Project Manager

HCL Technologies Limited

Göteborgs kommun

On-site

SEK 420,000 - 560,000

Full time

2 days ago

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Job summary

HCL Technologies Limited in Gothenburg, Sweden is seeking a Junior Project Manager to support and manage technology projects from initiation through closure, ensuring delivery within scope, schedule, quality, cost, and governance requirements.

You will coordinate cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and customers while maintaining effective project controls and communication, with 2–4 years of relevant experience and fluent Swedish.

Qualifications

2 to 4 years of project management or project coordination experience
Good understanding of the end-to-end project lifecycle
Experience managing schedules, milestones, actions, risks, issues, and dependencies
Understanding of Waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies
Experience coordinating multiple technical and business stakeholders
Good customer-facing communication and stakeholder-management skills
Ability to prepare clear project status reports and management updates
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time-management skills
Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities
Working knowledge of MS Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence or equivalent

Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and track project plans covering activities, milestones, dependencies, resources, and deliverables.
Coordinate cross-functional technical and business teams to achieve agreed project objectives.
Track project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, actions, and dependencies.
Conduct regular project meetings and ensure decisions and actions are documented and followed through.
Prepare and distribute clear weekly project status reports to internal and customer stakeholders.
Identify risks and issues early, define mitigation actions, and elevate appropriately.
Monitor project milestones and ensure deliverables are completed within committed timelines.
Maintain RAID logs, action trackers, milestone plans, and project governance artefacts.
Coordinate with technical leads and subject-matter experts to confirm ownership of deliverables and dependencies.
Support financial tracking, including project effort, resource usage, budgets, and milestone completion.
Manage scope changes through the agreed change-control process.
Ensure project activities and deliverables comply with applicable delivery frameworks and governance requirements.
Maintain proactive communication regarding progress, issues, dependencies, and required decisions.
Support project closure, handover, lessons learned, documentation, and closure of outstanding actions.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Communication

Risk and issue management

Scheduling

Cross-functional coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Computer Science/Information Technology/Business Management

PRINCE2 Foundation / CAPM / PMP training

ITIL Foundation

Tools

Microsoft Project

Excel

PowerPoint

Jira

Confluence

Job description

We are a $13+ billion global technology company, home to more than 224,000 people across 60 countries, delivering industry-leading capabilities centered around digital, engineering, cloud, and AI, powered by a broad portfolio of technology services and products.

HCLTech is a globally recognized leader in the Tech and IT industry, but we’ve never forgotten the startup mindset that got us here. We’ve always approached our work with an idea-first attitude because every one of our accomplishments —no matter how big or small —can be traced back to an idea’s single spark.

It’s that spark —that inner drive —that sets our people apart from our competitors. It enables us not just to pull off game-changing feat after game-changing feat but to better our world in the process. We want you to find your spark. Because that’s what drives you to be better, be more and ultimately, be more fulfilled.

Title of Role – Junior Project manager

Location – Gothenburg, Sweden

Experience required- 2-4 years

Language - Fluent Swedish

Job type - onsite

Role Overview

The Project Manager will support and manage technology projects from initiation through closure, ensuring delivery in line with agreed scope, schedule, quality, cost, and governance requirements. The role coordinates technical teams, business stakeholders, customers, vendors, and other project participants while maintaining effective project controls and communication.

Key Responsibilities

Develop, maintain, and track project plans covering activities, milestones, dependencies, resources, and deliverables.
Coordinate cross-functional technical and business teams to achieve agreed project objectives.
Track project scope, schedule, cost, quality, risks, issues, actions, and dependencies.
Conduct regular project meetings and ensure decisions and actions are documented and followed through.
Prepare and distribute clear weekly project status reports to internal and customer stakeholders.
Identify risks and issues early, define mitigation actions, and elevate appropriately.
Monitor project milestones and ensure deliverables are completed within committed timelines.
Maintain RAID logs, action trackers, milestone plans, and project governance artefacts.
Coordinate with technical leads and subject-matter experts to confirm ownership of deliverables and dependencies.
Support financial tracking, including project effort, resource usage, budgets, and milestone completion.
Manage scope changes through the agreed change-control process.
Ensure project activities and deliverables comply with applicable delivery frameworks and governance requirements.
Maintain proactive communication regarding progress, issues, dependencies, and required decisions.
Support project closure, handover, lessons learned, documentation, and closure of outstanding actions.

Required Experience and Skills

2 to 4 years of relevant project management or project coordination experience, preferably in IT services or technology delivery.
Good understanding of the end-to-end project lifecycle.
Experience managing schedules, milestones, actions, risks, issues, and dependencies.
Understanding of Waterfall and Agile delivery methodologies.
Experience coordinating multiple technical and business stakeholders.
Good customer-facing communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Ability to prepare clear project status reports and management updates.
Strong analytical, problem-solving, organisational, and time-management skills.
Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities.
Working knowledge of tools such as Microsoft Project, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence, or equivalent.

Preferred Technology Exposure

Exposure to one or more of the following areas is desirable:

End User Computing and Digital Workplace
Windows endpoint deployment and migration
Microsoft 365 and Azure / Cloud
Data Centre and infrastructure services
Network transformation
ServiceNow and IT service management
Transition and transformation programmes

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, Business Management, or an equivalent discipline.
Project management training or certification such as PRINCE2 Foundation, CAPM, PMP training, Agile/Scrum certification, or equivalent is desirable.
ITIL Foundation certification is advantageous for IT infrastructure and service projects.

Competency

Expected Capability

Project Planning

Create and maintain project plans and milestones.

Governance

Maintain RAID logs, actions, reporting, and project documentation.

Identify, track, mitigate, and elevate risks and issues.

Stakeholder Management

Coordinate business, technical, vendor, and customer stakeholders.

Communication

Produce concise written and verbal updates.

Delivery Management