Lead Project Manager Porto

Lead Project Manager
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

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About the job

The Lead Project Manager will play a crucial role in delivering seamless office relocation projects, ensuring business continuity and timely transitions driven by lease deadlines. Acting as the central coordinator, they will oversee governance from project inception to completion, managing technical delivery across multiple global sites. Their work will directly impact operational efficiency and team productivity!

Collaborating closely with Kantar’s Real Estate team, external vendors, and internal Tech Services colleagues, they will lead efforts across diverse workstreams, including network setup, comms room
- outs, audiovisual systems, access control, and desktop transitions. Their expertise will ensure cohesive teamwork and successful integration of infrastructure within the wider Corporate Real Estate Programme. This is a dynamic role requiring technical proficiency and strong leadership to align project goals with the organisation’s strategic vision.

Job Goals

Deliver successful office relocation projects within the wider Mercia Programme, ensuring timely transitions and minimal disruptions.

Oversee the design and implementation of all workstreams, collaborating with architects and
- party vendors to ensure project alignment.

Develop and maintain key project artefacts, including business cases, plans, status reports, and CRAID logs, to ensure transparent tracking of progress.

Manage complex dependencies, resolve blockers, and mitigate risks while maintaining control over project budgets and timelines.

Engage and coordinate with diverse stakeholder groups, ensuring clear communication and alignment across all levels of the organisation.

Drive continuous improvement in project delivery processes and methodologies to enhance efficiency and outcomes.

Act as the primary technical contact for office relocation projects, ensuring seamless integration of all technical systems and services

Ideal Skills & Capabilities

Demonstrated expertise in leading complex office relocation projects, with a focus on seamless integration of technical infrastructure.

Proven ability to design and implement
- scale infrastructure solutions supporting Real Estate Programmes, including network setup, audiovisual systems, and access control.

Strong proficiency in managing project artefacts such as business cases, CRAID logs, and budget reporting to ensure transparent and effective project delivery.

Experience working in dynamic, matrixed environments with competing priorities, showcasing the ability to resolve blockers and mitigate risks effectively.

Specialist knowledge of methodologies such as PMP or PRINCE2, complemented by skills in influencing and aligning diverse stakeholder groups towards shared goals.

What’s in it for you

On top of all your normal benefits like holiday, meal cards and life assurance, we also offer:

Five days of Life Leave per year; for those days when life just…gets in the way.

Birthday leave – one extra day of holiday taken on the nearest workday to your birthday

Two days a year to give back and volunteer with an organisation of your choice.

Enhanced primary and secondary carer leave for however you choose to grow your family.

The chance to hit the beach on your lunch break (yes, we have somewhere you can store your surfboard!)

Please be aware, the majority of our roles are hybrid, working three days a week in our office.

We’re not able to offer visa sponsorship or help with relocation support for this role. Please make sure you’ve got the right to work in the country where this role is located before applying.

What part of Kantar might I be joining?

You’ll be joining our technology team, right in the middle of our tech revolution. We’re undergoing the largest technology transformation Kantar has ever seen, investing in new AI and cloud technologies. By modernizing all our tech systems, we can respond our clients' needs faster and more efficiently – and keep Kantar as a market leader for insights.

We shape the brands of tomorrow by better understanding people everywhere. By understanding people, we can understand what drives their decisions, actions, and aspirations on a global scale. And if we combine the expertise of our people with the latest AI technology, we can really help brands discover some amazing insights.

And because we know people, we like to make sure our own people are being looked after as well. Equality of opportunity for everyone is our highest priority and we support our colleagues to work in a way works for them. We encourage applications from all backgrounds and sections of society. Even if you feel like you’re not an exact match, we’d love to receive your application and talk to you about this job or others at Kantar.

Privacy and Legal Statement

At Kantar, the diversity of our employees provides a richer environment for our employees and broader depth and breadth of thinking for our clients. Kantar is committed to inclusion and diversity; therefore, we welcome applications from all sections of society and do not discriminate based on age, race, religion, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, or any other legally protected characteristics.

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