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Implementation Project Manager

Posted 26 Mar 2024
Work experience
1 to 3 years
Full-time / part-time
Full-time
Job function
Degree level
Required languages
English (Fluent)
French (Fluent)
Dutch (Fluent)

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For this role we are looking for a seasoned Project Manager who can coordinate all aspects of service & delivery offerings.

In this position you ensure the delivery of Services Projects are on track and opportunities or escalations are acted on. As overall project leader you are responsible for aligning the project scope with the strategic objectives and making recommendations for necessary strategic adjustments. You act as main advisor to the SAS Management Teams and develop and improve project processes and metrics that enable our internal teams to successfully implement new technologies and solutions

Note that this is not a people management position. This is a role where you will be the liaison between all internal SAS stakeholders and the customer.

Key attributes:

  • Proven track record as Project Manager/Director on large software projects
  • Solid understanding of software/analytics solution delivery
  • Native level of English. Fluency in Dutch or French is a must
  • Ability to travel up to 50% of time

SAS is the perfect place to be if you want a career in digital and analytics. From a market standpoint, SAS has a dominating presence in over 83,000 customer sites, ranging from telecommunications, banking, retail, manufacturing, government and others.

SAS helps organizations drive value from data. This includes detecting fraud, transforming customer experiences, and even finding cures for diseases. We give customers a 360-degree view of their business – from reporting on historical data, to real-time decisioning, through to forecasting future possibilities based on historical trends. We are also leading the way in the development of emerging technologies such as machine learning, deep learning and artificial intelligence.

If you are interested in furthering your career in technology, there’s no better place than SAS

Detailed Job Scope

  • Responsible for maintaining alignment of project scope with strategic business objectives and making recommendations to adjust program scope to align with strategic business intent.
  • Drive implementation life cycle for projects from inception through delivery for new and upgraded professional services or offerings.
  • Serves as escalation point for project issues across the accounts or program workstreams.
  • Identify new software or services opportunities within the account or program and communicate to the appropriate SAS management team(s).
  • Generate and drive program schedules, milestones, and phase review processes.
  • Anticipate and resolve cross-functional project related issues and work with Project Managers to implement improvements.
  • Identify the interdependencies between the different projects in the program and monitor them through the different project lifecycles (Multi-Project Management)
  • Measure and monitor internal, external and stakeholder client satisfaction and implement processes to improve satisfaction.
  • Formulate, monitor and report metrics to measure and communicate program goals and schedules to cross-functional teams.
  • Work with functional and constituent managers/project managers to define requirements for resources and coordinate the sharing of resources.
  • Use program and portfolio management accountability methods and processes to ensure quality programs.
  • Collaborate with SAS technical teams to ensure technology or implementation issues are quickly resolved.
  • Identify and communicate training and support needs to enable consultants, project managers and partners to provide implementation services or offerings on new initiatives and updates.
  • Assess and monitor risks, recommend and manage mitigating actions commensurate with risk levels.
  • Create and maintain electronic shared repository of program management information for all programs.
  • Contribute leading practices and lessons learned content to knowledge management repositories.
  • Provide leadership modeling and mentoring to Implementation Project Managers.
  • Facilitate and lead change through formal Change Management procedures and informally through exercising leadership in customer facing program roles.

SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. Through innovative solutions, SAS helps customers at more than 70,000 sites improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster.

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