Senior Project Manager

As a charter network of 25 schools, the organisation runs campuses in several cities.

Overview

The Senior Project Manager runs cross-functional projects from kickoff to close, usually three or four at a time, with budgets between $250K and $2M. Instituto Educacional Braga has a small PMO. You will own schedules, budgets, risks and status reporting for your projects. This is a fully remote position open to candidates anywhere in Portugal.

Main duties

• Run weekly status meetings and send clear notes with owners and dates
• Coordinate work across IT, operations, finance and vendors
• Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost
• Close projects with lessons learned and a clean handoff to operations
• Keep project documentation organised in SharePoint or Confluence
• Build and maintain project plans in Smartsheet or MS Project
• Manage project budgets and forecast spend to completion

You'll need

• 5-7 years of project management experience
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Strong written status reporting
• Working knowledge of waterfall and Agile methods
• Organised, with a habit of following up
• Comfortable running meetings with senior stakeholders

Compensation and benefits

• Private health insurance
• Training budget
• Flexible start and finish times
• Life insurance
• Meal vouchers

We will only contact shortlisted applicants.

Start: Within 30 days.

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