Customer Project Manager

Customer Project Manager This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Job Description:

Senior Project/Program Manager and local lead for HPE Networking EMEA and LATAM PMO organization. Responsible for delivery of project/programs across the regions and contributing to the PMO organization’s strategy and tactical execution of delivery projects. Manages and controls activities within a sub-region or Region; Typically manages 10 or more direct reports.  Span of Control guidelines may differ from these numbers.
How you’ll make your mark:

• Program/project management environment.
• Manages the implementation and utilization of HPE Project Management (HPEPMM) methodology.
• Participates in the development and implementation of worldwide, region, sub- region and/or business unit policies, practices, and systems to support the program/projects business.
• May provides strategic direction to maximize success in the industry or solution area. May enhances solution offering set.
• Identifies and sponsors the ongoing development and improvement of leading edge processes and approaches for creating and leveraging intellectual capital.
• Participates in PMO workgroups and activities to improve the tasks, processes and procedures of the HPE PMO.
• Provides an environment in which the program/project business is predictable and profitable.
• Makes contributions to the PM Profession.
• Supports the health of the program portfolio. Monitors and contributes to the completeness and data in the HPE Networking Project Management automation platform (OpenAir).
• May assist or be tasked with developing business plan(s), balancing client needs and global solution area focus, consistent with regularly updated client business plans.
• Contributes and attends PMO pre-sales and resource assignment meetings and monitors allocation of projects for resource responsible to this position.
• Drives the quality of delivery of projects. Acts as reference or escalation of location project issues.
• Assists in coordination of PMO financials, budgeted revenue and margin for the project portfolio.
• Contributes to projects during delivery, including doing or participating to periodic project reviews and follow-up on appropriate actions.
• Supports customer work in scoping, and delivery phases.
• May develop and manage strong customer relationships at senior levels.
• Consults and coordinates with other HPE Networking groups on technical delivery, in business verticals, pre-sales or other functions.
• Actively contributes to PMO management on programs or processes to improve the health of the project portfolio.
• Professional development.
• Responsible for personnel, and business management, including accountability for team effectiveness and people development.
• Communicates regularly with practitioners on matters relevant to the profession.
• Consults with practitioners on career development and professional certification matters.
• Mentors and/or establishes mentoring programs for the program/project management reporting to the position.
• Leads the implementation of project management incentive and recognition programs.

About you:

• First level and Advanced University degree preferred
• 10-15 years directly related experience running projects and programs. Including service delivery programs with TSV exceeding $5m.
• Recent and relevant people management of teams exceeding 5 team members (not project managing teams) in the Bulgaria business environment.
• PMP or SCRUM Certified or equivalent certification (PMM, Prince2 etc)
• Knowledgeable or recent qualifications in the use of AI in the business environment (specifically project management execution and financial analysis performance).
• Recent use and professional use of a PSA (Professional Services Automation) software and processes used by service-based companies e.g OpenAir, Certinia or. ConnectWise PSA etc.
• Demonstrates broad knowledge of corporate organization, culture, policies, products, markets and processes.
• Is knowledgeable in:
  • Corporate standards of excellence.
  • Personnel development strategies including:.
  • Performance appraisal techniques and coaching & mentoring.
  • Has skills in and demonstrates state-of-the-art technical, functional & business knowledge: project portfolio management project management.
  • PMO financials and KPI management for delivery organizations (including business unit financials and analysis).
• Customer Engagement Roadmap.
  • Project Management assessment and management, business development, account management & engagement pursuit, financial fundamentals & forecasting methods, capacity & capability planning.

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