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Project Manager (Fluent French-speaker required)
Location: UK, home-based with travel to national locations
Salary: Up to 60,000
Our client is a private equity back firm building a global services platform and are seeking a Project Manager. The role involves managing multiple post-merger integration projects, ensuring seamless integration of newly acquired businesses.
Responsibilities:
- Post-Acquisition Communications: Deliver the initial 30-day communications plan.
- Policy Integration: Update and communicate group policies to new businesses.
- Documentation: Document current processes and system usage.
- Vendor Management: Oversee third-party vendors to meet project scope, cost, and timelines.
- Deployment Planning: Create plans for system integration, managing communications, downtime, and go-live activities.
- Project Plan Review: Keep project plans up-to-date.
- Risk and Issue Management: Escalate and manage risks and issues.
- Training Coordination: Organize training sessions for successful system integration.
- Data Handling: Process system and people data for project success.
- Materials Development: Assist in developing communications, training materials, and notices.
- Issue Log Management: Ensure timely responses and successful go-lives.
- Functional Project Management: Manage integration projects across Finance, IT, HR, and Operations.
- Reporting: Deliver project and programme level reports.
- Administrative Support: Provide administrative support as needed.
Skills & Qualifications:
Essential:
- Fluent French-speaker
- Minimum of three years in project delivery roles.
- Formal project management qualification (e.g., APM or Prince 2).
- Good understanding of risk and issue management.
- Experienced in creating and updating project plans, managing multiple projects.
- Self-motivated and able to work independently.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills.
- Confident in managing stakeholders and third-party vendors.
- Strong can-do attitude in fast-paced environments.
- Willing to travel nationally and internationally.
- Full driving licence and own car.
Desirable:
- Experience with business integration projects.
- Experience with (url removed), including dashboards, automations, and reporting.
