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Project Manager with French in Barcelona

Scytl Innovating Democracy

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Onsite
Hours
Full-Time
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Job Description

Candidate Profile

The Project Manager takes ownership of the projects, coordinates the activities and the assigned resources (Internal, Software factory, Talent in house, externalized service and other providers) to provide the agreed deliverables with the expected quality and in a timely manner.

The Project Manager is autonomous, problem solver and has excellent leadership skills to create a positive/constructive attitude within the team.

To successfully perform this task, the candidate must have previous proven experience (minimum 5 years) managing complex projects and negotiating both scope and deadlines with clients, (preferably in public as well as private organizations) as well as reporting in to General Management or C level. Having delivered project in challenging project will be a decision factor for the candidate selection.

We are looking for someone with strong projects experience (preferably those that include a blend of customized software developments, logistic, or infrastructure), who possesses a solid technical background and a great deal of experience in Project Management methodologies.

Responsibilities

  • Take ownership of project planning and delivery in terms of finance, risk, human resources, communications, procurements.
  • Liaise and negotiates with internal departments, providers and external clients to ensure adequate development and delivery.
  • Coordinate the activities of partners and providers where necessary.
  • Manage project changes and new requests, and incorporate them into the plan.
  • Report both horizontally and vertically in a timely basis.
  • Anticipate issues and sort them out.

Requirements

  • Native French speaker.
  • Project Manager with 5 or more years of experience, having delivered mission critical projects, in the public sector in challenging countries.
  • University degree in Science, engineering or equivalent.
  • Project Management certification (PMP) or a Master’s Degree in Project Management.
  • Advanced level of English and Spanish will be a plus.
  • Excellent communication skills, good team worker with leadership skill who empowers the team.
  • Problem solver, autonomous with a constructive attitude.
  • Availability to travel worldwide potentially on a short notice.
  • Knowledge of Agile software development methodologies will be a plus.

Job Advantages

  • International working environment.
  • Creative and results focused team.
  • Opportunity to be part of the worldwide leader in its market.
  • Being part of a full-fledged Project Management Office.
  • Great office in Barcelona center.

 
  • E Democracy

  • Barcelona, Spain

  • 50-200

  • 2001

Scytl was founded in 2001 as a spin-off from a leading research group at the Autonomous University of Barcelona that had pioneered the research of security solutions for the electronic voting industry since 1994. This scientific group produced the first two European PhD theses on electronic voting security and numerous international publications in the field of application-level cryptography and e-voting.

Scytl is recognized worldwide for helping revolutionize Democracy. Our secure election management and online voting solutions are helping organizations around the globe increase and improve participatory democracy, citizen empowerment and public transparency via innovative online technology.



 
Our highly energized company works with governments across all 5 continents, helping countries as different as the US, Norway, Uganda, UAE, Switzerland, Canada, Tunisia, Australia and Spain modernize their electoral processes making elections more engaging, participatory, transparent, accessible and secure.

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