Our client develops and produces state-of-the-art technology for the top end of the international high-tech community. They have high standards and often achieve the impossible! They are proud to do so together, as a team of driven electronics, software, mechatronics and mathematics specialists. It’s all about putting all the pieces of the puzzle together to make a perfect fit. They cannot do that without you - a driven software project manager.

The projects are completed at our client’s Development Centre or at the their customers’ premises (in the Eindhoven area). This concerns a job for 36 to 40 hours per week.

Your daily activities include:

Managing a team of (embedded) software developers)
supporting the account manager and engineers with the preparing of the offers.
preparing project plans and subsequently following up and monitoring the time schedule and associated budget. In appropriate cases it is possible to get support of the program manager.
preparing progress reports, both internally and for the client.
risk management and scope management.
daily management of the project team.
communication with all stakeholders; team, colleagues and clients.

THIS IS WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

you have a technical degree on a higher professional or university education level, preferably informatics.
you have at least 8 years of experience with technical software development, at least four years of which as a project leader or a team leader.
you know enough about technology and commerce to form a solid bridge between the client and the technical team.
you have experience with assessing and realising software development projects.
you are flexible, you have to be able to deal with the customer’s ever-changing wishes and at the same time, you are able to find a balance between relenting and sticking to agreements.
you are pragmatic and with this view you monitor the quality and you take care of the utilization of the right processes.
you have demonstrable experience with Agile and Scrum.
you are familiar with methodological development processes and project management approaches such as Prince II, IPMA, PMBOK and/or CMMI.
you are fluent in Dutch and English, both verbally and in writing, and you have excellent communication skills

What’s on offer?

A strong, solid team that they want to maximise their potential
Attractive salary and secondary benefits
Personal attention to make sure they are looking after your needs
An working environment where they are proud of who they are and work together to achieve great things.
You’ll be appreciated and given responsibility, as well the ability to develop yourself.
You’ll receive a personal development budget of €6,000 for training or the purchase of books, and a pizza budget when you work on study projects with expertise groups.

Project Manager (Software development)