Senior Project Manager - Consulting Systems Engineering team
Fortinet Sophia Antipolis, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France
Computer and Network Security · 10,001+ employees
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About the role
The Project Manager oversees the end-to-end delivery of complex, multi-resource projects while collaborating with team managers to define reporting methodologies and resource configurations. They are responsible for identifying and mitigating project risks, managing scope, and coordinating cross-departmental activities to ensure successful project handovers.
What they look for
Requirements
Candidates must possess at least 5 years of relevant experience and a professional project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile. Strong organizational, negotiation, and communication skills are essential, along with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative, dynamic technical environment.
Full description
REQ: Senior Project Manager CSE
Department: Sales / Consulting Systems Engineering / Project Management Travel Required: Not expected, role is single location based. Office-based / Remote: Hybrid (4 days per week in Sophia-Antipolis office, France)
Description:
- The Project Manager oversees the timely delivery of projects from intake to handover. They will work with the team managers to identify the appropriate resources to ensure the success of each project. The candidate will have a focus on the activities which are more long-term, multi-resources, and cross-team projects. The position requires an individual with negotiation skills, strong written and verbal communications applying a structured approach to fulfill project requirements.
- A major responsibility of this role is the monitoring and steering of CSE projects. The Project Manager, in collaboration with the Team Managers, should implement the appropriate reporting methodology . The Project Manager should be familiar with the different tools available (SalesForce, Mantis, PMDB and other team internal tools).
Some examples of the nature of the expected reports: • Business summary of the top projects per quarter.
- Highlighting of projects that need specific attention
- Technical and business risk analysis
(target audience : Senior management).
- Monitor the team operations : ongoing projects, (project) resources allocation, weekly, monthly and yearly reports, …
(target audience : Team management).
Responsibilities
- Identify key project resources and with the team managers compose the right configuration of experts.
- Determine and validate the project deliverables and scope.
- Safeguard the scope of the project throughout the delivery.
- Work closely with team managers to define and implement reports.
- Coordinate intra-teams where joint involvement is required
- Build strategic relationships with other departments: Marketing (for CSE dependent events), TAMs and Professional Services (for Customer support at project handover).
- Work with the management team to identify, assess and mitigate project risks.
- Signal delays, risks and scope deviation to management where appropriate.
Job Requirements
- Exceptional organizational skills.
- Comfortable with multi-tasking.
- Experience in working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.
- Ability to adjust to dynamic priorities, demands and timelines using analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Outstanding negotiation, oral communication and presentation skills.
- Strong conflict resolution skills.
- Familiar with the typical activities of technical teams in general.
Education
- Project Manager certification (PRINCE 2, PMP, Agile, PMI, Sigma.. or equivalent work-related experience, minimum 5 years).
- BAC +2 or or equivalent work-related experience (minimum 5 years).
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