Project Manager

**About the role**:
The project manager leads the team through the project life cycle by establishing a plan that
maximises value to the stakeholders, ensuring the execution of that plan and tracking the team’s
performance against it. The project manager ensures that the project is optimised to prioritise value
within balanced constraints and manages expectations through changing environments.
Primary Responsibilities:

- Define project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical

feasibility and that reasonable commitments are made.
- Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones to track progress,

adapting plans as required.
- Organise project tasks and allocate resources, ensuring that projects are delivered on-time,

within scope, and budget.
- Implement and maintain the project governance structure, ensuring alignment with

organisational policies and standards.
- Manage changes to the project scope, schedule, and costs using appropriate change control

processes and tools.
- Collect, analyse, and utilise project data to inform decision-making and drive project

performance.
- Manage project financials, including budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting, ensuring

alignment with business objectives.
- Implement and monitor quality assurance processes, ensuring project deliverables meet the

required quality standards.
- Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks and resolve issues, maintaining a risk register and

issue log.
- Engage, manage, and communicate effectively with customers and other stakeholders,

managing their expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identify, track, and realise project benefits, ensuring alignment with organisational strategy and

customer expectations.
- Manage project handover, ensuring a smooth transition to operations, including training and

support documentation

**About you**:
Essential Skills and Knowledge
- Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
- Excellent organisational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks

concurrently.
- Proficiency in using project management software and tools, such as Microsoft Project or similar.
- Solid understanding of budgeting, financial reporting, and resource allocation.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex

information clearly and concisely.
- Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and teamwork.
- Strong leadership skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate team members.
- A sound knowledge and understanding of Orange products and solutions

Education, Qualifications and Certifications
- Bachelor's degree in a related field, such as business, management or engineering.
- Professional Project Management and Agile certification (e.g. PMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master)
- 4 years+ experience working as a project manager
- Demonstrable experience in managing projects from initiation to completion.
- Language skills - Fluent English required, both spoken and written.

**Additional information**:
Personal Qualities and Behaviours
- Proactive, resilient and adaptable, able to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic

environment.
- High level of personal accountability and ownership for project outcomes.
- Adept at building and maintaining strong working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- A commitment to ethical, professional conduct and adherence to organisational values and

principles.
- Flexibility and adaptability, with the ability to adjust to changing project requirements and

priorities.
- Strong interpersonal skills and customer focus, with the ability to build and maintain

relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
- Strong negotiation, and relationship-building skills with proven track record in

developing/hosting external and internal relationships.
- Ability to be flexible while working in a changing environment.
- Appreciation of different working cultures and able to adapt to cross-cultural attitudes and

norms.
- Results orientation, with a “can do” attitude and problem-solving approach.
- Strong sense of urgency and an ability to think outside the box and drive action.
- An emphasis on gathering, tracking and analysing key project performance metrics to spot trends

and continuously improve performance.

**Contract**:
Regular