Project Manager

webook.com; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading event ticketing platform in Portugal is seeking an experienced Project Manager to oversee cross-functional initiatives and ensure project governance. The ideal candidate will have a background in technology or SaaS, with at least 4–7 years of project management experience. Strong skills in Smartsheet and Jira are essential, alongside a PMP Certification. This role offers the opportunity to impact significant projects within a dynamic team environment.

Qualifications

• 4–7+ years of experience in project management in a technology or SaaS environment.
• Proven track record of delivering cross-functional projects.
• PMP Certification is required.
• Hands-on experience using Smartsheet and/or Odoo Projects for project planning, tracking, and reporting.
• Working knowledge of Jira to interface with engineering teams and interpret delivery artifacts.
• PMP Certification is required; additional related certifications are nice to have.
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project planning, including scope and milestones.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver milestones on time.
• Track and manage dependencies across teams and vendors.
• Track and manage dependencies across teams, vendors, and third parties; elevate blockers with clear options and trade-offs.
• Manage scope changes through structured change control, ensuring alignment on impacts to timeline, cost, and delivery capacity.
• Facilitate delivery execution rhythms (working sessions, weekly check-ins, steering/leadership updates as needed).
• Maintain high-quality documentation: project plans, schedules, meeting minutes, stakeholder updates, and handover packs.
• Ensure deliverables meet defined acceptance criteria and are operationally ready for go-live.
• Produce concise reporting dashboards and executive summaries with delivery confidence indicators and key risks.

Skills

Project planning

Cross-functional coordination

Governance management

Communication skills

Continuous improvement

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

Odoo Projects

Jira

Job description

Do you want to love what you do at work? Do you want to make a difference, an impact, transform peoples lives? Do you want to work with a team that believes in disrupting the normal, boring, and average?

If yes, then this is the job you’re looking for, wobook.com is Saudi's #1 event ticketing and experience booking platform in terms of technology, features, agility, revenue serving some of the largest mega events in the Kingdom and globally surpassing over 2 billion sales.

Role Overview

The Project Manager is accountable for planning, coordinating, and delivering cross-functional initiatives across product, engineering, operations, and external partners in Portugal. The role ensures projects are executed with strong governance, predictable timelines, controlled scope, and clear stakeholder visibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end project planning: scope, milestones, timeline, and deliverables
• Drive project governance cadence
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to deliver milestones on time and to agreed quality standards
• Track and manage dependencies across teams, vendors, and third parties; elevate blockers with clear options and trade-offs
• Manage scope changes through structured change control, ensuring alignment on impacts to timeline, cost, and delivery capacity
• Facilitate delivery execution rhythms (working sessions, weekly check-ins, steering/leadership updates as needed)
• Maintain high-quality documentation: project plans, schedules, meeting minutes, stakeholder updates, and handover packs
• Ensure deliverables meet defined acceptance criteria and are operationally ready for go-live
• Produce concise reporting dashboards and executive summaries with delivery confidence indicators and key risks
• Use Smartsheet and/or Odoo Projects as the primary project management tools for planning, tracking, and reporting
• Demonstrate working knowledge of Jira to collaborate with product/engineering teams (read boards, interpret epics/stories, track progress and dependencies)
• Support intake reviews and ensure projects follow PMO governance standards before major commitments or releases
• Drive continuous improvement by identifying recurring delivery friction points and proposing pragmatic process enhancements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field
• 4–7+ years of experience in project management within a technology, SaaS, platform, or implementation environment
• Proven track record delivering cross-functional projects involving engineering and product teams
• Hands-on experience using Smartsheet and/or Odoo Projects for project planning, tracking, and reporting
• Working knowledge of Jira (required) to interface with engineering teams and interpret delivery artifacts
• PMP Certification is required; additional related certifications are nice to have
• Strong communication skills and ability to influence without direct authority

Nice to Have

• Experience in ticketing, events, travel, hospitality, or high-volume consumer platforms
• Experience delivering integrations (APIs, partners, third-party vendors)
• Exposure to multi-market launches, localization, or operating in international delivery teams
• Portuguese language skills (plus); English required