Senior Information Technology Project Manager in Lisbon

We are seeking a driven and experienced Senior IT Project Manager to lead the delivery of intricate IT projects with precision and excellence.

In this pivotal role, you will orchestrate the execution of projects, ensuring they adhere to strict timelines, budgetary constraints, and uncompromising quality benchmarks.

Your responsibilities will span strategic planning, adept stakeholder engagement, and adept team leadership, all aimed at driving successful project outcomes.

This role will report into the Managing Director and will have programme management aspects.

To succeed in this role, you will be a team player with a keen eye for detail and a creative problem solver with a “get things done” attitude.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project objectives, scope, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets in alignment with client requirements.
• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of IT projects within scope, budget, and schedule constraints.
• Manage project resources, including staffing, budget allocation, and vendor relationships.
• Identify and mitigate project risks, issues, and dependencies to ensure successful project delivery.
• Provide regular project updates, status reports, and communication to stakeholders.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project stakeholders.
• Foster a collaborative and high-performing project team culture focused on achieving project goals.

Experience Required

Must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Demonstrated experience in project management with a track record of successfully delivering complex projects across the full lifecycle
• Experience with SaaS, system integration and software development.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, such as Agile (Kanban, Scrum), Waterfall, and Hybrid.
• Professional Project Management certification (e.g., PMP, PRINCE2) are desirable.

Good-to-have:

• Experience working in a client facing role, ideally from a consulting / systems integration background is also desirable.
• Knowledge of reporting and financial budget management.
• Understanding and knowledge of the project lifecycle, governance processes, standards, methodologies and tools.

Soft Skills:

• Strong problem-solving abilities with a focus on finding innovative solutions within project constraints.
• Adaptability to changing environments and the capacity to thrive in dynamic project settings.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate effectively in multicultural teams.
• Proactive attitude towards personal and team development, fostering continuous improvement.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, to convey complex technical concepts clearly to diverse stakeholders.
• Capacity to lead and motivate project teams to achieve project objectives efficiently and with high quality.
• Resilience and ability to maintain composure under pressure, ensuring effective decision-making and conflict resolution.

About us

Strategic Imperatives are recognised as the UK market leaders in fixed line provisioning with award-winning multi-carrier solutions for Local Loop Unbundling, Wholesale Line Rental, Fibre and traditional broadband as well as the channel premier SaaS billing platform.

Our products are used by 200 of the UK’s largest communication providers to manage millions of lines, traditional broadband and fibre connections.

Our SaaS billing platform Elevate, has shaken the stagnant billing market and brought an outdated process up to date and into the heart of our customer's processes.

Our most recent innovation is the wholesale fibre aggregation gateway, The Fibre Café.

This is a ground-breaking solution to the challenge of connecting multiple AltNets and Service Providers rapidly and cost-effectively.

It eliminates the “spaghetti” approach to integration and provides a single interface underpinned by a modern API, common processes and a unified order journey.

Who will you work with?

Our international development team spans the UK, Ireland and Lisbon.

Our goal is to have a constant focus on delivering business value through delivering useful features earlier and with less wasted effort.

We believe in an inclusive working environment where everyone feels they belong without having to conform, that their contribution matters and they are able to perform to their full potential, no matter their background, identity or circumstances.