Project Manager - Senior
Orange Business is here!
About us
Join us at Orange Business!We are a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business.Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.
About the role
- Define project scope — Establish and oversee project scope and objectives, engaging all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility for large, complex initiatives. Confirm that all commitments are realistic and achievable.
- Develop project plans — Create, maintain, and adapt detailed project plans, schedules, and milestones aligned with organizational strategy and objectives.
- Organize tasks and resources — Coordinate project tasks and allocate resources to ensure successful delivery on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Implement governance — Establish and maintain project governance structures that align with organizational policies and standards, adapting them to project needs.
- Manage change control — Oversee changes to scope, schedule, and cost using appropriate change‑control processes and tools.
- Analyze project data — Collect, rationalize, and analyze multiple data points to support decision‑making and improve project performance.
- Manage project financials — Oversee budgeting, forecasting, and financial reporting to ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Ensure quality assurance — Develop and maintain QA processes to ensure deliverables meet required standards and drive continuous improvement.
- Manage risks and issues — Proactively identify, mitigate, and resolve risks and issues across significant or complex projects, maintaining a risk register and issue log.
- Engage stakeholders — Build and maintain strong relationships with customers and stakeholders, managing expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
- Realize project benefits — Define, manage, and track project benefits to ensure alignment with organizational strategy and customer needs.
- Oversee project handover — Ensure smooth transition to operations, including training and support documentation.
- Review PM performance — Conduct performance reviews for project managers reporting directly to the senior PM.
- Provide resource feedback — Give performance feedback to line managers for all project team members.
- Support performance improvement — Collaborate with line managers to develop performance improvement plans when required.
About you
- 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)
- 8 years+ experience in project management
- Proven track record in managing significant projects from initiation to completion
- Language skills – Fluent English required, both spoken and written
Personal Qualities and Behaviour:
- Excellent leadership qualities, with the ability to inspire and motivate team members, and adapt leadership style as needed.
- 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 stakeholder requirements and priorities.
- Keen eye for detail to ensure spotting issues or risks before they materialise, to create an impact on the project timeline, budget, quality or scope
- Excellent interpersonal skills and customer focus, with the ability to foster 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.
- Good knowledge 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.
What we offer
• Global Opportunities: Work in multi-national teams with opportunity to collaborate with colleagues and customers from all over the world.• Flexible Work Environment: Flexible working hours and possibility to combine work from office and home (hybrid ways of working).• Professional Development: training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.• Career Growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.• Caring and Daring Culture: Health and well-being programs and benefits, diversity & inclusion initiatives, CSR and employee connect events.• Reward Programs: Employee Referral Program, Change Maker Awards.