CDS Project Manager - Murex - Lebanon

Manage single or multiple projects in defined territory/country (ies) and ensure that customer solutions are delivered on time, within scope, to budget and to the required quality standards, so as to strengthen our reputation in implementing solutions for clients.

Responsibilities
- Ensure the contract and the terms of reference are signed and returned in order to clarify the requirements of the project up front with all personnel involved
- Tracks and monitors financials of the project in assigned areas including resource costs, client invoicing.
- Support the sales function to facilitate winning quality new business through:
Ensuring accurate estimation of project components, required timescales & costs
Engaging with the client to demonstrate the value of Project Management
Contributing to the production of quality client proposals
- Manage projects, performing and assigning tasks in a timely manner, cognizant of project deadlines and client expectations. Hence, deliver the project on time and up to the Murex quality standards, in orderto achieve client satisfaction and increased revenue for Murex:
Ensure consistency between the final approved client proposal, the Contract and the Project Initiation Document in terms of pricing/effort, timescales, deliverables, responsibilities, milestones and payment terms
Build, agree and communicate multi-phase, multi-tier, multi-party project plans with mixed discipline project teams comprised of client personnel, 3rd Party personnel and our teams
Hold Project P&L responsibility, managing, controlling and monitoring project progress against time and budget, redressing project slippage and reporting deviations in excess of tolerance
Ensure correct and timely Client invoicing based upon the financial terms of the project
Ensure the correct software (including customizations) is delivered for a project and manage any operating system or base application software release / upgrade process during the lifecycle of a project
Manage project scope and develop project plan, defining/documenting resources, skill requirements, project charter, milestones and metrics per our standard methods and practices and the customer's contractual agreement
- Work closely with the project team (PMO, BA, Stream Leads, team members) to ensure the coordination of the work
- Manage effectively the escalation of issues to the appropriate level within the client's or our organization when necessary
- Obtain the client's acceptance of the solution upon effective hand-over to Customer Support at project completion
- Manage and engage team accordingly and follow up on performance
- Ensures that weekly reporting is done on time and is accurate

Desired Skills & Experience
- Engineering degree (Bachelor or Masters) or equivalent or Master's degree in Finance/Business
- Post graduate studies in a related field and/or Project Management certification (Prince2 or PMP)
- Experience in IT projects in banking and finance is a strong plus
- 5–8 years IT project manager experience
- Experience in a multi-cultural environment and delivered projects in Vendor environment
- § Prior experience as part of a management team (lead role with plan, resource and issue/change responsibilities) that successfully managed a full life cycle implementation.
- Experience in supporting business development opportunities through proposal creation, review and presentation.

Competencies and skills
- Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project Management
- PMI certification is a plus
- Flexibility in terms of working hours
- Excellent command of English
- Communication skills both written and verbal
- Drive for results
- Problem solving skills
- Management skills (setting expectations, coaching, measuring performance)
- Strong client orientation
- Influencing and communication skills

High Flexibility in term of travel (Job may require up to 80% of traveling)

recruitment-lb@murex.com