Project Manager

About the role

Pontoon is hiring the Project Manager who will deliver successful implementations and maximum revenue earning potential on allocated MSP work streams, VMS and National Account clients. The Project Manager provides subject matter expertise and leadership through the account lifecycle from Sales through Implementation. Ensures career direction, mentoring and development is provided to Project Manager Resources, enabling them to reach their full potential.

What you’ll be doing

• Provides status and feedback to the Director of Project Management on key deliverables while ensuring project delivery adheres to budget and timeline.
• Provides first-level point of integration and escalation support for client engagements to ensure all team members are aligned in their deployment efforts.
• Ensures and facilitates the tools and templates for project and portfolio management are utilized and kept current, and accurately reflect project status.
• Monitors and reports on project performance against objectives, ensuring adherence to Adecco Solutions project management standards.
• Contributes to project communication updates to keep implementation stakeholders engaged in successful MSP and Staffing implementations.
• Provides subject matter expertise for the implementation function across the MSP and Staffing solution product life cycle – Pre-Sales, Implementation and Post Go Live as needed.
• Ensures the adoption of continuous improvement approaches by Project Management team to develop faster and cost effective implementations while mitigating program risk.

About you

• Four plus (4+) years’ experience in MSP and Staffing implementation, process design, and sales support and three plus (3+) years management of delivery / deployment / implementation. Exposure to a wide array of clients (Technical, Light Industrial, Clerical).
• PMP Certification preferred but not required.
• Six Sigma certification: Lean Certification and/or Green Belt required.
• Skilled in communicating effectively verbally and in writing, both in one-on-one and in group presentation situations.
• Ability to proactively establish and maintain effective working relationships across the organization.
• Strong Sales Presentation experience.
• Report writing experience (presenting data and issues in a clear and coherent manner).
• Project planning experience with an understanding of utilizing resources and communicating and implementing agreed upon policy.
• Strategic approach to resolving client and internal issues in order to create the most cost-effective, deliverable solutions.
• Experience in multi-account management.
• Expert working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Project, Visio, Access, PowerPoint, Excel, email and Internet applications.

Why choose us?

It’s an exciting time to be part of our team. We’re proud to be a global thought-leader and care about doing the best job we can to ensure better futures for everyone. We do this by building our Future@Work strategy as a united team of 30,000+ colleagues with a collective spirit working in over 60 countries globally.

You’ll have the opportunity to grow across a variety of interesting jobs and careers over our extensive portfolio of global brands. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways to achieve total balance between the demands of their jobs and their lives. That’s why we give you the autonomy and support you need to work in the way that makes you most productive, agile, confident and insightful.

Putting people first, pioneering with a collective spirit and always advancing with a growth mindset -that’s what we stand for at the Adecco Group. Here, we are all individuals with a unique perspective on the world we live in. That’s what makes us stronger. Whoever you are and whatever your background, you can be yourself. So, we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you. We offer a range of world-class resources for upskilling and development, satisfying your curiosity while the sharing skills, knowledge and expertise to grow together.

Make an impact where it matters most.

A journey to bring out the best in you

We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary.

On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.

As one of the world’s largest employers we believe in talent, not labels, and focus on the diverse and unique skills our people bring. We seek to foster a culture of belonging and purpose, an environment where everyone can thrive and feel engaged, and where difference is respected and valued. Our commitment to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity is part of our broader commitment to respecting fundamental human rights across our value chain. The Adecco Group is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.