Technical Project Manager

About the job

Company Description

Talan is an international consulting and technology expertise group that supports and accelerates the digital transformation of its clients through technology, data, and innovation levers.

For over 20 years, Talan has been advising and supporting companies and public institutions in defining and implementing their transformation and innovation projects in Switzerland and internationally.

Present on 5 continents in 21 countries, the Group, certified Great Place To Work, has more than 7000 employees.

Equipped with a Research and Innovation Centre, Talan places innovation at the heart of its development and operates in areas of technological change such as Artificial Intelligence, Data Intelligence, Blockchain, to serve the growth of large groups and mid-sized companies in a committed and responsible approach.

By placing "Positive Innovation" at the core of its strategy, Talan is convinced that technology amplifies its impact on society as a whole by being at the service of humanity.

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Job Description

Context
Within the Infrastructure, Data and DevOps division of the same IT department, the volume of technical projects is constantly increasing. The team is looking for an experienced profile specialised in managing technical projects.

Mission

• Lead one or more technical projects from end to end: infrastructure, platforms, data, cloud, cybersecurity, technical services.
• Coordinate all stakeholders while respecting quality, performance, security, availability, cost, and deadline requirements.
• Ensure the consistency of solutions with the IT architecture, technical standards, and organisational strategy.

Responsibilities

• Project Management
  • Plan, organise and manage projects.
  • Coordinate internal teams (infrastructure, networks, systems, security, databases, operations, support) and external providers.
  • Define tasks, milestones, resources, skills, technical interfaces, and budget.
  • Manage technical risks, dependencies, and impacts on the rest of the IT system.
  • Ensure financial management.
  • Deliver according to commitments.
  • Produce HERMES documentation and technical documentation, and keep the PMO tool up to date.
  • Comply with PMO, architecture, and security standards.
• Deployment
  • Plan and supervise production deployments.
  • Coordinate migrations, switches, and rollbacks.
  • Organise technical validations before production deployment.
  • Ensure the transition to operations.
  • Guarantee complete operational documentation and organise knowledge transfer.
  • Set up level 3 support.
• Scope, Cost, Deadline and Quality Arbitration
  • Manage technical acceptance tests.
  • Ensure availability, performance, resilience, and service continuity.
  • Analyse change requests, including their impact on architecture.
  • Prepare arbitrations.
  • Monitor indicators: progress, costs, risks, quality, and solution performance.

Qualifications

• Higher education in computer science (Master, Bachelor or equivalent) with at least 5 to 8 years of experience in managing large-scale technical projects (Infrastructure, Data, Cloud, Cybersecurity).
• Excellent understanding of infrastructure issues (networks, systems, databases, security, virtualisation/cloud) to communicate effectively with experts, anticipate architectural risks, and ensure service continuity.
• Proven practice of the HERMES methodology (certification desired) and adherence to PMO/ITIL methodological frameworks.
• Concrete experience in managing complex production deployments (migrations, switches, rollback plans, transfer to operations teams and level 3 support).
• Ability to manage external stakeholders and participate in drafting or evaluating technical sections of public tenders.

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