Senior Project Manager

Vor 6 Tagen

Zürich, Zürich, Schweiz Dentsu Aegis Network Vollzeit

Job Description:

Company Description

We Dream. We Do. We Deliver.

About Merkle

Merkle, a dentsu company, powers the experience economy. For more than 35 years, the company has put people at the heart of its approach to digital business transformation. As the only integrated experience consultancy in the world with a heritage in data science and business performance, Merkle delivers holistic, end-to-end experiences that drive growth, engagement, and loyalty.

Merkle's expertise has earned recognition as a "Leader" by top industry analyst firms, in categories such as digital transformation and commerce, experience design, engineering and technology integration, digital marketing, data science, CRM and loyalty, and customer data management. With more than 16,000 employees, Merkle operates in 30+ countries throughout the Americas, EMEA, and APAC. For more information, visit www.merkle.com.

Job description:

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager responsible for all areas of project management for our key business clients.

The Senior Project Manager manages the delivery of the project or program from the very beginning (team setup, budget and contract validation, initiation of project kick-off with team and client) throughout the whole lifecycle of the project until the completion formal closure of the project. He/she is also responsible for internal and external reporting of project status and progress (workload progress, finance status, etc.), for implementing and executing processes for managing risks, issues and changes during the project and also for completing the project within the defined budget and profitability level. Additionally, she/he provides consulting services to our customers.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible for handling customer projects with regards to scheduling, financial and content aspects
  • Have full control of project planning, risk and scope management, project team leadership
  • Acknowledge and validate contractual details of the project
  • Execute daily project management activities
  • Provide regular internal and external reporting of project status to different levels of stakeholders
  • Obtain client acceptance for partial and complete delivery
  • Deliver and lead medium to large sized projects or subprojects in a large program
  • Deliver the project within the contracted time, quality and budget and to the company defined profitability level
  • Manage local and remote team members and external suppliers
  • Coordinate client and 3rd party team members towards project success
  • Comply with company's project management standards and processes
  • Identify and unlock further business opportunities
  • Consulting services
  • Create concepts and specifications
  • Ensure smooth communication with clients
  • Support the acquisition process, and create offers
  • Build and develop Merkle project management skills
  • Coaching/Mentoring for other Merkle project leads

Qualifications:

  • At least 4-5 years of experience in the same role
  • Sales and business mindset
  • Relevant graduation with a university degree or other higher educational background
  • Team spirit – able to work within regional and international level with other teammates
  • Relationship management – create relationships on all levels.
  • Fluent in German and English, written and spoken, any other language is a plus
  • Experienced with project management discipline, know-how of modern project methodologies (e.g. Kanban, Agile, etc.)
  • As an advantage: Certified in Project Management (Prince 2 practitioner, PMP, Agile PM Practitioner or other equal, Scrum Master or IPMA, etc.)
  • Very good communication skills

Additional information

We work with motivated people, who support and enrich each other. We live the possibilities of the digital world through home office, meaning you can work anywhere (within Switzerland) with flexible (annual) working hours. We also value face-to-face exchanges - coffee or tea, biscuits or fruit are all welcomed on board and shared throughout our offices.

If you ever feel the need to take a break from the digital world, we love to get hands-on together and use pens, paper, and whiteboards for brainstorming sessions. Need to clear your head? Hit the foosball table, PlayStation, massage bench or yoga mat. For networking and (brain) food, we offer regular exchange formats, like meetings, tech labs and more. Not enough? We are full believers in education and support training, whether it be internally or externally. We support you.

These are some of the things we offer:

  • 40-hour week & overtime compensation
  • Independent home office management
  • Flexible working hours model (flextime)
  • Additional days-off on top of holidays (wellness days, volunteer days)
  • State-of-the-art, creative office space with ergonomically equipped workstations
  • Wide range of further education and development opportunities through our in-house Academy
  • Various discounts e.g. for lunch options

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications - regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/worldview, disability, age, as well as sexual orientation and identity.

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Location:

Zürich

Brand:

Merkle

Time Type:

Full time

Contract Type:

Permanent

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