Program Manager

Company Description

Inetum is a European leader in digital services. Inetum’s team of 27, 000 consultants and specialists strive every day to make a digital impact for businesses, public sector entities and society. Inetum’s solutions aim at contributing to its clients’ performance and innovation as well as the common good. Present in 19 countries with a dense network of sites, Inetum partners with major software publishers to meet the challenges of digital transformation with proximity and flexibility. Driven by its ambition for growth and scale, Inetum generated sales of 2. 4 billion euros in 2024.

Job Profile: Program Manager Portugal

Key Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for multiple projects and deliver project management expertise, ensuring adherence to deadlines and budgets.
• Build strong engagement from the outset with senior leaders across all relevant business teams.
• Lead steering meetings to ensure key decisions are made, and that risks, issues, and dependencies are shared among all stakeholders.
• Challenge current processes and defend a simplified approach while obtaining buy‑in from key stakeholders.
• Ensure suppliers/partners adhere to fit‑to‑standard principles, with exceptions following strict governance.
• Manage the transformation program, identify and manage dependencies between program and workstreams.
• Manage sign‑off with third parties/system integrators and business stakeholders.

Qualifications

Essential Skills

• Proven track record and experience in all lifecycle phases of transformations of this size and complexity.
• Ability to grasp business issues and assess technical impact.
• Must be able to work in a fast‑paced environment, meeting the pace of a Private Equity (PE) owned company.
• Outstanding stakeholder, people management, coaching, and leadership skills.
• Exceptional organization, planning, and time management skills – ability to manage a transformation with multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams, conflicting priorities, differing reporting lines, and multi‑site projects, as well as scope change and risk.
• Demonstrable experience and/or formal Project Management qualifications, tools, and techniques.
• Experience managing system integrators and other vendors within time, cost, and budget constraints.
• Pre‑emptive, can‑do/hands‑on attitude, tenacious and motivated.

Additional Information

• Experience: Minimum 5 years of relevant program management experience.
• Location: Portugal, preferably Porto or Braga.
• Language: Portuguese (fluent), English (advanced), Spanish is a bonus.
• Preferred Start: As soon as possible.
• Travel: 40–60% onsite in Porto or Braga required.