Senior Project Manager

As Project Manager you are responsible for delivering projects of reasonable complexity or workstreams within a larger project or programme and contributing to planning aspects. You have in-depth knowledge and experience in project management to solve complex delivery challenges; take new perspectives using existing solutions and work with mínimal guidance. You are a resource for colleagues with less experience and may have line management responsibility.

Department: Events and Mobile World Congress

Location: Barcelona

Position type: Full-time, Permanent

Reporting to: Programme Lead - Mobile World Congress Barcelona

About the GSMA

The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators with more than 300 companies in the broader mobile ecosystem. Our mission is to further the strategic, commercial, technological, developing world and advocacy interests of our members. The GSMA produces industry-leading events such as MWC Barcelona, MWC Shanghai, MWC Las Vegas, MWC Africa and the

Mobile 360 Series

conferences.

Every day we work to harness the power of mobile to achieve our industry purpose - Connecting Everyone and Everything to a Better Future - through four main activities:
- We provide strategic direction and thought leadership to our members.- We drive collaborative industry programmes aimed at maintaining operator relevance in the digital world.- We advocate for the industry to regulators, policy makers and society as a whole.- We convene the broad mobile communications ecosystem at our industry leading events.

About the Team

The MWC Project Management Office in Barcelona is a dedicated team within the GSMA who work across, and in close collaboration with our internal / external stakeholders and strategic partners to deliver the largest, most influential event for the global connectivity ecosystem.

What the hiring manager says

About the Role

Senior Project Manager - Mobile World Congress Barcelona:
- Support the MWC Barcelona Programme Lead in project and budget management of different programmes/initiatives, taking ownership and making things happen. The role is for an experienced Senior Project Manager who can work autonomously, in a global environment and under pressure.- The Senior Project Manager role works closely with the MWC Programme Lead and cross functional teams to successfully manage and deliver against priorities. We are looking for a team player who is well organised, detail oriented, who can actively and effectively collaborate with internal and external stakeholders.

These responsibilities include, but are not limited to the below:
Programme / Initiatives Project Management:
- Participation and ownership of multiple projects implementation, reporting, budget management across all phases of the project’s lifecycle and delivery milestones.- Project management and coordination with internal / external teams to manage, monitor and report across delivery.

Stakeholder management:
- Manage expectations for different stakeholders: internal stakeholders, partners, and governmental entities.- Direct support to the Programme Lead in liaising with all stakeholders and programme management.- Set up specific planning and timelines for each project, work on the improvements from the previous year, liaise with the internal marketing department for promotion and communication.

Communication and Negotiation:
- Communicate effectively with key stakeholders, partners, and suppliers, to manage dependencies and ensure project requirements and goals are met.- Problem solving and conflict resolution skills supported by consistent, respectful, and effective discussion and resolution of issues when they arise.

Supplier and partner management:
- Manage the relationship with suppliers and partners on a day-to-day basis.- Maintain close communication, foster collaboration and a pathway to success by setting clear goals, managing timelines effectively, coordinating their requirements with the GSMA teams and follow up on the progress of their performance before and during the event.

Other local, Barcelona-specific activities:
- Opportunities to support ad-hoc cross-functional projects as needed.

About You- Strong team player with a proactive “can-do” attitude- Highly experienced Senior Project Management within an international framework- Ability to prioritise while managing multiple responsibilities, tasks, relationships at once.- Takes ownership and leverages the resources available to support their work.- Willing to go the extra mile to meet expectations, at times working with tight deadlines.- Exceptional negotiation skills- Budget and P/L management experienced- Excellent communication both English & Spanish written/oral. Written and spoken Catalan will be a bonus.- Experience in working autonomously.- Proficiency in writing, building presentations - with an attention to detail.- Excellent skills using MS Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Word) and other