Senior Consultant Project & Portfolio Management

improven; Netherlands; Hybrid; EUR 48,000 - 73,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laptop/phone

Pension

Events

Job summary

IMPROVEN in the Netherlands seeks a Senior Consultant Project & Portfolio Management who connects strategy, projects and operations, advising directors and senior management on the design of projects and portfolios to deliver value with clarity and governance.

You will develop processes, frameworks and prioritisation mechanisms that enable predictable execution and strengthen PMO capabilities across client organisations in a consultancy setting.

Qualifications

• 3–10 years of relevant experience, preferably within municipalities or the state.
• Experience with PPM/portfolio management and implementing governance structures.
• Proven ability to advise C-level and manage complex stakeholder networks.
• Familiarity with PMO design, portfolio governance and decision-making processes.

Responsibilities

• Advise directors and senior management on project and portfolio design, prioritisation and governance.
• Develop processes, frameworks and prioritisation mechanisms for predictability and steering.
• Lead or professionalise PMO functions to improve organisational manageability.
• Set up and optimise project and portfolio management processes and reporting structures.
• Advise on and implement PPM software to support structured decision-making.
• Translate strategy into structure, rhythm and measurable results for clients.

Job description

Are you the strategic force who immediately sees where direction is lacking in complex environments, who brings structure to projects and portfolios, and who helps organisations steer towards what really delivers value, with clarity, focus and mature governance?

At IMPROVEN, you work at the heart of decision-making. You connect strategy, projects and operations. You are a sparring partner for management, board and C-level leaders from day one, and gain the confidence to implement organisation-wide improvements. Your impact is reflected in better prioritisation, predictable execution and an agile project organisation.

What will you do as a SENIOR CONSULTANT PROJECT & PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT at IMPROVEN?

In this role, you work at the interface of strategy, project implementation, portfolio steering and organisational change. You will help organisations focus on what really adds value, bring clarity to choices and ensure that changes are not only conceived, but actually realised.

You advise directors and senior management on the design of projects and portfolios, develop the processes, frameworks and prioritisation mechanisms needed for predictability and steering, and coach teams in professional project work. You will also set up an effective PMO or professionalise existing PMO functions to make organisations more manageable.

You are the connecting link who translates strategy into structure, rhythm and results, and who brings people along in change. You operate in environments where project management and portfolio management are essential for success, exactly where you add value by strengthening governance, collaboration and decision-making.

Some of your duties

• Advising organisations at strategic level on how to set up, manage and optimise their entire project and programme portfolio.
• Guiding organisations in the transition to a mature and professionally equipped project-based way of working.
• Develop and implement project and portfolio management processes, including decision-making frameworks, prioritisation and reporting structures.
• Advise on and implement PPM software to support structured decision-making.
• Setting up a Project Management Office (PMO) or professionalising existing PMO functions.
• Advising directors and senior management (C-level) on project selection, portfolio decisions and strategic investments.
• Establish, improve and secure a solid foundation for project and portfolio archiving, including documentation standards, version control and central knowledge building.

This is where you recognise yourself?

• You are looking for a role in which you substantive challenge, autonomy and visible impact combines.
• You have 3–10 years’ relevant experience, preferably within municipalities or the state
• You understand both the process if the organisational side of change and project implementation.
• You enjoy working in a consultancy environment in which responsibility, ownership, cooperation and quality are central.
• You have experience with PPM software or portfolio management (e.g. Planview, ProjectPlace, MS Project Online, Primavera)
• You want organisations leaving them better than you found them: more structured, professional and with stronger project management.
• Your communicates bright, moves easily at board level, knows how to manage expectations well and interacts easy with different stakeholders and teams.
• You have experience with PMO/portfolio governance, decision-making and prioritisation
• You can analyse complex situations and translate them into clear choices, actions and priorities.

This is what else you are looking for in a job

• A substantively strong senior role with visible strategic impact at leading customers
• Many autonomy, responsibility and influence
• A regular employment for an indefinite period
• Salary between €4,300 and €6,500 e.g. full-time, suited to your experience
• Flexible travel scheme: choose a mobility allowance or lease car
• 28 holidays for full-time employment
• Hybrid working: at the customer, in the office and at home
• A professional, entrepreneurial and collegial working environment
• Regular IMPROVEN benefits (including laptop/phone, pension and events), plus structural focus on knowledge sharing and professional development
• Working on strategic tasks with social relevance

Your team

Within the department Projects & Change we help organisations move forward by connecting strategic project management, process optimisation and organisational change. As a senior professional, you play a key role in maturing project-based working, improving processes and realising changes that actually deliver sustainable results.

You bring direction, structure and predictability to complex environments, so that projects deliver what they should: concrete value, managerial clarity and better cooperation. In doing so, IMPROVEN gives you the confidence, freedom and responsibility appropriate to your experience. You get the space to show leadership, further strengthen your expertise and make a visible impact with our clients.

At IMPROVEN, you are not an executor of an assignment. You are the experienced force that gives direction, shapes change and ensures that improvements are actually realised.