Senior IT Project Manager

What we offer

A unique opportunity where you can expect to engage with a diverse range of activities, e.g., leading IT initiatives such as implementing new standard systems and developing bespoke digital solutions, where close collaboration with business teams will be essential to identify and deliver optimal outcomes. You will also play a key role in driving and executing ways of working initiatives within IT&DE.

Your role will involve coordinating project participants, managing risks, and facilitating efficient delivery to ensure that complex initiatives progress smoothly. You will be responsible for maintaining consistency, transparency, and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.

If you're looking to make a difference, this is the place - in a team defined by knowledge sharing, a friendly tone, and mutual respect.

Your primary tasks will be to:

• Lead the execution of multiple projects, ensuring clear goals, timelines, and ownership while coordinating efforts across teams and departments
• Verify objectives and translate into actionable plans, and ensure efficient, standardized processes
• Continuously identify and manage risks, facilitate problem-solving, and develop mitigation plans to improve delivery predictability
• Maintain clear communication with senior leadership and stakeholders, providing regular status updates and serving as a central point of accountability
• Identify, recommend and implement improvements in execution processes and ways of working, promote a culture of continuous improvement, and facilitate retrospectives to capture lessons learned
• Contribute to, and advocate for, IT standardization towards a target application landscape

Who we are looking for

We are seeking a candidate with a minimum of 6 years of relevant experience in Project Management, IT Consulting, IT transformation, or similar roles. The ideal candidate will have a solid history of managing IT delivery projects, driving improvements in ways of working, and ensuring effective execution within a matrix environment at a large enterprise organization. Experience working at a leading international IT consultancy firm is a plus.

This role requires solid organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills, with a focus on execution excellence, accountability, and results in changing environments.

Additionally, you have:

• A master’s degree in a relevant field
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex IT initiatives across multiple business units and stakeholder groups
• Advanced leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to coach teams and engage effectively with a wide range of stakeholders
• Engaged and solution-oriented, with a practical approach to identifying issues early and resolving them efficiently
• Great analytical skills, with the ability to assess problems, implement effective mitigations, and uphold quality assurance standards
• Proficiency in project management best practices, with technical skills and the ability to manage risk, time, and budget effectively
• Experience in navigating a range of delivery frameworks, including but not limited to Agile, Scrum, PRINCE2, IPMA, and Lean
• Fluency in both spoken and written English

Your opportunities

Our team is characterised by an informal tone and respect for each other both as partners and as individuals. We are a values-based company where commitment, agility and mutual respect are among the core values and teamwork and professionalism is essential to the way we work. We will provide you with the opportunities, inspiration, and tools to create a brighter, common future.

Learn more about the VELUX Group online at www.velux.com and https://velux.videomy.co where you can learn more about working at our company.

We are looking forward to receiving your application and CV as soon as possible. We will review applications and conduct interviews on an on-going basis, so don’t wait to apply. All inquiries will be treated confidentially.