[Hiring] Project Manager @Atos

Role Description

You would join a Centre of Excellence delivering AI solutions for a Romanian public-sector client, working within the client's dedicated data and AI environment. The work follows a structured lifecycle, from data access and feasibility assessment through solution build, pilot deployment and handover for scale-up. Multiple use cases are typically in progress at the same time, each at a different stage and involving different institutional stakeholders.

Main Mission:

• Keep the Centre running and keep the client informed.
• Combine operational coordination and stakeholder management.
• Know the status of every use case, every open action, and every dependency.
• Ensure timely decisions with the right people in the room.

What You'll Own:

• Keep the work visible.
• Maintain the action log across every active use case: what is open, who owns it, when it is due.
• Track each use case against its schedule and flag slippage before it becomes a missed date.
• Run the weekly pipeline review — slot by slot, blockers, actions.
• Maintain the risk and issue register, ensuring risks get owners.

Keep Stakeholders Aligned:

• Act as the standing point of contact for institutional business owners and their teams.
• Book and convene working sessions, gate boards, and deep-dives; confirm attendance, circulate necessary documents beforehand.
• Chase late inputs, documents, and sign-offs directly with the responsible individuals.
• Call counterparts when something needs unblocking.

Manage Risks and Escalations:

• Notify the affected business owner and the sponsor as soon as a date moves, with the reason and the revised date.
• Escalate on a defined ladder — logged in week two, raised with the business owner in week four, taken to the sponsor by week eight.
• Produce the monthly progress update and the quarterly steering pack.

Keep the Centre coordinated:

• Manage the meeting cadence for efficient team reviews.
• Coordinate onboarding as the team grows and manage surge capacity.
• Track dependencies between the Centre and the platform, governance, and scaling functions.

Qualifications

• Several years running delivery in software projects, ideally where the work was technical and the client was institutional.
• Fluent Romanian and advanced English.
• Persistence in driving actions to closure while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.
• Comfort raising a problem early, including when the problem is that your own team is late.
• Working knowledge of a delivery tracking tool (e.g., Jira) and enough Excel to maintain a live plan.
• Judgement about what to escalate and what to absorb.

Requirements

• Nice to have: Public sector, defence or another environment with formal hierarchy and slow approvals.
• Familiarity with AI or data delivery — enough to follow a technical conversation, not to run one.

Benefits

• Ownership of meaningful AI projects from first conversation to production.
• A team of strong engineers and scientists to build with — and to learn from.
• Flexibility, remote work options, and a culture that keeps senior people close to the code.
• Access to continuous learning and career development opportunities.
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Get a yearly fixed amount for reimbursement.
• Earn an annual performance bonus based on your achievements.
• Explore numerous opportunities for professional growth and career advancement.
• Take advantage of additional vacation days to relax and recharge.