At Alpiq, within the IT Program & Project Delivery team, we ensure the planning, management and quality delivery of various projects ranging from strategic to transformational to operational change, serving internal and external customers across the organisation. We are looking for a Senior IT Program/Project Manager to work in our team responsible for managing and ensuring the successful delivery of various programs or projects within the IT Corporate Business Domains (Financial Services, Communication & Public Affairs, Human Resources, Procurement and Legal & Compliance). and International space including Lausanne. You should be experienced in both classical and agile management & delivery methodologies, be pragmatic and keenly focused on delivery. This role is to be based in Lausanne or Olten. 

Your Main Responsibilities 

• Develop roadmaps, project charters and detailed delivery plans 
• Initiate project setup and manage them through phase gates 
• Coordinate and deliver projects on time, within budget and in scope, owning the full project life cycle from initiation to delivery 
• Develop and manage the project communications plan 
• Develop, manage and report on project success criteria 
• Provide status reporting on all project dimensions to sponsors, steering committees & stakeholders 
• Stakeholder engagement and management 
• Manage project changes, risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies 
• Develop a sufficiently deep technical and business understanding to be able to interact with business and IT subject matter experts 
• Work closely with diverse teams and departments to deliver on IT solutions for business
• Work closely with department heads and the PMO team to develop the project management system, guidelines, standards, KPIs and processes 
• Managing project compliance to our standards and processes 
• Plan and execute meetings and workshops with various stakeholders

Your profile 

• You have an engineering or information technology degree, or equivalent proven practical experience 
• 8+ years of IT project management experience 
• A proven track record leading IT project delivery teams 
• Project management certification, classical and/or agile i.e. PMP, Scrum Master etc. 
• Strong knowledge of agile methodologies and tools, and the software development lifecycle 
• Experience with software evaluation processes (RFP, Solution selection, collaboration with procurement, Security checks - generally Application Onboarding Process) would be a big advantage 
• Experience in the energy and/or trading industry would be a plus 
• Experience with CRM projects would be a nice to have 
• Experience with SAP ECC 6.0 and or SAP S/4 would be a strong plus.