Project Management Officer

Date: 27 Mar 2024
Region: Israel

As one of the largest SAP Cloud People Solutions consulting firms in the EMEA region, AKT is hiring a Project Management Officer (PMO) to work in alliance with Project Managers in the delivery of SAP SuccessFactors implementation projects.

Reporting to the Project Management Officer Team Lead, this role is open to candidates living in Israel.

Key Responsibilities:

Provide effective support to Project Managers (PM) and project teams during the project lifecycle
Monitor and control project performance and deliverables against time, cost, and quality
Ensure project plans are created and maintained up to date
Manage projects’ open issues and proactively follow-up activities, ensuring required results and deadlines are met
Control project budget, track project cost effectiveness, raise red flags to PM as required, work in alliance with PM to execute mitigation plans, report on budget status to management providing insightful and up to date information on the status background
Control resources utilization and assignment ensuring sufficient and fitting resources are booked in advance and reporting on expected future resource plans, aligned with the resource strategy and plan defined by the PM
Verify project routines are maintained and proactively coordinate required project activities with internal and external resources as required
Takes responsibility for ensuring tasks are closed and progressing in the right direction and communicate with PM / raise red flags as required
Prepare all relevant documentation to monitor and report the progress of the project and milestones to stakeholders
Ensure project is managed in line with AKT project management methodologies and internal procedures
Work closely with excellent cooperation and coordination with the project manager to support the project management activities
Work proactively and independently under the project framework and the AKT methodologies and guidelines
Stand-in for project managers with customer facing activities when required
From time to time, manage spot projects end to end

Requirements:

Minimum 3 years of experience in operational positions involving budget management, work plans and task management
Professional presentation and communication skills (both written and oral)
Excellent English - verbal and written
Strong action management capability
Experience working in global companies
Professional ability in all Microsoft Office applications (Excel, MS-Project, Word, PPT)
Experience as a PMO / project manager – an advantage
A bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering or a related field – an advantage
Familiarity working with information systems - an advantage

Personal Skills:

Organized, being able to multitask, prioritize tasks and meet deadlines
Analytical and capable of exercising sound judgment
Hands-on and detailed oriented
Autonomous and capable of taking proactive action with little or no direction
Ability to motivate others to action
Strong ability to "make things happen" – coordinating between people, following up on them, helping to solve problems or direct towards problems solving
Team player with strong commitment to accomplish tasks and goals
Able to manage small scale projects
Customer facing skills

AKT Offers:

A wide range of benefits and opportunities for career growth
Stimulating and collaborative working environment
Internal knowledge transfer, training, and coaching
International business environment (offices in India, Israel, North America, UK, France and Czech Republic)