Data & AI Project Manager: FinOps & Delivery Leader

APGAR; Porto; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hybrid working model

International environment

Professional development opportunities

Competitive compensation and benefits

Job summary

Apgar is seeking a Project Manager to lead end‑to‑end Data & AI projects with strong financial and operational oversight. You’ll coordinate internal teams, external partners and multiple stakeholders, driving budgets, forecasts and risk management to ensure timely, on‑budget delivery.

Your role blends project governance, reporting and continuous improvement, with a focus on clear decision making and stakeholder alignment across international and cross‑functional teams.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of professional experience in Project Management, PMO or similar role.
• Hands‑on experience managing projects across planning, scope, milestones, risks, dependencies, budgets and reporting.
• Strong ownership and reliable follow‑through, taking issues through to resolution.
• Experience in project financial oversight, with the ability to analyse budgets, forecasts, costs and variances.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Manage and coordinate Data & AI projects from planning through execution, monitoring and closure.
• Define and maintain project scope, milestones, work plans, responsibilities, dependencies, resources and budgets.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams and external partners, ensuring alignment on priorities, responsibilities, deliverables and timelines.
• Daily project management by organizing governance meetings, prepare agendas, presentations, and minutes, and monitor actions.
• Monitor project financial performance and ensure consistency across budgets, forecasts and actual costs.
• Prepare periodic project reporting by consolidating operational and financial information.
• Produce status reports, dashboards, executive presentations and project documentation.

Skills

Project management

Financial oversight

Stakeholder coordination

Excel

English communication

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

SAP

Ariba

Job description

Apgar is seeking a Project Manager to lead end‑to‑end Data & AI projects with strong financial and operational oversight. You’ll coordinate internal teams, external partners and multiple stakeholders, driving budgets, forecasts and risk management to ensure timely, on‑budget delivery.

Your role blends project governance, reporting and continuous improvement, with a focus on clear decision making and stakeholder alignment across international and cross‑functional teams.