Project Manager (Medior/Senior)

Athens
Functional & Business Analysis

Join our team at Cegeka as a Project Leader and play a key role in driving business and technology initiatives in an international environment. This role combines stakeholder management, operational coordination, delivery, and business alignment, requiring someone who is both hands-on and people-oriented. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, senior leadership, and business stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery, operational improvements, and alignment between business goals and technical execution. We are looking for someone proactive, adaptable, and comfortable navigating both strategic discussions and day-to-day project realities.#LI-RC3

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of business and IT-driven initiatives, ensuring alignment between project objectives, teams, timelines, budget, and stakeholder expectations
  • Coordinate cross-functional and international teams across different areas
  • Drive Agile project execution through daily stand-ups, sprint planning, backlog prioritization, status meetings, and delivery tracking
  • Act as the main point of contact between project teams, business stakeholders, and senior leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment throughout the project lifecycle
  • Build and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders, including business leaders, operational teams, and executive management
  • Manage complex stakeholder discussions, including situations involving competing priorities, escalations, scope changes, or delivery risks
  • Stay actively involved in project execution and operational discussions, maintaining a strong understanding of delivery details rather than managing purely from a reporting perspective
  • Present project updates, risks, timelines, budget status, and strategic recommendations during Steering Committees and executive-level reviews
  • Support operational transformation and integration initiatives by aligning processes, tools, and ways of working across different business entities
  • Coordinate and monitor project budgets, resource allocation, forecasting, time approvals, and financial tracking activities
  • Identify project risks proactively and drive mitigation actions together with the teams and stakeholders
  • Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives and help define KPIs to measure operational impact, efficiency, and business value
  • Ensure smooth collaboration between business and technical teams, helping drive decisions and unblock delivery challenges when needed

What you need to succeed:

  • At least 4+ years of experience in a similar Project Management / Project Leader role within an IT or technology-driven environment
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to interact confidently with both technical teams and senior business stakeholders
  • Experience coordinating cross-functional teams and managing multiple workstreams simultaneously
  • Hands-on mindset and ability to stay close to delivery details, operational topics, and team dynamics
  • Experience working in Agile environments and coordinating delivery using tools such as Jira
  • Exposure to budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, financial tracking, and project reporting activities
  • Experience presenting project status, risks, and delivery updates to senior leadership or executive stakeholders
  • Strong problem-solving and escalation management skills, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and competing priorities
  • Excellent organizational and prioritization abilities in fast-paced environments
  • Experience in operational transformation, integrations, process alignment, or automation projects is considered a strong advantage
  • Strong interpersonal skills, adaptability, and a collaborative approach to working with international teams
  • Professional English communication skills, both written and spoken

What are we offering:

  • 22 annual vacation days, 3 sick days that are not carried to the next year (no medical certificate required) 
  • A seniority day is added every 3 years in the company
  • Private medical insurance 
  • Monthly meal tickets 
  • Flexible benefits – 25 EUR/month, that you can invest however you choose
  • A work culture based on cooperation and development - customized learning paths through external providers as well as special development programs
  • We offer remote work flexibility, driven by smart working principles and aligned with team goals and values
  • Wellbeing initiatives to encourage a healthy work life balance through webinars, specialized sessions and internal programs, per our colleagues’ input
  • In close cooperation is a value we live by, through moments that matter, like recurring hangout parties, team buildings, team bonding events.
In Cegeka’s supportive climate, respect and collaboration are valued and encouraged.

Konstantinos Malliaras

Network & Security System Engineer

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