Project Manager

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Responsibilities and Tasks:
* Read and understand available project documentation (SoW, RFP, ToC), in project preparedness phase.
* Foster an environment that supports teamwork to achieve project objectives.
* "Shields" PCT from the outside effects influencing PCT efficiency.
* Develop and maintain a detailed project plan (all project artifacts, including but not limited to project schedule).
* Monitor the progress against the project plan and SoW.
* Manage costs, schedule and deliverables.
* Owns end-to-end cost planning on the project, organizes and leads cost planning monthly events with the PCT. Detailed forecast for upcoming month, at medium level in ‎2-‎3 months after, at high level for the remainder of project.
* Actively participates in preparation for-, and execution of-, Monthly project review event owned by Finances Controlling department.
* Participate in Steering Committee meetings.
* Run risk management and develop mitigation plans.
* Manage and lead the project core team members for project activities.
* Coordinate team members' day to day project activities in support of RSC efforts.
* Run regularly scheduled project status meetings and generate periodic status reports.
* Communicate and make decisions with customer project manager(s) only, not with customer SMEs.
* Communicate all requests, issues, information detected by project core team to solution center, front office, customer project manager.
* Communicate the status and issues (internal and external) of project to RSC stakeholders on weekly level.
* Communicate the status and issues (internal and external) of project to project core team members.
* Assure that all decisions are communicated properly within the entire PCT.
* Communicate and run mitigation plan for lack of resources which jeopardize project milestones or deadlines in collaboration with Solution team leads and other Project Managers.
* Track and manage project issues identified by customer, project core team, project manager.
* Escalate project issues (internal and external) when needed.
* Run change order process [CO], after scope modification is agreed and approved by project core team members and customer SMEs.
* Initiate installation of internal (Novi Sad) project test system.
* Monitor project bug fixing progress and identify issues and risks with the team.
* Monitor development progress through available tools and identify issues and risks with the team.
* Participate in Business gate for FAT/SAT/Go-Live milestone.
* Follow development on customer's sponsored activities that are outside of RSC scope but are required for system delivery.
* Execute Procurement activities in coordination with other parties.
* Cooperates with Legal team to initiate License Agreement and Sub License Agreement creation (Legal is accountable) and then signing by client (PM is responsible) Manage project closeout process [CHB] and transition to maintenance phase.

• Leads assigned PCT, in accordance with established PM methodology and best practices.


• Ensures that a project scope is delivered on time, within approved budget, and to the required quality standards fulfilled (within agreed specifications). Project manager presents the main communication point and contact point of RSC to other organizations (GOL, other RSCs, FO, customer).


• In case when acting as overall (End2End) PM, he presents main communication point and contact point of SE, and acts in accordance with responsibilities of DG End2End PM.


• Scope: Project management

**Qualifications

About You
* Engineering University degree;
* ‎5-‎7-year experience in the same or similar jobs;
* Excellent English;
* SAP
Competences:**
* Willingness to learn
* Organizational and communication skills
* Able to work in multi-cultural environment and international team
* Teamwork
* Mentoring

Primary Location

: SA-East-AL Khobar Regional Office

Schedule

: Full-time

Unposting Date

: Ongoing