Infrastructure Project Manager

Sopra Steria Group, a major player in consulting, technology services and software publishing in Europe, assists its clients in the successful transformation of their business and information systems. By combining value and innovation in the solutions proposed, and delivering utmost quality and performance in the services provided, Sopra Steria Group positioned itself as a preferred partner for major companies and organizations; especially those looking for the best use of digital technology for their development and competitiveness.

Your Mission:

Planning and management of the project activities:

• Ensuring the final delivery meets the agreed customer and stakeholder requirements specified for the project ;
•  Coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants;
• Acquiring resources and ensuring that team members are motivated and constantly developing their skills and experience;
• Preparing and maintaining project plans and tracking activities against the plan, providing regular and accurate reports;
• Participating in functional and technical working groups and progress meetings.

Budgeting and accounting for the project team activities and resources:

• Estimating costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of the project to agreed terms of reference;
• Monitoring costs, timescales and resources capacity, and take action where these deviate from agreed tolerances;
• Ensuring all organizational policies and procedures are followed throughout project;
• Giving proposals for project strategies, planning, definition of tasks and deliverables, review of project deliverables, risk analysis and management, status reports, problem reporting and management systems, follow-up and organization;
• The Project Manager will also define the project’s objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle.

Your Profile:

• You have at least a Bachelor degree in computer science or equivalent valuable experience;
•  You have at least 3 years of experience in process analysis, review, conceptualization and recommendations;
• PMP and/or Prince II certified;
• Lean Management certification is also an asset;
• You are pragmatic and customer dedication is something you believe
• You have excellent communication skills and you can write complex documents and deliver persuasive presentations;
• You are flexible, pro-active, structured and quality oriented;
• You speak/write French and English fluently.

Your knowledge/experience:

• Exposure to IT project management, in application architecture for information systems and in computer services operations;
•  A good knowledge of modern information system technical architecture (multi-tiers applications, IT infrastructure);
• A general understanding of some of following products: Oracle, WebLogic, ColdFusion, Documentum, Business Objects, LAMP/T stack running under SOLARIS, LINUX or WINDOWS;
• You have strong analytical and synthetical skills;
• Strong project management skills;
• Proven decision maker and problem solver.

We Offer :

We offer the opportunity to work in a fast growing and dynamic team on challenging national and international projects in different industries. We also offer the opportunity to continuously deepen your knowledge and to further develop your personal competencies.

If you want to boost your career and join a growing European leading IT services company, do not hesitate to check this opportunity and send us your resume.