Project Management Office consultant

Company Description

Arηs is a fully independent group of companies specialized in managing complex IT projects and systems for large organisations, focusing on state-of-the-art software development, digital trust, cloud, data science, mobile development, machine learning and infrastructure services.

We are composed of 16 entities across 8 countries worldwide that are unified by the Arηs Group, with more than 2500 consultants. This corporate structure enables us to respond quickly to market changes and customer requests, and to communicate and make decisions without layers of bureaucracy.

Established in 2016, the Greek entity Arηs Developments Hellas aims to extend Arηs Group activities dedicated to the European market providing high-quality services in Software Development, covering the entire application development lifecycle.

Job Description

• Production and distribution of project support documentation such as plans and reports;
• Disseminating project information (reporting) to project stakeholders;
• Monitoring the achievement of project activities on behalf of the client’s project manager(s) and PMO;
• Gathering and inputting data into project management tools and in the new tools still to be set up;
• Facilitate the setting up of meetings; undertake meeting minutes creation and distribution;
• Proofreading & research for governance topics as needed;
• Indexing practices followed today to establish a baseline (estimates, agile practices etc) for maturity improvements;
• Enterprise PPM administrative maintenance, data quality/validations, user base support;
• Support with PMO-developed workplan performance reports and testing;
• Support project management processes from planning, resourcing, and budgeting perspective;
• Support the enterprise PPM platform for project managers to make the delivery of projects efficient, transparent and measurable;
• Deliver solid management information of the project management processes and products;
• Gain insight into the management of projects at a portfolio level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field plus 6 years of relevant experience.
• Certification: PM Certification such as PRINCE2, PMP, Scaled Agile or similar
• More than 6 years of experience in Project Management
• More than 3 years of experience in projects relating to Project Management Tooling
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in working in an international environment and/or EU institutions or bodies
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in working in a highly regulated public/government environment
• A minimum of 3 years of experience in standard project management tools such as MS Project
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in enterprise PPM solutions
• Good knowledge of planning and estimation techniques
• Good knowledge of structured project management reporting methods including
• creation of dynamic reports/dashboards using pivot tables, Excel Cube, powerBI or equivalent
• Good knowledge of project management methodologies
• Good knowledge of MS Office including PowerPoint timelines and schedule visuals.

Desirable:

• Good knowledge of Public IT procurement, (EU) tendering processes and contract management throughout project lifecycles