Senior Project Manager

Welcome to Digital Solutions SA!

Founded in 2016 and located in the heart of the Jura, in Porrentruy, Digital Solutions SA helps companies and institutions face digital challenges through the integration of new technologies.

As an IT integrator and service provider, we help our customers to innovate and develop their new digital products.

We’re already present in Porrentruy, Basel, Lausanne, Geneva, Martigny and soon in Fribourg, Bern, Zurich and Delémont.

Combining agility, innovation and performance, we provide a team of highly qualified engineers tailored to the specific needs of each of our customers and prospects.

We are working on three areas:

1. Integration and innovation
2. Software development
3. Robotic Process Automation

SPECIFICATIONS: Senior Project Manager

• Occupancy rate: 100%.
• Duration: indefinite, but maximum 3 years
• Desired start date: April 1ᵉʳ, 2024

YOUR MISSIONS :

• Articulate clear, synthetic project mandates that align teams and stakeholders with the objectives to be achieved
  • Understand the issues to be addressed by the project
  • Understand organizational dynamics to structure committees (Steering, Operational, etc.)
  • Identify the stakeholders and resources required for project success
  • Articulate ambitious, achievable goals and measures to assess their attainment
  • Detail critical milestones (including HERMES phase milestones)
  • Conduct project risk analyses and develop mitigation plans
  • Optimizing the use of financial resources
• Develop project roadmaps to achieve validated objectives
  • Describe and analyze the sequence of tasks required (WBS)
  • Estimating and planning tasks
  • Allocating resources
  • Keep up to date
• Managing project risks
  • Anticipate risks to project objectives
  • Develop and implement mitigation plans
  • Keeping risks up to date
• Leading steering and operational committees
  • Schedule committees at frequencies adapted to the situation of each project
  • Ensure the participation of the necessary stakeholders
  • Share agendas and session objectives with participants prior to sessions based on stakeholder expectations
  • Conduct sessions in a structured manner to respect everyone’s time
  • Ensure timely follow-up of the project
• Formalize decisions, including modification decisions (in the HERMES sense)
  • Articulate the decisions to be taken by formulating the advantages and disadvantages of each option, including the impact of not taking a decision.
  • Manage changes (scope, objectives, deadlines, resources, etc.)
• Supporting the human impact of projects
  • Analyze the impact of the transformation
  • Establish plans to support individuals in their transformation
• Maintain up-to-date repositories reporting on the progress and health of each project
  • Update repositories

QUALIFICATIONS :

• Ability to adapt to different contexts;
• Excellent facilitation skills;
• Excellent written and oral communication skills in French;
• Have a constructive attitude towards change;
• Team spirit ;
• Availability, commitment and adaptability;
• Rigor ;
• Stress resistance.

TRAININGS :

• HES diploma or bachelor’s degree in computer science or EPF engineering diploma or federal diploma.
• Project management certification (HERMES or equivalent).

SKILLS :

Core competencies

• Simultaneous management of several projects (HERMES a plus) within a company or government organization;
• 6+ years’ experience in implementing IT solutions (at least one experience in implementing a software package and at least one experience in developing a customized solution in a JAVA environment);
• Experience in project management on a project of more than 1500 days.man ;
• Experience on at least 3 Agile development projects as a ;
• Expertise in identifying, understanding and expressing business needs associated with solving problems or realizing business opportunities, proven by 3+ years’ experience as a functional analyst;
• Mastery of the JIRA tool ;
• Mastery of the Hermes 5 project management method proven by use on at least one project;
• Experience of at least one project involving the dematerialization of business processes and the implementation of a digital solution for the user (citizen, private customer, etc.);
• Experience on at least one project with multidisciplinary teams.

Additional skills

• Ability to articulate clear, synthetic project mandates that align teams and stakeholders with the objectives to be achieved;
• Excellent ability to interact with the development team in an Agile ;
• Expertise in risk identification, understanding and mitigation plans;
• Ability to evaluate solutions, cost them and purchase IT goods or services from suppliers;
• Ability to communicate with internal and external stakeholders, and in particular to maintain a climate of trust by taking needs/feedback into consideration and adapting one’s discourse according to the interlocutor;
• Ability to communicate in a way that is adapted to different audiences and to articulate complex concepts in a simple manner;
• Ability to federate project teams and stakeholders to obtain sustainable decisions:
• Ability to structure, coordinate and conduct collaborative workshops, including online workshops;
• Flexibility, adaptability, positive attitude to change;
• System thinking;