Job Description
Company Description
Sopra Steria is one of the largest players in the tech industry in Europe, known for its consulting, digital services and software development. We operate in nearly 30 countries in the world, hiring more than 55,000 employees.
The Polish branch, as the Global Delivery Center, operates in Katowice since 2007 and has been growing ever since. Currently, our team consists of around 1,000 specialists.
Within the Digital Platform Services department, our teams specialize in areas such as cloud, operating systems, virtualization, databases, backup or storage, as well as networking and security. We also have 1st line support consultants who speak French and English, but also Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and German.
The Application Services department is responsible for areas such as software development, data engineering, testing services, CRM, ITSM and ERP platform integrations, as well as application management for customers in Scandinavia, Benelux, France, Germany, Switzerland and the UK.
Job Description
We are looking for Senior Project Manager to join Sopra Steria Polska and one of our innovative international squads.
Note that we can only offer cooperation to people who are located in Poland and have EU citizenship.
Responsibilities:
- Understands business requirements and nuances of the project.
- Supports business development activity by leading the overall solution design, programme shaping and business case creation, including systems architecture, cost, commercial and contractual viability and identification of risk levels.
- Ensures that all projects are appropriate constructed, planned, monitored and delivered in the time frame expected by the customer and the commercial team.
- Works with other teams to identify and drive the best commercial delivery option and to manage delivery within agreed tolerances ensuring all parties are fully aware of actual versus forecast costs.
- Records and delivers customer’s quality expectations.
- Provides input to bids and manage projects in accordance with all company processes, procedures and published best practice using PRINCE2.
- Ensures effective client engagement and stakeholder management by reviewing, assessing, motivating and managing team performance.
- Collaborate with business, engineering, IT, and solution-provider stakeholders to translate business needs into technical solutions.
- Identify risks, dependencies, constraints, and mitigation actions.
- Conducts without supervision important and/or complex projects/operations representing an agency or divisional risk, with, where applicable, sub-contractors and/or xshore dimension
- Carries out several projects/operations in parallel if necessary
Qualifications
Must have requirements:
- Minimum 10 years of experience in Project Manager or similar role.
- Active PRINCE2 Practitioner certification (or equivalent in PMP or PM²).
- High level of organization and result oriented thinking
- Good knowledge of the overall aspects of the project steering function
- Understand of risk and change management
- Strong coordination skills
- Excellent project communication and stakeholder management skills
- Solid understanding and practical application of Agile principles
- Strong experience managing project plans, budgets, timelines, governance, and status reporting.
- Hands-on experience with vendor and system integrator management, including performance monitoring, issue resolution, and contract delivery oversight.
- Solid expertise in risk management, issue management, dependency tracking, and escalation management.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Excellent facilitation, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills, with the ability to drive alignment across cross-functional teams and external vendors.
- High resilience, assertiveness, and the ability to perform effectively under pressure in complex, fast-paced project environments.
- Fluent English: B2/C1.
- Being open to occasional business trips abroad and visits in our office in Katowice.
Nice to have requirements:
Additional Information
What we offer
UOP: 17 000 -22 000 PLN gross/month.
B2B: 130-160 PLN/h net.
- BENEFITS (UoP): Luxmed, Medicover Sport, Worksmile, educational platforms, languages learning platform, referral bonus, copyrights, life insurance, certifications (paid by the company), conferences, Tech Lunches, possibility to join our Communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud), local kindergarten.
- DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES (B2B): Tech Lunches, Worksmile, possibility to join our Communities (Project Management, Architecture, Security, Process Management, Leadership, AI and Cloud).
ADDITION: free parking, fresh fruits, workation.
In case of questions, please contact the HR team.
The recruitment process for this position consists of two stages:
- a short phone call with a recruiter (30 min max)
- one-hour long interview on Teams (with both general and technical questions)
Salary range:
All information about salary range and its additional components will be provided during the 1st stage of recruitment process.
At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.
