Project Manager

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


Job description:
We are seeking a Project Manager responsible for the execution of project management competency for our business clients.

The Project Manager manages the delivery of the project from the very beginning (team setup, budget review, initiation of project kick-off with team and client) throughout the whole lifecycle of the project until the completion and 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 project and also for completing the project in the defined budget and profitability level.

Responsibilities:
- Acknowledge contractual details of project- Setup project team and prepare project plan for delivery- Execute daily project management activities- Provide regular internal and external reporting of project status to different levels of stakeholders- Execute properly Risk, Issue and Change management process- Obtain client acceptance for partial and complete delivery- Deliver the project within the time, quality, budget and profit level- Deliver and lead small to medium sized projects or subprojects in a program- Manage local and remote team members- Collaborate with client and 3rd party team members and suppliers- Comply with company’s project management standards and processes- Support to identify and unlock further business opportunities- Support the acquisition process and in offer creation- Establish and further develop Merkle project management skills- General consulting services- Create simple concepts and specifications

Qualifications:
- At least 1-2 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 team mates- Relationship management - create relationships on all levels.- Deliver and lead small to medium sized projects or subprojects in a medium sized program- 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
- #LI-Hybrid
- #LI-MERKLE

Location:
Zürich

Brand:
Merkle

Time Type:
Full time

Contract Type:
Permanent