Project Manager Operational Data Store

Senior Project Manager with experience in ODS implementation for APP (Architecture Projects & Planning)

Start: ASAP
Duration: 6 months + Extension
Location: Brussels
Languages: Dutch, French and English

As Project Manager of the implementation of an Operational Data Store (ODS), you are responsible to manage and to steer the virtual teams throughout the different departments.

You are responsible to ensure that this project is delivered on-time, on-scope, and on-budget through the use of the Rainbow methodology (Rainbow) while ensuring continuous alignment between the various stakeholders (within impacted teams)

You have the following responsibilities:

- Scope management:

To ensure that the needs of the internal clients are taken into account and that the business/technical solutions are delivered in line with the agreed requirements.
To challenge requested scope changes and this during the duration of the project.
- Cost management:

To define together with all involved parties the needed project budget.
To ensure you get this budget approved by all necessary "governance bodies".
To identify timely budget variances and to challenge them avoiding your projects exceeds their budget.
- Time management:

To define in cooperation with your project team a clear and realistic project plan that meets project objectives and clearly identifies the expected results and the associated 'resources'.
To have the commitment from the different departments on the expected results.
To challenge the various parties involved ensuring delivery within agreed timeframe.
- Risk management:

To avoid problems by identifying pro-active risks/issues and initiating timely the appropriate actions.
To escalate timely project problems to line management and/or project stakeholders ensuring they can still take appropriate action within their organization.
- Reporting & Communication:

To liaise on a continuous basis with management from the impacted departments avoiding surprises by ensuring they are 'at any time' fully aware of the project status.
- People Management

To provide day-to-day management and coaching of one or more virtual teams.

Experience:
- You have minimum 5 years proven experience as dedicated Project Manager
- As PM, you managed the implementation of (an) Operational Data Store (ODS) project(s)
- You managed with success multiple 'End-To-End' major technical projects involving IT development
- You are familiar with Project management methodologies (PMI, Prince2, ).

Profile:
- You have proven leadership skills to manage effectively your virtual project team & your stakeholders
- You can deal with 'uncertainty' and are able to show expected composure in a continuous changing environment.
- You feel at ease to deal with ambiguity and to handle conflicts.
- You are able to work autonomous
- You are good at organizing project resources efficiently and effectively even while managing multiple projects in parallel.
- You can timely and effectively inform your project stakeholders (director level) and you know essentially of secondary importance to distinguish.
- You take initiatives and are result driven while thinking in terms of solutions.
- You are familiar with Office tools (Word, Excel, MS-Access, MS-Project and Powerpoint).

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