IT Senior Project Manager (contract for 12 months)

The Senior IT Project Manager (IT Contract Logistics) is responsible for managing program programs or large projects within agreed-upon parameters of cost, time, and scope/quality. These typically (but not exclusively) involve delivering IT solutions, services, or products to satisfy business demands and requirements, utilising the necessary project resources and skills, and leading the assigned project teams.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Manage multiple, partially strategic projects in parallel in IT Contract Logistics
• Create time, resource and cost plans, further relevant project management plans, and if applicable, manage project changes
• Control the project regarding time, quality/scope, budget (incl. resources) and identifying (actual and potential) deviations from the project's baseline, (if necessary) execute countermeasures and/or update project management plans (e.g., in case of approved change requests)
• Identify, assess, and manage project risks
• Achieve the defined project output within agreed parameters of cost/budget/time and scope/quality, manage the creation of respective deliverables
• Regularly inform project stakeholders about project status and, if applicable, escalate and call for steering
• Ensures definition and set up all project internal processes, procedures, and relevant project standards (e.g., controlling, safeguarding the quality of deliverables, documentation) in compliance with applicable policies, guidelines, and rules (e.g., PM@Schenker) and applicable delivery approaches (e. g. waterfall, agile)
• Ensures that projects are formally closed (e.g., hand-over of project deliverables to line organisation, execution of project reviews, creating lessons-learned reports and archiving relevant project information, requesting approval of project closure)
• Provide effective leadership to the project team and takes appropriate action where team performance deviates from agreed tolerances
• Willingness to travel 20%

Our requirements:

• At least 5 years of IT project management experience, project management certification is required (e.g. PMP)
• Experience in the Contract Logistics domain
• Knowledge of Project Management methodologies and frameworks (PMP / PRINCE2 / SCRUM / Kanban)
• Experience in leading rollout projects
• Broad IT domain knowledge
• Strong leadership skills, including communication with senior management
• Readiness to travel
• 1-year contract (with a possibility to extend it)
• open for working in the hybrid mode (office in Warsaw)

At Schenker Technology Center, you are part of a global logistics network that connects the world. A network that allows you to shape your career by encouraging you to contribute and truly make a difference. With more than 76,000 colleagues worldwide, we welcome diversity and thrive on individual backgrounds, perspectives and skills. Together as one team, we are Here to move.

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