Akkodis (formerly Modis), is a global leader in the engineering and R&D market that is leveraging the power of connected data to accelerate innovation and digital transformation.

With more than 17 years of experience in Bulgaria, we deliver technology solutions in IT, Software, Cloud, and Digital fields. We have around 1200 employees in our two office locations and now we are looking for more talents to join us in our mission of engineering a smarter future.

Job Description The Project Manager manages a project on a day-to-day basis and is the only one with this day-to-day focus on the project, responsible for the end-to-end lead and delivery of the projects, in line with agreed timelines and budget. This will involve taking ownership of project plans, controls, assembling and management of resources, in order to deliver high-quality outcomes that exceed customer’s expectations. Furthermore, the Project Manager will work closely with customers, subcontractors, expert resources, third party or internal workforce, and key project stakeholders, having interactions at all levels within the organizational hierarchies from the senior management to delivery teams, ensuring projects are executed successfully. The Project Manager runs the project on behalf of the Project Board within specified constraints and liaises throughout the project with the Project Board and Project Assurance. The Project Manager is responsible for the Project Support and Team Managers. In smaller projects where there are no Team Managers, the Project Manager will manage the Team Members directly, where there is no Project Support, the support tasks fall on the Project Manager, and where there is no Project Risk Manager, the risk management stream of the project will be managed by the Project Manager directly. The Project Manager is a senior-level management position responsible for performing difficult and complex work assignments, within multiple management, expert, and execution organizational layers, involving independent judgment to determine a course of action consistent with established functional and organization's Project Management policies and goals.

Responsibilities:

• Creates project plans using agreed templates
• Organizes and Coordinates project meetings
• Whilst reaching out to other team members, ensure all project plans are updated
• Provide reports to Senior Customer Care Management and Senior Leadership on project status
• Works with team members to coordinate projects to meet milestones and deadlines
• Manage action plans for projects
• Manage projects from identification to implementation
• Assists with project material creation

Required skills:

• Written and verbal communication skills in English
• Advanced knowledge of Excel, PowerPoint, Gannt and strong familiarity with project management software tools, methodologies, and best practices
• Excellent analytical skills
• Proven ability to complete projects according to outlined scope and timeline
• Strong interpersonal skills and extremely resourceful
• Ability to work under pressure, to learn quickly in a changing environment, to use own initiative and make decisions, ability to prioritize and manage own workload
• Logical approach to problem resolution gathers facts, takes corrective action, escalates problem at the appropriate stage, ability to work on own initiative to follow up and resolve issues
• Team player - helping the team to achieve objectives, friendly and approachable even when busy, but firm where necessary works to team and individual standards

Required experience:

• At least 2 years experience in Coordinating and running project meetings
• At least 2 years experience with using Excel, PowerPoint, and SharePoint to manage project planning documents and produce reports.
• Experience with running regular status meetings with senior management, identifying projects that need action plans, and escalating as needed

You will get:

• Competitive remuneration package
• Performance-based bonuses
• Referral bonus program
• 24 days annual paid leave
• Additional health insurance (outpatient & hospital medical care, dental care, coverage of dioptric glasses, and more)
• Food vouchers - 150 BGN/month
• Upskilling & reskilling training programs and e-learning hub
• Recognition awards
• Sports cards (partially covered by the employer) and company sports initiatives
• Special company discounts
• Various social and charity initiatives

The future is here for the making. Are you ready?

Let’s make the incredible happen.