Project Manager

Company Overview

beqom is a fast-growing global enterprise software company. We focus on managing compensation and performance for the world’s largest companies. This means we work with the most exciting brands worldwide. Our mission is to make the employees of our customers happy. To accomplish that mission, we first start with making our own people happy.

We operate in a high-growth environment with passionate, enthusiastic, hardworking and smart individuals that are dedicated to our mission. If you recognize yourself in this description and want to join such an environment, let’s get in touch!

Job purpose

The project manager is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the beqom SaaS solution into our customer’s HR IT environments and processes, utilising a network of implementation partners as well as beqom internal experts.

What you will be doing

• Act as beqom’s primary interface to each customer during implementation and go-live
• Ensure that your projects are managed and delivered according to agreed scope, budgets and timelines.
• Drive proactive change control with customers and partners, to ensure that all work delivered is confirmed in advance and will be paid for as it is delivered.
• Ensure that projects are delivered functionally as required, working with Architects and wider stakeholders as required to ensure the scope for each project or change is clearly understood and documented
• Manage the quality and cost of partner delivery, and actively manage resource performance working on projects in support of beqom customers.
• Proactively identify and manage any dependencies, constraints, risks or limitations likely to affect project success
• Create detailed project-level plans, resource projections, budgets and RAID logs as well as any other suitable governance materials that ensure risk, cost and quality dimensions are actively managed
• Provide clear progress reporting information as appropriate to various technical and non-technical audiences, acting as a focal point of ownership for interested parties in relation to the project
• Work with the customer sponsors and all other business stakeholders through the Delivery lifecycle, ensuring their needs and expectations are understood and met

What we need you to have to excel in this role

• Hands-on experience of delivering ‘end to end’ IT customer facing projects

• Experience managing project budgets, scope and timeline
• Fluency in both English and French is mandatory (in both written and spoken)
• A strong customer focus, recognising internal and external customers, establishing and managing effective relationships at senior level
• Strong English communication (verbal/written)

Nice to have:

• Formal project management qualifications e.g. PMP/agile/change management
• HRIS experience desirable but not required

Business travel

The role will require business travel (if the situation allows), predominantly in Europe but can be in the US, Africa and Middle East when required. This will represent around 20% up to 30% of your working time.