project manager - southern suburbs

Are you a motivated Project Manager? Do you want to work as a PM for the biggest insurance company in Greece? Do you want to work in a company that allows employees to show their full potential and grow? 

The Project Manager position is permanent and full time based in Athens.

The company offers the following package for the Project Manager role:

• Highly competitive salary
• Performance bonuses
• Private insurance
• Excellent working environment
• Training programs & certifications

The Project Manager role entails a variety of responsibilities:

• Organize regular project team meetings and proactively reserve support/resources among the concerned parties, so as to ensure the completion of the projects.
• Work according to regional and departmental PMO procedures and guidelines, identify points for improvement and make proposals for improvements, in order to optimize the business process.
• Make an independent contribution to ensuring content- and discipline-oriented quality so as to ensure reuse of project management knowledge, skills, instruments and training.
• Act as a consultant coach and advisor for employees within the assigned aspect area and actively intervene when necessary, in order to better facilitate the project’s progress.
• Design and propose the best possible project plan given constraints of time, resources and cost for the assigned projects, in order to fully ensure the covering of all aspects (People, Organization, Processes, Technology and Facilities).
• Ensure that project results are consistently delivered against stated project objectives, in order to take corrective actions when the deadlines are not met.
• Propose on solutions given to problems and sets priorities, in order to ensure that projects scope are met according to time, budget limits and quality standards.
• Report approaches, progress, quality and budgets to the PMO Manager and to the project owner, in order to demonstrate the overall progress of the project.
• Identify the potential risks of the project and try to control them at the early stages and escalate them to the PMO Manager proactively, in order to ensure the completion of the project.

The successful Project Manager will have the following skills:

• University (Bachelor's) Degree in IT/ Finance/ Business.
• Master’s Degree in IT/Business would be considered an asset.
• Excellent Knowledge of MS Office.
• Excellent oral and written knowledge of English language.
• Professional Certification (Prince2 practitioner) or Level comparable to IPMA certification at level C (Project Management professional) or any Certification in Agile Methodology (e.g. PMI – ACP).

• Team oriented
• Self-motivated
• Αdaptability
• Flexibility

• 3+ years of experience in Project Management (IT / Finance / Investment business)

For any further info about this position, you can contact Elena at ekremmyda@randstad.gr or call me at +30 2166001367. In the case your application advances to the next stage, you may be automatically invited to submit a video, answering a few interview questions. 

Please note that for transparency and equity reasons, only those applications made online via our site will be assessed. After the screening of all the CVs received, we will only contact the candidates who meet the requirements of the job to arrange an interview. ​ All applications are considered strictly confidential.