Project Manager – Telephony

eurpeople’s customer, a global pharmaceutical company, is seeking an experienced Project Manager (Telephony experience) to join its 6 month assignment in Basel, Switzerland.

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• PM WITH EXPERIENCE IN INFRASTRUCTURE AND TELEPHONY WITH VALIDATION KNOWHOW
• Project Scope Management:
  Formulates and defines scope and objectives of the project in collaboration with the accountable project sponsor and ensures communication and agreement of project goals, schedule baselines, and strategic direction to all identified stakeholders
• Project Stakeholder/Communication Management:
  You will be responsible to identify all relevant project stakeholders and to establish and implement an appropriate communication plan to manage their requirements and expectations.
• Project Delivery:
  Primarily responsible to deliver the project on approved (baseline) schedule and (baseline) budget, within quality limits, and with the expected benefits as defined at project entry and project baseline gates. In addition to control and documented change management throughout project delivery, as needed.
• Project Risk, Assumption, Issue and Dependency (RAID) Management:
  Actively manages risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies (RAID) by carefully assessing potential impacts in collaboration with the respective project teams and proposing appropriate mitigation actions.
• Project Planning, Tracking, Control & Reporting:
  Creates baseline project schedules and tracks the completion of project deliverable, tasks, activities and milestones. Plan, baseline and control costs to ensure projects are completed within approved baseline budget.
• Team Building & Leadership:
  Identify, acquire, and lead multi-functional, global project teams (project team sizes 10).

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a successful Information Technology Project Manager using structured project management processes
• Experience with telephony projects
• Experience in IT project management (PM certification a plus)
• CSV background and experience in working with IT Quality
• Experience in detailed planning and tracking
• Leadership of external/internal staff
• Experience in virtual, international team settings
• Cross-functional communication and negotiation skills; proven track record of handling escalations on all levels IT internally as well as between business and IT
• Business-fluid in English, both verbally and in writing

All applicants must have excellent communication skills and MUST SPEAK FLUENT ENGLISH. Applicants who also speak SPANISH and/or GERMAN will be at a distinct advantage.

For more information regarding this exciting opportunity as well as for details of the very competitive package on offer please contact eurpeople.

The customer WILL NOT consider candidate(s) who DO NOT possess a relevant passport that allows them to immediately travel to the project location.

eurpeople is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.

eurpeople is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

For more information please send your CV providing your contact details and a representative of eurpeople will contact you. Alternatively please call eurpeople on the telephone number provided.

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eurpeople Recruitment Ltd
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