About Us
A leading international provider of solutions and expertise, specialising in the fields of digital systems and business performance. The SCALIAN Group provides support to major industrial and service-sector companies to help them define and implement their projects in two fields:
Digital Systems: Embedded and critical systems, IoT, information systems, and digital solutions for businesses. Operations Performance: Management of projects, quality, and industrial performance. We are present in seven countries (France, Spain, Belgium, the UK, Germany, the USA and Canada)
Job Description
Responsibilities:
- Maintain the Project Management Plan and ensure the programme’s adherence to this plan
- Manage the Project Management digital ecosystem to operate the programme (e.g. Unified Planning, AD Projects, ARM, collaboration tools)
- Prepare and facilitate meetings and support the preparation of milestones
- Support the Project Manager in planning and preparing Maturity Gates
- Maintain the programme’s action register and drive the timely closure of actions
- Coordinate preparation of reports in various formats for both internal and external customers
- Ensures consistency among all contractual, financial and technical requirements and coverage in the Project Management Plan (in close cooperation with the Project Controller, Customer Contract Manager and Technical Manager)
- Maintain the programme’s integrated plan in the appropriate tool set (e.g. Unified Planning), embedding inputs from all contributing stakeholders
- Identify, track and communicate the programme’s critical path, proposing measures to shorten it
- Track programme progress and provide visualisation and early warning of potential issues to allow for early mitigation, anticipation and data-driven decisions
- Maintain the Risk and Opportunity (R&O) Management Plan of the programme.
- Maintain the R&O register, including the facilitation of capture and assessment of risks and opportunities
- Drive the definition and follow-up of R&O mitigation actions
- Proactively seek out and implement improvements in your way of working, and in the overall execution of the programme
- Support the project’s improvement governance and contribute to the achievement of its improvement objectives
- Production of Project History Report (yearly)
- Supervision of overall Changes, to trigger the CCN issue and build the relevant case
Requirements:
- Educated to degree level in Engineering or Business Administration
- Previous experience in leading projects or as a PMO is highly sought
- Experience in managing/working with a project schedule is desired
- Experience in managing risks and opportunities, either as a risk manager or a project member desired
- PMP certification preferred
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills
- Ability to work across functions, and to influence and persuade the programme stakeholders amid conflicting priorities
- Experience with typical office applications and generally well-versed in digital tools
- Experience in standard scheduling tools (e.g. Unified Planning, MS Project, Primavera) desired
- Experience in using the proprietary ARM tool for risk and opportunity management is desired
- Experience working in international teams and environments
- Fluency in English is mandatory
Note: Applicant should have an Active SC clearance and hold only the UK nationality.