IT Infra Project Manager

Company Description
**_
Why are we here?_**

You may not know our name but we can guarantee you know our work - all we do has a positive impact on life, health and the environment.

Eurofins is by your side every day, from the food you eat to the medicines you rely on. We work with the biggest companies in the world, making sure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

As a fast paced growing environment we are looking for natural born leaders that inspire passion in unique individuals and are not afraid to take risks in order to achieve goals. Life at Eurofins is a meritocracy, where people are empowered to make decisions and are rewarded for their success. We encourage independent thinkers who challenge the status quo and never accept the market’s or the company’s “usual way of doing things”

Job Description
**_
How can you contribute?_**

Together with the IT Infra PMO team, you will work on high-impact global IT Infrastructure programs with extensive exposure to top-leadership while enjoying great entrepreneurial freedom. You will play a key role in international programs that interface with internal teams as well as external parties.

You will manage, monitor and deliver multiple interrelated complex global IT Infrastructure projects. Define scope, provide estimates, plan the budget, allocate resources, own communications and governance. Proactively identify project delivery risks, establish mitigation measures, mechanisms and communicate.

Also you will be expected to schedule and deliver projects in a highly interdependent ecosystem with multiple stakeholders across the globe. Establish delivery monitoring controls and governance mechanisms. Lead, guide, inspire, motivate and direct multiple cross-organizational teams to deliver the project, ensuring to meet the project KPIs. Preparation and presentation of decision-making material for top-management.

Possible locations for this role - Germany, Poland or Spain

Qualifications
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Are you our kind of extraordinary?_**

You should have a Bachelors/Master’s degree in IT domain, ideally with Business Management degree. With minimum 10 years of end-to-end Global Project Management experience in delivering large and complex IT Infrastructure projects. Certification required - PMI certified PMP (version 5 and above), ITIL V3 and above certified, nice to have CSM certification;
We are looking for a go-getter, self-starter, self-motivated and result oriented person who has the ability to think critically, enjoy working with global team. Someone who has an eagle’s eye to timelines, quality and details.

Also you need to have an advanced MS Project tool and MS Excel knowledge. Working language is English, would be great to have French and/or German language skills

**As an IT Infra Project Manager you should also**:

- Should have been responsible for end to end implementation of Global IT Infrastructure projects right from user requirements gathering, sponsor approval, building the project management plan, project team building, resource allocation, execution and project delivery
- Should have strong IT Infrastructure background with Data Centre, blue print implementations or green field infrastructure related projects
- Should have significant remote IT Infrastructure Project Management experience at least for 3-5 large and complex projects involving multiple continents globally
- Responsible for significant, institute-wide projects, typically with large budgets and sizeable team size, focused on meeting project commitments, including communications with sponsors stakeholders etc.
- Should essentially have strategic and operational responsibilities
- Lead the project right from initiation phase until the kill point with concerted efforts towards coordinating with all the stakeholders of the global IT Infrastructure groups
- Should have minimum 5-7 years of experience in defining the project charters, developing scope of work, building WBS, carrying out risk analysis and mitigation measures for large and complex projects. Should be able to forecast resource requirements that includes human, infrastructure, CapEx, OpEx etc. essential to successfully deliver a project
- Should have proven experience in project risk management - qualitative and quantitative risk analysis, formulating risk mitigation plans, creating PI matrix, etc.
- Should have adequate experience in project budget planning, vendor management and procurements management
- Shall be responsible for building the project communication plan; effectively communicate with key stakeholders on the project progress, issues and deliverables
- Shall be responsible for managing the CRs from stakeholders, approval of CRs, updating the project management plans thereof
- Should have chaired CCBs on the organization level
- Shall be responsible for identifying and establishing milestones and timelines for the project, their approval and accompl