About the Job:
Orange Business is a network and digital integrator that understands the entire value chain of the digital world, freeing our customers to focus on the strategic initiatives that shape their business. Every day, you will collaborate with a team dedicated to providing consistent, sustainable global solutions, no matter where our customers operate. With over 30,000 employees across Asia, the Americas, Africa, and Europe, we offer a dynamic environment to develop and perfect your skills in a field filled with exciting challenges and opportunities.
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Core Purpose:
To partner with business stakeholders to lead projects from initiation through requirements, solutioning, estimation, planning, and end-to-end successful delivery into production.
Responsibilities:
- Develop and implement a fully functioning PMO for the smart city project, including project initiation, team structure, financial management, risk management, development processes, systems integration processes, and project/program reviews.
- Drive a continuous improvement culture/mindset in project delivery through useful project performance metrics and defined performance improvement plans.
- Partner with leadership teams to ensure appropriate planning, execution, visibility, and tracking to enhance project success rates.
- Develop project performance metrics for ongoing validation and improvement.
- Perform resource planning and allocation activities, ensuring appropriate project financial management.
- Drive the adoption and alignment of standards, policies, and procedures across the project.
- Lead departmental or cross-functional teams focused on delivering the smart blueprint aligning to customer needs and enterprise business goals.
- Participate in strategic planning and implementation of major engineering, technology, and innovation strategies.
Knowledge, Skills, Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field; advanced degree is strongly preferred.
- 5+ years of direct PMO leadership experience in a multi-site global business.
- 5+ years of experience as a project manager in ICT/Telco/Smart City or other complex infrastructure environments.
- Knowledge of PMO best practices and continuous improvement in a new product development environment.
- PMI certification or similar.
- Strong leadership presence and ability to lead a global multi-site PMO team.
- Superior project management skills with the ability to execute and prioritize multiple tasks and manage cross-functional teams.
- Understanding of project portfolio management techniques and factors influencing project cycle time for improvement.
What We Offer:
- Global opportunities: Collaborate in multi-national teams with colleagues and customers worldwide.
- Flexible work environment: Flexible working hours and hybrid work arrangements.
- Professional development: Access to training programs and upskilling/re-skilling opportunities.
- Career growth: Internal growth and mobility opportunities within Orange.
- Caring and daring culture: Health and well-being programs, diversity & inclusion initiatives, and employee connect events.
- Reward programs: Employee Referral Program and Change Maker Awards.
We encourage diversity within our teams as it strengthens our collective and fosters innovation. Orange Group is a disabled-friendly company and equal opportunity employer.
