We are looking for an experienced Senior Technology Project Manager to join our Technology PMO and lead complex, cross-functional initiatives across business areas, technology teams and countries.

The role is responsible for managing projects end to end, from discovery and planning through development, testing, implementation and closure. Acting as the bridge between Business and Technology, the Project Manager ensures alignment, clear decisions and successful delivery within the agreed scope, timeline, budget and quality standards.

This position requires strong project-management discipline, senior stakeholder management and sufficient technical understanding to navigate integrations, data flows and dependencies, explain complex topics clearly and resolve delivery issues proactively.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technology projects end to end, taking accountability for scope, planning, roadmap, milestones, dependencies, resources, governance, delivery and closure.
• Coordinate Business and Technology teams, aligning Business Owners, countries, Product Owners, Architects, Engineering, QA, Operations, Finance and other impacted stakeholders.
• Support requirements and feature definition, helping Business and countries create clear features and ensuring that scope, dependencies, acceptance criteria and expected outcomes are understood.
• Maintain a global view of the initiative, connecting the different features, teams, countries and releases and facilitating prioritisation and trade-off decisions.
• Understand the technical context, including relevant systems, integrations and data flows, to challenge plans, assess impacts and communicate technical issues to Business.
• Build and maintain the project plan, monitor progress and commitments and proactively address blockers, delays, conflicts and cross-team dependencies.
• Manage the project budget, following actuals, commitments and forecasts, explaining deviations and keeping the financial outlook aligned with the roadmap and releases.
• Coordinate testing and business validation, supporting test planning, execution, defect resolution, acceptance and readiness for implementation and rollout.
• Manage risks, issues and changes, defining mitigation actions, controlling scope and budget impacts and escalating critical topics with context, options and recommendations.
• Manage stakeholders and governance, preparing decision forums, steering committees, action logs and clear status reporting for Business and senior management.
• Create high-quality PowerPoint presentations that communicate progress, budget, risks, dependencies, decisions and next steps in a concise and executive way.
• Contribute to PMO continuous improvement, collaborating with other Project Managers to strengthen methodology, tools, templates, governance and ways of working.

Required Skills - Must Have

• Technical degree: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Telecommunications, Information Systems or a comparable technical discipline.
• Relevant experience in project management: at least 4 years managing complex technology projects through the full delivery lifecycle. Strong planning, budget, risk, issue, change, testing, governance and stakeholder-management capabilities.
• Technology understanding: ability to understand systems, integrations, data flows, dependencies, technical risks and delivery constraints.
• Executive communication: proven ability to prepare and deliver clear presentations and status reports for Business and senior leadership.
• Influencing and negotiation: confidence aligning stakeholders with competing objectives and driving decisions without direct authority.
• English: fluent professional English, with the ability to negotiate, influence and present in an international environment.
• Tools: practical experience with Jira, Confluence and/or other similar collaboration tools.

Nice to Have

• International experience: technology projects involving several countries, business areas or delivery teams.
• Delivery methodologies: knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and hybrid approaches.
• Financial knowledge: familiarity with CAPEX/OPEX, business cases and forecast management.

Professional Skills & Mindset

• Ownership and autonomy: takes responsibility for outcomes, drives topics to completion and raises issues early.
• Structured problem-solving: separates facts from assumptions and proposes practical options and recommendations.
• Clear communication: adapts messages to technical teams, Business stakeholders and senior management.
• Collaboration and constructive challenge: builds trusted relationships while questioning assumptions and protecting delivery.
• Rigour and adaptability: maintains reliable project information and remains effective in changing, high-pressure environments.

Ways of Working

• Delivery approach: Agile, Waterfall or hybrid, depending on the initiative.
• Collaboration model: close coordination with Business, countries, Technology teams, Finance and the wider PMO.
• Environment: international, cross-functional and technology-focused, with multiple stakeholders and concurrent priorities.