Software Project Manager

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We are seeking a dedicated candidate for the role of Software Project Manager for our Customer Service (CS) department in the Nordics. The position holder will be the first point of contact in all aspects during the Software life cycle of a project with existing customer projects, such as extensions and modernizations. Projects will be of medium- to large-scale and within our current customer base. The Software Project Manager works to balance the competing constraints of the project with the resources available. 

• In this role, your key responsibilities include:  
  You provide leadership, control and coordination of Software project teams such as resources, and identify areas of improvement to build the capability of the team, whilst making sure projects are delivered within budget timeframe and quality agreed upon.
• You are responsible to manage projects issues, risks and assumptions through regular reporting and be a key person to find feasible solutions and ensure the success of your projects.
• You will contribute to reviewing existing policies and procedures and generate new ideas to assist in identifying continuous improvements.
• You make sure to effectively communicate internally and externally with your customer and ensure that changes within the project are managed properly throughout the project lifecycle.
• You will be responsible for all major milestone of the projects such as different acceptance tests. This will also require onsite participation, when the tests are being conducted. 

What you need to succeed

• A genuine technical interest and a degree within Software, IT or other relevant education. 
• You hold a project management certification and have experience with software management tools.
• You have a proven track record as a Project Manager with good results in an international environment with experienced engineers and Project Managers. 
• We consider it desirable if you have been managing Software projects within IT integration, Intralogistics or Supply chain.
• Ability to travel to customer sites in the Nordics for commissioning and testing activities

The successful candidate communicates openly, effectively and consistently with all stakeholders and establishes forceful work relationships across boundaries. We also believe that you are ambitious, self-motivated, responsible and prefer to set challenging goals and commit to reach them. 

NOTE: To ensure high safety and compliance standards, Swisslog carries out a background check before the final hiring decision.