Senior Project Manager

Cegal Norway; Norway; On-site; NOK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Cegal EnergyX in Stavanger seeks a proactive Senior Project Manager to lead selected customer projects, coordinate delivery across internal teams and build strong customer relationships. You will monitor budgets, risks and milestones to ensure delivery aligns with scope and commercial expectations.

Ideally you bring experience managing complex projects in the energy sector, strong stakeholder communication, and familiarity with project management tools.

Qualifications

• Experience in project management, customer management or service delivery, including coordinating resources, risks and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Commercial awareness and experience following up contracts and purchase orders.
• A relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage selected customer projects from planning through delivery.
• Coordinate activities, resources, dependencies and priorities across project teams.
• Monitor project progress, financial performance and delivery risks.
• Monitor and follow up on project budgets, costs, revenue and financial forecasts, ensuring budget compliance and proactively addressing deviations.
• Build trusted customer relationships and maintain clear, structured communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate customer deliveries, including Managed Services activities where relevant.
• Follow up contracts, master agreements, purchase orders and other commercial aspects of delivery.
• Manage operational escalations and drive issues through to resolution.
• Depending on team needs, take on people-management responsibilities such as resource coordination, employee follow-up and growth dialogues.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Commercial awareness

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Do you have experience in Hydrocarbon Accounting and a passion for helping energy companies make better use of their data? Would you like to deliver next-generation data solutions for the energy industry while acting as a trusted advisor to global energy companies?

Cegal EnergyX was established to build a vertical software portfolio of operational data management solutions developed especially for global energy companies

We are looking for a proactive and commercially minded Senior Project Manager to join our EnergyX Service Deliveries team. You will lead selected customer projects, coordinate delivery across internal teams, and build strong relationships with customers and stakeholders.

As EnergyX continues to grow, you will help ensure that customer commitments are delivered according to agreed scope, timelines and commercial expectations, while identifying risks and resolving challenges early. This is an opportunity to play an important role in that growth while working with technology and services that support critical operations in the energy industry.

Your Responsibilities

• Manage selected customer projects from planning through delivery.
• Coordinate activities, resources, dependencies and priorities across project teams.
• Monitor project progress, financial performance and delivery risks.
• Monitor and follow up on project budgets, costs, revenue and financial forecasts, ensuring budget compliance and proactively addressing deviations.
• Build trusted customer relationships and maintain clear, structured communication with internal and external stakeholders.
• Coordinate customer deliveries, including Managed Services activities where relevant.
• Follow up contracts, master agreements, purchase orders and other commercial aspects of delivery.
• Manage operational escalations and drive issues through to resolution.
• Depending on team needs, take on people-management responsibilities such as resource coordination, employee follow-up and growth dialogues.

Who You Are

You create clarity in complex delivery environments and balance customer expectations, commercial considerations and project priorities. You communicate clearly, follow through on commitments and address challenges before they become blockers.

You Are Also Someone Who

• Builds trust with customers, colleagues and stakeholders.
• Works proactively and brings structure to competing priorities.
• Identifies risks early and handles challenges and escalations calmly and constructively.
• Finds practical ways to simplify delivery and remove unnecessary friction.
• Take ownership of project delivery, ensuring progress, budget control and follow-up of risks and dependencies.
• Collaborates effectively across professional and organizational boundaries.

Your Experience And Qualifications

We are looking for someone with:

• Experience in project management, customer management or service delivery, including coordinating resources, risks and dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder-management and communication skills.
• Commercial awareness and experience following up contracts and purchase orders.
• A relevant bachelor’s or master’s degree, or equivalent professional experience.

Additional Experience That Would Be Beneficial

• Familiarity with PRINCE2 or similar project management methodologies
• Experience using project management tools for planning, resource allocation, progress tracking and budget follow-up.

Knowledge of the energy or oil and gas industry is a must. Experience with hydrocarbon accounting is valuable but not required.

Cegal EnergyX is an integrated division of Cegal with a software portfolio developed especially for energy companies. Whether it is within oil, natural gas, renewables or carbon capture – our mission is to replace old software with modern, smart cloud solutions that makes our customers workday better and enable a more sustainable future.

Why us?

Because at Cegal - You matter. As a Cegalian you will be seen, heard, and appreciated. You are part of an Inclusive working environment where you can be your true self, and bring all your skills, experience and personality into the workplace. We are problem solvers who don’t hide behind technical jargon and fancy buzzwords. Instead, we make the complicated easy to understand and turn complexity into digital success stories.

We call that being Fuss Fighters.

You will work with colleagues who are Super Skilled in their fields, and experience how our diversity encourages creativity, innovation and knowledge-sharing. We are passionate about technology and have a culture of learning from others, sharing knowledge and growing.

A balanced approach to work and personal life makes us happier and more productive. At Cegal we are dedicated to creating a work culture that is flexible, accommodating, and inclusive of diverse needs. We prioritize employee well-being and support work-life balance. You give and receive – You matter.

What’s in it for you?

• Career paths - Advance your career with trainee programs, mentorship, growth dialogue.
• Influence - Ideal company size - global impact, yet stand out and make a difference
• Professional growth – Benefit from a training budget and dedicated time for learning and growth, while enjoying access to digital courses and our very own certification center.
• Fun at work - 870+ employees, 20+ social clubs, including football, game nights, wine tasting, and company trips.
• Technology - We are passionate about new tech. Test the latest technologies and implement them in real-world scenarios.
• Work-life balance - Enjoy a supportive and flexible work environment that enables you thrive both professionally and personally.
• Diversity - support diversity in the tech industry through our Diversity at Cegal initiative, Women at Cegal network or our platinum partnership with the Oda Network

Want to know more about these and other benefits? Visit our careers page: https://www.cegal.com/en/careers/working-at-cegal

Location: Stavanger

Questions?

Contact the hiring manager, Nina Karete Ramsland, Manager Service Delivery - EnergyX ,([phone]) or Recruitment and Development Specialist, Adelaida Ures Sævild, ([phone])

This is a direct Company recruitment. We will not accept applications or candidates via employment agencies. As a candidate you will need to have a valid working visa for Norway. Cegal does not sponsor visas. Finalist candidates will be asked to consent to a background check according to our security routines. We will ask all candidates to disclose potential ties to high-risk and sanctioned countries.