Associate Manager - 2013200PTN

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Carnaxide; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Safira is reinforcing its management structure by hiring an Associate Manager who will be responsible for full management of Safira’s projects: quality, schedule, budget, profit, team and client satisfaction.

You will ensure proper use of methodology, tools and procedures, coach team members, build relationships with clients’ key players, and participate in business development and project/sales cycles. Availability to travel will be required.

Qualifications

• Six or more years of relevant experience.
• Commercial activities experience.
• Client facing skills are mandatory.
• Experience in task management, team allocation, prioritization.
• IT services background with PM focus.
• Autonomy and business value sense.
• Proficiency in English; Spanish is a plus.
• Availability to travel.

Responsibilities

• Full management of Safira’s projects: quality, schedule, budget, profit, team, client satisfaction.
• Ensure proper use of methodology, tools, procedures and resources to develop projects.
• Building and leveraging relationships with clients’ project key players.
• Business development around new customers and new solution offerings.
• Ensuring project success: quality, schedule, budget, business value, clearly communicated goals.
• Participation in the project/solution sales cycle to define objectives, scope, methodology, deliverables and staffing.

Skills

Project management

Client facing

Communication

Team allocation

Budget management

Business value

Autonomy

English proficiency

Travel willingness

Education

Computer Science degree

Management degree

Job description

SAFIRA develops Information Technology Solutions and offers IT Management Services to leading Financial, Insurance, Energy and Telco & Media companies. The company reached an outstanding reputation and acknowledgement in sophisticated and high demanding market segments through its focus on excellence of service, customer satisfaction, and innovative solutions that produce tangible business results. Founded in 1997, SAFIRA currently employs a team of 170 IT professionals, holding more than 200 technological and Project Management certifications. According to Exame, SAFIRA is a Best Place to Work for the 6th year in a row.

SAFIRA has its headquarters in Lisbon (Portugal), and offices in Warsaw (Poland), Barcelona (Spain) and London (UK).

Job Description

Safira is reinforcingits management structure by hiring an Associate Manager position whichwill be responsible for:

• Full management of Safira’s projects: quality, schedule, budget, profit, team, client satisfaction; under direct supervision of a manager;
• Ensuring proper use of methodology, tools, procedures and any other resources available to develop projects, assist or coach team members on project management (guarantee knowledge share among the team);
• Building and leveraging relationships with clients’ project key-players, e.g., client’s directors, process owners, key users;
• Business development around New customers and New solution offerings;
• Ensuring project success: quality, schedule, budget, business value, clearly communicated goals to the team and to the client;
• Participation in the project / solution sales cycle to build a costumer proposal by defining the objectives, scope, methodology, deliverables and estimate the staffing requirements.

Qualifications

• Six or more years of relevant experience to this function;
• Commercial activities experience;
• Client facing skills are mandatory - presentation, facilitation, written and verbal communication;
• Previous experience in tasksmanagement, team allocation, deliverables and priorities according to project plans, scope, margin and client objectives;
• IT Services background (Computer Science degree and being dedicated on PM fortwo or moreyears, or having a Management degree and havingthree or moreyears managing IT projects;
• Authonomy;
• Business Value sense;
• Proficiency in English, Spanish is a plus;
• Availability to travel.