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Project Manager
Amsterdam
40 hours
We are looking for a Project Manager with capability of working within the domains of strategy, as support to the Office of the Executive Board, and a core service provider of Portfolio, Program and Project Management practices for the Project Management Office (PMO), ensuring initiatives are prioritized to organization's objectives and work is carried through to successful completion. Are you interested in dealing with business initiatives within a top-tier international law and tax firm? Then this position as Project Manager could be the next step in your career. What will you do?
The Project Manager will report to the Head of PMO (3FTE) and will be responsible for delivery of projects or clearly defined programs within the PMO. The role translates agreed objectives , scope and strategic intent into executable plans and ensures delivery within predefined constraints.
This Project Manager role is deliberately defined without reference to a single delivery discipline and expected to operate across strategic support, portfolio management, program management and project management, with specific focus varying depending on the initiative and organizational priorities. The ideal candidate retains strong analytical, governance and structuring skills, while taking ownership of delivery, stakeholder alignment and execution outcomes.
In this role, the Project Manager will work in multidisciplinary project teams and is accountable for planning, execution, risk and dependency management, stakeholder coordination and adoption activities. The focus is on delivery excellence within largely bound problem spaces, where objectives and success criteria are typically clear at the outset. Where required, the Project Manager escalates ambiguity or strategic trade-offs or takes ownership of these directly.
Strategic formulation, portfolio prioritization and ultimate responsibility for PMO capabilities remain wi...