Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager Opportunity at Valtech

Valtech is looking for a Senior Project Manager, who will be responsible for coordinating activities and people and turning our clients' visions into reality.

A few words about us:

Valtech is the experience innovation company that exists to unlock a better way to experience the world. By blending crafts, categories, and cultures, our global team of 6,500 professionals in more than 60 offices help brands unlock value in a digitally accelerated world. At the intersection of insights and perspectives, we leverage the power of data, AI, creativity, and technology to achieve experience innovation for many of the world’s best-known organisations, including L’Oreal, NatWest, DWP, P&G, Volkswagen, and US Department of Agriculture.

From discovery to optimization, clients trust Valtech to remove complexity and deliver innovative, frictionless solutions that close the experience gap between customer expectation and reality.

The Role:

As a Senior Project Manager at Valtech, you will balance strategic planning, delivery management, and hands-on problem-solving on a daily basis. You will understand the business of the client and design and execute a strategy focused on achieving their goals. In this role, you will be part of a team of diverse digital natives working collaboratively to deliver customer-centric digital transformation solutions.

This role is based in our brand-new, award-winning, eco-friendly office in Utrecht with the opportunity to work on a hybrid basis. Valtech is a client-centric business and there will be plenty of opportunity to meet with customers at their Netherlands-based offices.

What you will be doing:

• You will be responsible for defining the project scope, objectives, and managing the delivery of complex digital design and build projects for a diverse range of customers.
• You will guide our clients through their digital transformation journey by developing detailed project plans, timelines, budgets, and aligning their strategies to their business goals.
• You will proactively manage risks, identify blockers in delivery, and take actions to resolve and escalate issues that may occur.
• You will ensure the governance for the project is in place and monitor and report on delivery burndown and financial spend.
• You will lead the project and will be the glue for our internal development teams and our customer stakeholders.

Essential Experience:

• You are someone with extensive (at least 5-7 years) of experience in the field of agile project management and the delivery of digital solutions.
• You have experience in client-facing project manager roles and the ability to work with C-level stakeholders on complex multi-layered projects.
• You are someone who always sees the bigger picture and can talk strategy, branding, design, and development.
• You have proven experience in leading, coaching, and inspiring multidisciplinary teams including developers, business analysts, QA, and creatives.
• You think from the end-user perspective and have experience running B2C and B2B customer-first solutions.
• You bring fluency in English and ideally have proficiency in Dutch.
• You have experience in Scrum and Agile processes and knowledge of other methodologies like Scaled Agile, Kanban, and Lean methodologies.
• A flexible mindset and a hands-on mentality with the ability to switch between strategic topics and operational interventions.
• Ideally experience with e-commerce solutions and DXP platforms such as Adobe, Sitecore, or Optimizely.

Meet the team:

In this role, you will be working with a cross-functional nearshore and local development team. Internally this will be made up of everyone needed to deliver a complex digital solution. Critically to this role, you will be working closely with our customers' stakeholders at every stage of the delivery.

What can you expect from us:

• A competitive salary
• 25 days holidays with the possibility to buy up to 10 additional days of holiday per calendar year
• Holiday allowance
• A work laptop and mobile phone
• Subsidized office lunch
• Travel allowance - an NS Business card

Apart from the benefits listed above, we have more to offer. Our growth development program, for example, to help you excel in your existing profession, or enable you to explore another. Also, there are plenty of internal initiatives for you to take part in. Whether it's about improving Valtech as a business or contributing to the world around us, we encourage our employees to pursue their professional and personal ambitions.

At Valtech, we’re here to engineer experiences that work and reach every single person. To do this, we are proactive about creating workplaces that work for every person at Valtech. Our goal is to create an equitable workplace which gives people from all backgrounds the support they need to thrive, grow and meet their goals (whatever they may be).

Please do not worry if you do not meet all of the criteria or if you have some gaps in your CV. We’d love to hear from you and see if you’re our next member of the Valtech team!

Join Valtech

Not only can you help us lead the experience revolution, but you can lead the change. The journey Valtech is on is ambitious and therefore opens doors. The more we grow – the more opportunities there are to take responsibility, implement your creative ideas, and be the innovator and driver to help move us, and our clients, forward.

Does it excite you to join Valtech on this journey? And would you like to become our next Senior Project Manager?

Then apply today. We cannot wait to hear from you!