Project Manager

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The role

Working in a team environment, the Project Manager within our vertical Service Delivery division will be responsible for leading the customer engagement to ensure that it meets all scope, time, budget and quality expectations, through planning, controlling and managing projects. The Senior Project Manager will lead and support the project team and coach other Project Managers and Project Coordinators as team lead unless team is already led by a Customer Engagement Lead. (The project team may consist of i.e. Architects, Technical Consultants, analysts, SAM specialists etc.) In addition, responsible for managing corporate, customer and third party vendor efforts to plan and implement SoftwareONE solutions.

The Project Manager has a 85% chargeability objective (75% external projects and 10% on internal projects) 5% on coaching and leading other team members, 5% supporting sales in pre-sales activities and the remaining 5% is to be spend on training and personal development in role and within SoftwareONE.

The Project Management Office (pmONE) is the overarching governance body that supports the three centrally led Vertical teams (Technology Services, Software Asset Management and Software Procurement Services) which operates globally through locally funded and managed resources.
Will work with Vertical Project Managers in project risk management and delivery of projects
Track and manage project activities like: Schedule Management, Cost Management, Risk & Issues Management, Meeting Management & Change Management
Work with Business team on pre-sales activities and getting the scope finalized as required
Promoting pmONE services to Business leads/Account Management leads when required
Participate in up-selling and presales activities with sales
Develop and maintain project management best practices
Support project reporting activities
Responsible for managing assigned customer project
Meets or exceeds approved budgets by providing reliable financial forecasts to Management and update management on project progress
Identifies and develops new opportunities within current project supporting early qualification and opportunity assessment
Opportunity manager for medium and large risk deals
Mentor others and assist them with their professional development
Serve as the face of customer for SoftwareONE
Achieves operational objectives by contributing information and preparing and completing action plans; implementing production, productivity, quality, and customer-service standards; resolving problems
Meets financial objectives by forecasting scheduling expenditures; analyzing variances; initiating corrective actions.
Enhances department and organization reputation by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job a