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Project Manager
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Job Listing: Senior Project Managers
Start Date: ASAP
Duration: Until End of Year (with the possibility of extension for a long-term assignment)
Work Regime: Full-time, 5 office days per week
Languages Required: Dutch and English
Role Overview:
We are looking for two experienced Project Managers to join a dynamic team focused on customer onboarding, business transformation, delivery coordination, and stakeholder alignment. These roles are stakeholder-driven and require a business-oriented approach rather than traditional IT project management. The environment offers significant autonomy and responsibility, requiring professionals comfortable with evolving structures and a strong focus on delivery, collaboration, and customer satisfaction.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and coordinate strategic projects from initiation to delivery.
- Manage customer onboarding initiatives and business transformation projects.
- Build trusted relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
- Ensure alignment between business objectives, customer expectations, and operational capabilities.
- Drive project governance, planning, reporting, risk management, and decision-making.
- Prepare and present project updates to stakeholders and leadership.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams and ensure smooth collaboration across departments.
- Gather, challenge, and validate business requirements.
- Ensure actions, deliverables, and dependencies are followed up appropriately.
- Proactively identify risks, roadblocks, and improvement opportunities.
- Support change management and stakeholder adoption initiatives.
- Prioritize activities and ensure projects remain on track regarding scope, timelines, and objectives.
Additional Focus for One Position:
- Lead the onboarding of key strategic wholesale customers onto the future API and service model.
- Act as the bridge between customers, product teams, and internal stakeholders.
- Manage customer expectations while balancing business priorities and operational feasibility.
- Navigate sensitive discussions and maintain customer satisfaction.
Requirements & Qualifications:
Education:
- Master's degree in Business, Engineering, Technology, Economics, Management, or a related field.
- Equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
Experience:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in Project Management or Program Management.
Must-Have Skills:
- Strong stakeholder management skills, both internally and externally.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work independently and take ownership.
- Strong organizational and prioritization capabilities.
- Diplomatic approach with strong influencing skills.
- Assertive without being aggressive.
- Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.
- Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
- Strategic mindset with the ability to maintain a helicopter view.
- Proactive attitude and willingness to take initiative.
- Team player who can also operate autonomously.
- Experience working in rapidly evolving or scale-up organizations.
- Fluent in Dutch and English.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience in telecommunications, broadband, fiber, HFC, FTTH, or wholesale telecom environments.
- Previous experience with customer onboarding initiatives.
- Product management experience.
- Change management experience.
- Knowledge of API-driven service environments.
- French language skills.