to stakeholders.
• Manage risks and define clear deliverables and roles.
• Coordinate with tech support to address critical bugs and issues.
• Support business teams in trials and expansions with partners.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Communication

Education

Project management certification

Job description

About Origina

Origina is a rapidly growing global challenger technology company on a mission to stop unnecessary technology change by helping enterprises to extend, protect and enhance their software assets. We believe organizations should be free to run their systems for as long as they choose - without being pushed into costly, unwanted upgrades that don’t align with their strategy, so we step in to provide an alternative from the original vendor.

We’re scaling fast, with a clear path to€0.5 billionin the next five years, and expanding our presence across Europe, the US, and Australia. As a leading force in independent enterprise software support, we help the world’s largest organizations take back control of their technology roadmap and unlock genuine commercial freedom.

If you’re energized by growth, excited by change, and motivated to help customers challenge long-standing industry norms, this is the team to join. At Origina, you’ll be part of a bold, fast-moving global business where your impact will be felt immediately.

About The Role

This role is a 12 month contract and will be responsible for the embedding of project management practices, management of a programme of small projects and ensuring good quality management and delivery of internal changes in Origina. This is an opportunity to really put your mark on a growing international company through the delivery of meaningful change in IT, both small and project level change.

Understanding the culture and practices of a smaller organisation will be vital. Management of project processes and tooling and the ability to communicate to all levels of the organisation with appropriate methods and language will be critical to bring stakeholders on the project journey. Managing partners and providers will also be important as many of our key systems are from 3rd party providers.

If you want to have autonomy and ability to make a difference, then this is a role for you. You’re not going to be stifled by strict best practice or corporate rules and regulations but at the same time you’re going to be a key player Origina’s journey to continue to build the IT tools required to match its growth ambitions. In doing that you’ll need to balance process and agility in a way that allows both control and pace of change. You’ll be supported in this by an enthusiastic team of professionals across our Technology & Programme Change teams, so – there’ll be plenty of support to help and accompany you in these tasks.

What You'll Do

• Schedule and governance of the project with selection and/or application of appropriate methodologies, processes, and tools; refining and enhancing the project schedule, resources, estimates, costs and execution against an agreed milestones and cost baseline.
• Ensure that effective internal delivery governance and standard reporting processes are adhered to.
• Understand and review requirements and standards in reference to scheduled projects.

• Assign and maintain an oversight of the daily tasks while ensuring all team members are actively working toward established milestones.
• Facilitate communication and negotiation within the team.
• Maintain the project schedule and report project status.
• Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis.
• Drive and manage risk assessment and risk management.
• Determine and define clear deliverables, roles and responsibilities for team members required for specific projects or initiatives.
• Work with tech support team to understand critical bugs and issues and understand and coordinate their management and resolution.
• Support business and solutions teams in developing trials and expansions with partners. Support in the delivery of external change management plans.
• Continuous development of project process. Conduct project lessons learned and compile recommendations to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements.

About you

• 5+ years’ experience in a Project Management role
• Professional, accredited project management certification preferred
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes and strategies.
• Excellent interpersonal skills required particularly the ability to gain alignment and cooperation with colleagues to execute a desired plan.
• Experience working in a highly collaborative environment and promoting a teamwork mentality.
• Calm and level-headed with the ability to predict challenges and proactively resolve obstacles before they arise.
• Understanding of challenges and opportunities presented by working with a smaller business vs working in a large corporate environment.

Don't meet all the requirements? If you feel you'd be a great fit, we'd love to hear from you. At Origina, the most important ingredient is culture fit and recognising those who want to live our high-performance values of Fairness, Trust, Relationships, and Opportunities.

Origina is an equal opportunity employer. We're proud of our ongoing efforts to foster inclusion in the workplace. Individuals seeking employment are considered without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.