Program Manager - ICT

Telethon; Lombardia; Hybrid; EUR 50,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Job summary

Fondazione Telethon in Milan is seeking an IT & Data Project Manager who owns the operating model for the organization’s data and technology investments. You will partner with Data Strategist and the DPO to govern the data landscape and technology roadmap while ensuring responsible governance and strong delivery outcomes.

You will guide external suppliers, balance performance with sustainability, and drive alignment across business units, maintaining risk-aware, compliant project execution in a

Qualifications

• 5–8 years in IT project or programme management with direct accountability for budget, vendors and enterprise system delivery.
• Demonstrable data governance or data management experience — catalogue, quality, ownership models, master data — in an operational capacity.
• Ability to translate business needs into specifications and procurement documents.
• Working knowledge of GDPR as applied to special categories of personal data.
• Track record of securing commitment from functions over which the role has no hierarchical authority.
• Applies PMBOK, agile or hybrid delivery methods according to project context with consistent planning and control across the portfolio.
• Fluent Italian and English.

Responsibilities

• Assess new ICT or data service requests and issue a formal opinion.
• Run the intake process translating business needs into requirements, build-or-buy options and implementation plans.
• Prepare business cases and benefit assessments to support investment prioritisation.
• Maintain the roadmap of ICT and data initiatives.
• Act as Project Manager for cross-functional ICT and data initiatives: scope, plan, budget, vendors, acceptance and go-live.
• Manage the portfolio with dependencies, risks, budget and timelines, reporting to Head of IT and leadership.

Skills

Leadership

Time Management

Decision Making

Communication skills

Fluent Italian

Fluent English

Job description

Fondazione Telethon is a leading Italian biomedical charity dedicated to advancing research on rare genetic diseases. Its mission is to turn excellent science into real therapies, improving the lives of patients and their families.

We are looking for an IT & Data Project Manager who owns the operating model through which Fondazione Telethon's data and technology investments are decided, delivered and governed.

Works in functional partnership with Data Strategist, DPO, area Data Owners.

Decision model: the role prepares and issues assessments and recommendations; key decisions — investment prioritisation, roadmap, governance framework, vendor selection — are validated jointly with the Head of IT and the Data Strategist.

Act as a strategic and operational partner to the business, taking end-to-end ownership of the Foundation's technology ecosystem.

We are looking for a trusted, engaged, and accountable IT partner who understands business needs, guides technology decisions, effectively leads and challenges external providers, and continuously helps the organization strike the right balance between performance, innovation, sustainability, and the protection of the Foundation's interests.

KEY RESPONSABILITIES:

Demand governance

• Assesses new ICT or data service requests and issues a formal opinion.
• Runs the intake process through which business areas submit needs, translating them into requirements, build-or-buy options and implementation plans.
• Prepares business cases and expected-benefit assessments to support investment prioritisation.
• Maintains the roadmap of ICT and data initiatives.

Data governance

• Enable the data governance framework among the business areas: roles (Data Owner, Steward, Custodian), decision rights and escalation paths.
• Owns the data catalogue and shared business glossary: critical data elements defined once, owned and documented.

Programme delivery

• Acts as Project Manager for cross-functional ICT and data initiatives: scope, plan, budget, vendors, acceptance and go-live.
• Manages the portfolio — dependencies, risks, budget and timelines — reporting to the Head of IT and leadership.

REQUIREMENTS:

• 5–8 years in IT project or programme management, with direct accountability for budget, vendors and enterprise system delivery.
• Demonstrable data governance or data management experience — catalogue, quality, ownership models, master data — in an operational rather than advisory capacity.
• Ability to translate business needs into specifications and procurement documents.
• Working knowledge of GDPR as applied to special categories of personal data.
• Track record of securing commitment from functions over which the role holds no hierarchical authority.
• Applies predictive (PMBOK), agile or hybrid delivery methods according to project context, ensuring consistent planning and control across the portfolio.
• Fluent Italian and English

Soft Skills

• Leadership
• Time Management
• Decision Making
• Communication skills

OTHER INFORMATION

Based in Milan

Hybrid work

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Salary Range: 50.000 - 60.000€