Project Manager

HCL Technologies Limited; Amsterdam; Sur place; EUR 42 000 - 58 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

HCL Technologies Limited in Amsterdam seeks a Junior Project Manager to support and manage technology projects from initiation through closure, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, quality, and cost. The role coordinates technical and business stakeholders, customers, and vendors while maintaining robust project controls.

The position requires 2–4 years of PM experience, fluency in Dutch, and a strong understanding of project lifecycles with proactive communication and governance

Qualifications

• 2–4 years of project management or coordination experience in IT services.
• Knowledge of end-to-end project lifecycle and governance.
• Experience coordinating multiple technical and business stakeholders with clear status reporting.

Responsabilités

• Develop, maintain, and track project plans with milestones and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to achieve project objectives.
• Track scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, actions, and dependencies.
• Prepare weekly status reports for internal and customer stakeholders.
• Identify risks early and define mitigation actions.
• Manage scope changes through change-control processes.
• Ensure compliance with delivery frameworks and governance requirements.

Connaissances

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile delivery

Waterfall

Risk & issue tracking

Communication

Team coordination

Formation

Bachelor's degree in Engineering / CS / IT / Business

Outils

Microsoft Project

Jira

Confluence

Excel

PowerPoint

Description du poste

We are a $13+ billion global technology company, home to more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products.

HCLTech is a globally recognized leader in the Tech and IT industry, but we’ve never forgotten the startup mindset that got us here. We’ve always approached our work with an idea-first attitude because every one of our accomplishments —no matter how big or small —can be traced back to an idea’s single spark.

It’s that spark —that inner drive —that sets our people apart from our competitors. It enables us not just to pull off game-changing feat after game-changing feat but to better our world in the process. We want you to find your spark. Because that’s what drives you to be better, be more and ultimately, be more fulfilled.

Title of Role – Junior Project manager

Location – Netherlands, Amsterdam

Experience required- 2-4 years

Language - Fluent Dutch

Job type – onsite

Role Overview

The Project Manager will support and manage technology projects from initiation through closure, ensuring delivery in line with agreed scope, schedule, quality, cost, and governance requirements. The role coordinates technical teams, business stakeholders, customers, vendors, and other project participants while maintaining effective project controls and communication.

Key Responsibilities

• Develop, maintain, and track project plans covering activities, milestones, dependencies, resources, and deliverables.
• Coordinate cross-functional technical and business teams to achieve agreed project objectives.
• Track project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, actions, and dependencies.
• Conduct regular project meetings and ensure decisions and actions are documented and followed through.
• Prepare and distribute clear weekly project status reports to internal and customer stakeholders.
• Identify risks and issues early, define mitigation actions, and escape appropriately.
• Monitor project milestones and ensure deliverables are completed within committed timelines.
• Maintain RAID logs, action trackers, milestone plans, and project governance artefacts.
• Coordinate with technical leads and subject-matter experts to confirm ownership of deliverables and dependencies.
• Support financial tracking, including project effort, resource usage, budgets, and milestone completion.
• Manage scope changes through the agreed change-control process.
• Ensure project activities and deliverables comply with applicable delivery frameworks and governance requirements.
• Maintain proactive communication regarding progress, issues, dependencies, and required decisions.
• Support project closure, handover, lessons learned, documentation, and closure of outstanding actions.

Required Experience and Skills

• 2 to 4 years of relevant project management or project coordination experience, preferably in IT services or technology delivery.
• Good understanding of the end-to-end project lifecycle.
• Experience managing schedules, milestones, actions, risks, issues, and dependencies.
• Understanding of Waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies.
• Experience coordinating multiple technical and business stakeholders.
• Good customer-facing communication and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to prepare clear project status reports and management updates.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities.
• Working knowledge of tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent.

Preferred Technology Exposure

Exposure to one or more of the following areas is desirable:

• End User Computing and Digital Workplace
• Windows endpoint deployment and migration
• Microsoft 365 and Azure / Cloud
• Data Centre and infrastructure services
• Network transformation
• ServiceNow and IT service management
• Transition and transformation programmes

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Management, or an equivalent discipline.
• Project management training or certification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, CAPM, PMP training, Agile/Scrum certification, or equivalent is desirable.
• ITIL Foundation certification is advantageous for IT infrastructure and service projects.

Competency

Expected Capability

Project Planning

Create and maintain project plans and milestones.

Governance

Maintain RAID logs, actions, reporting, and project documentation.

Identify, track, mitigate, and accelerate risks and issues.

Stakeholder Management

Coordinate business, technical, vendor, and customer stakeholders.

Communication

Produce concise written and verbal updates.

Delivery Management

Drive activities towards agreed milestones and outcomes.

Apply basic understanding of budgets, effort, and milestone tracking.

Technical Awareness

Understand dependencies across technology workstreams.

Customer Management

Communicate proactively and professionally.

Team Coordination

Coordinate cross-functional, onshore, and offshore teams.

Success Measures / KPIs

• Milestones delivered according to the agreed project plan.
• Timely identification and management of risks and issues.
• Accurate and timely project status reporting.
• Compliance with project governance processes.
• Timely closure of actions and dependencies.
• Quality and completeness of project documentation.
• Positive stakeholder and customer feedback.
• Achievement of agreed project deliverables