Project Manager for EU Institutions

Company Description

Talan is an international consulting and technology expertise group that accelerates its clients’ transformation through innovation, technology, and data. For over 20 years, Talan has been advising and supporting companies and public institutions in implementing their transformation and innovation projects in France and internationally.

Present on five continents, in 18 countries, the Group, Great Place To Work certified, will have more than 7,200 employees by the end of 2024. It aims to achieve a turnover of 850 million euros in the same year and exceed the one-billion-euro threshold by 2025.

With its research and innovation Centre, Talan puts innovation at the heart of its development and intervenes in the technological mutation sectors, such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Intelligence, Blockchains, to avail the growth of major groups and mid-cap companies through a committed and responsible approach. www.talan.com

By placing “Positive Innovation” at the heart of its strategy, the Talan Group is convinced that it is by serving people that technology amplifies its potential for society.

We are seeking a talented Project Manager to join our team and work on IT projects.

Job Description

• Project management – carry out project management related tasks such as project planning, risk management, issue management, coordination, manage deliverables and report to hierarchy on the progress made.
• Stakeholder management
• Presentation and reporting – capacity to produce presentations, reports and speak in public if needed
• Service management
• Process improvement
• KPIs definition – assist in defining and implementing indicators to measure the progress done by the OSPO across the different areas the team is responsible for
• Requirements definition – capability to formulate in a clear and comprehensive manner functional and non-functional requirements. Occasionally, the Expert Product Owner might also be involved in the following tasks:
• Community management – handle and manage requests from the different communities the OSPO is managing
• Support – provide business/technical support on open-source related matters when appropriate (e.g. business customers, collaboration with other teams, etc), for example on code.europa.eu and/or open source labs
• Advise – Advising internal projects on the aspects of open source, including helping them on becoming open source.

Qualifications

• Experience managing large project/services, coupled with experience with large stakeholders’ community groups at EU scale

• Experience with open source is considered a must

• Demonstrated experience with project management tool: JIRA and Ms Project

• Demonstrated experience in project managing project core teams of at least 10 FTEs

Following certificates & standards are required for the performance of tasks:

• Certified in Project Management Methodologies: PM2 or PMP or Prince2 or similar

• Certified in Agile methodology: Agile@EC or Scrum or Kanban or similar