Technical Project Manager

Job description: *Project Manager* *Location:* Bern, Switzerland hybrid *Salary:* CHF90,000-110,000 plus excellent benefits package *About the Opportunity* Our client is a specialist technology company providing advanced software solutions to major telecommunications organisations around the world. They are looking for a *Project Manager* with strong core PM skills to lead customer-facing technology projects from planning through delivery. This is a genuine *Project Manager role*, not a Scrum Master or Delivery Lead position. The role combines structured governance, *commercial control*, stakeholder management and technology delivery. Telecoms or GIS experience is useful but not essential. *Role & Responsibilities* As a *Project Manager*, you will own customer projects from planning through delivery, ensuring alignment to scope, timescales, budgets and customer expectations. Your responsibilities will include: * Leading *customer-facing technology projects* from initiation through delivery * Developing and maintaining project plans, schedules and milestones * Maintaining *RAID logs* and managing risks, issues, actions and dependencies * Operating *formal change control* across scope, cost and schedule * Managing project *budgets, forecasts, costs, delivery hours and resource utilisation* * Leading internal and *client-facing project meetings* * Providing regular project status, financial and governance reporting * Monitoring milestones, deliverables and project dependencies * Identifying and resolving escalated project issues * Managing stakeholder expectations throughout the project lifecycle * Coordinating project teams, technical specialists and customer stakeholders * Supporting and mentoring members of the *Project Management Office* * Contributing to the improvement of *PMO processes and controls* * Maintaining knowledge of company technologies and PM best practice Qualifications: *Key Requirements* You will be a hands-on *Project Manager* with clear ownership of governance, financial control, risk, change and delivery within a technology environment. *Essential skills and experience include:* * *3+ years'*hands-on Project Management experience within software, technology or enterprise IT * Proven ownership of *end-to-end project delivery* * Proven *external client-facing project leadership* experience * Strong practical knowledge of *PM methodologies and governance* such as PMI/PMBOK, PRINCE2, IPMA or HERMES * Experience managing *project plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies and resources* * Project *financial management* including budgets, forecasting, cost control and reporting * Practical management of *RAID logs, risks, issues, actions and dependencies* * Experience operating *formal scope and change control* * Experience delivering *software implementation, integration, migration or deployment projects* * Strong stakeholder management, including *senior and C-level customer contacts* * Experience coordinating *cross-functional technical and business teams* * Excellent communication skills and working knowledge of *Microsoft Office and Microsoft Project* *Desirable:* * *PMP certification* or strong knowledge of *PMI / PMBOK* * Previous supervisory or people management experience * Experience within *telecommunications, network technology, fibre or OSS/BSS* * Exposure to *GIS or network inventory platforms* such as Smallworld or Ericsson Network Engineer Why is This a Great Opportunity: *Why Join?* This is an excellent opportunity to join an international technology business delivering complex projects for major telecommunications customers. You will take ownership of strategically important customer programmes, work directly with senior stakeholders and play an integral role within an experienced and collaborative *Project Management Office*. *Salary Type *: Annual Salary *Salary Min *: CHF 80000 *Salary Max *: CHF 110000 *Currency Type *: CHF