Senior IT Project Manager

Project for 1 year
We are currently looking for a Senior Project Manager based in Amsterdam who can lead and drive the execution of the overall IT carve out program. This is a unique & rare opportunity to lead a critical part of the divestiture of a €1.8bn business, and setup a total standalone IT organization from scratch.

Key responsibilities are not limited to, but include

Execution accountability for a ~40M EUR budget project with and 180+ individual carve-out applications, processes, systems and areas.
Managing 30+ parallel running projects across 5 pillars, with ~15 project managers.

Day-to-day project operations including

Running the regular Project meetings, 1-1’s with individual PMs, weekly Program meeting full team drumbeat meetings, board meetings.
Managing project finances; tracking all FTE, Opex & Capex spend, working with teams to keep financials up to date; submissions for month end closure
Managing reporting and communication plan; weekly board updates, overall program reporting, specific SLA reporting
Manage & track the overall project plan and schedule
Keep the stream leads & PM’s aligned and informed on key project deliverables like Project Charters, Time keeping, etc. and helping them pulling this together where needed
Help in preparing strategic overviews and presentations to inform executive management
Manage the weekly financial approval cycle to secure the Capital funding for the project
Identify risks and mitigation actions
Organize ad-hoc meetings when needed, prepare them and keep them on track, maintain minutes and action steps from meetings.
Coach peers on internal & external PM best practices.
Occasional travel.

This position reports directly to the overall Program Manager and Project Board, who are responsible for the strategic direction and decision making of the program.