Project Manager

We are working with a leading Greek digital agency to find a talented Project Manager.

About the job

Our client handles many large and notable digital projects and solutions in Greece in a variety of sectors, such as large e-commerce and travel sites, intranets, news portals or other large-scale web and mobile applications, for the private and public sector.

The ideal candidate is a talented individual with a passion for digital, good organizational skills, and the urge to promote an authentic, confident, visionary and customer-focused face to existing and new clients and partners.

Requirements

The ideal candidate should be able to:

• Coordinate the full lifecycle of an online project through all the stages of UX, design, front and back-end development, testing and delivery of the final product
• Participate in meetings with clients and guide them through all the required steps (present plans and deliverables, explain processes, keep meeting minutes)
• Efficiently communicate with clients and third-party vendors, through all available channels and succeed in increasing client satisfaction establishing mutual trust relationships
• Understand business needs, in various business sectors and consult clients on their digital transformation journey
• Translate clients' needs and decisions taken to the production team by authoring a thorough specification document
• Possess a deep understanding of web development processes in terms of strategy and design all through to development and related technologies
• Participate in technical meetings with different third-party vendors, understand requirements and make decisions on systems' integrations talks
• Have a thorough understanding of the company's products and services
• Have strong technical knowledge, to be able to talk effectively with both the technical team and the client, anticipate and prevent any underlying technical issues
• Help the production team formulate solutions that solve customer problems in relation to online commerce, news portals, travel portals and other online business projects
• Develop the project's timeplan taking into account clients' needs, third parties' capabilities, technical requirements and systems involved
• Lead the production process of offered solutions by working with, inspiring and motivating the IT, UX, Design, Development and Digital Marketing teams
• Work to unearth and solve any problems with the functionality of a solution by coordinating testing processes working along the production team
• Supervise the project team by appropriately assigning tasks and properly allocating resources to meet deadlines
• Succeed in meeting project goals within the specified budget of the client and the organization by continuously adjusting project parameters
• Be flexible enough to handle project requirements changes, technical difficulties and demanding clients by maintaining project control and offering intuitive solutions
• Author project user manuals and train project beneficiaries on the use of the projects developed
• Generate periodic project status reports for stakeholders
• Maintain awareness of new and emerging technologies and their potential application to clients' projects

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent
• 2+ years of web project management experience in large scale web projects, preferably e-commerce
• Demonstrated understanding of Project Management processes, strategies and methods
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Project Management Certification from an accredited institution would be a plus