Junior Project Manager, IT

• Innovative software company
• Close to Amsterdam
• Software for airports and airlines
• Varied and interesting work
• Flexible working hours + chance to work from home

Here’s an exciting opportunity to join our project team as a junior project manager, IT. You’ll deliver and manage new installations of our system at airports around the world, ensuring that everything goes smoothly for our clients and internal teams. The position is based in Hoofddorp, the Netherlands.

You’ll be part of a friendly team who know their stuff, and you’ll work alongside colleagues in our project management, support, sales, language development and R&D departments. In close collaboration with your senior colleague, you’ll manage your own portfolio of projects and assist with larger implementations. With support, you’ll manage each project efficiently and successfully for our customers.

About us
AviaVox is a leading provider of intelligent artificial voice systems for public announcements in airports. Our own phoneme technology can generate synthetic speech of such high quality and intelligibility that it’s indistinguishable from the human voice. We currently support almost 40 languages, from Albanian to Vietnamese, Arabic, Chinese, Japanese and more.

Our solutions are vitally important in helping airports and airlines to meet their business and regulatory objectives. That’s why we settle for nothing less than the highest standards in everything.

We’re based in the Netherlands and employ around 80 people of many nationalities. Around 20 of us make up the core team in Hoofddorp.

Your typical day

• It’s Monday, so you check in with your colleague to agree your focus for the week. Together, you determine project priorities and discuss progress and milestones.
• After a quick chat with your colleagues, you prepare for your regular project meeting with a customer, where you discuss the technical situation on-site. After the meeting, you update project documentation, share any insights with the internal project team, and report back to the customer with a provisional implementation plan.
• Your colleague in tech support asks for some help. Together, you work on resolving a technical problem by updating the customer’s configuration.
• In the afternoon, you meet with the language co-ordinators to discuss a new customer’s announcement requirements. Together, you decide on the steps needed to plan, develop and deliver this, and agree on the timeline. You update the timeline in MS Project in order to inform the customer at the next project meeting.
• A system implementation is scheduled for next week. You prepare and finalize the latest technical and training documentation to ensure you’re ready for the on-site system sign-off. You also make sure that all travel arrangements have been made – and you start packing your suitcase!

Your core objectives

• Manage your own portfolio of projects
• Support our senior project manager on larger implementation projects
• Prepare customer project plans, including budget, structure, planning and co-ordination
• Work with internal teams on project delivery
• Keep clients informed about project progress and upcoming deadlines
• Maintain up-to-date technical documentation for the project
• Keep close track of project finance
• Work with the support team to prepare, check and test customer configurations
• Remotely install the AviaVox system
• Administrate system sign-off and handover to our support and account management teams
• Liaise with our account management team on commercial opportunities
• Provide customer support and training
• Provide sales support

Our ideal candidate
We’re looking for someone with a relevant degree (bachelor’s or above) and experience or training in project management. You’ll be proficient with MS Project and Office 365, and we’re keen to hear about your communication and other IT skills, too.

You’ll be a team player with an eye for detail, a strong sense of responsibility, and bags of initiative. Curiosity and a penchant for self-directed learning are also in your nature. You’ll be fluent in English, written and spoken, and live in the Netherlands. You’ll also be willing to travel occasionally, and to work outside of office hours.

What we offer in return

• A close team in a stable environment
• A small, lean organisation where you can make a difference
• Interesting major customers around the world
• Personal development opportunities
• Flexible hours and the opportunity to work from home
• 25 days’ holiday, increasing every year to a maximum of 31 days
• Negotiable salary (dependent on education and experience)
• A bonus scheme linked to your own and the company's performance
• A pension scheme involving contributions from you and AviaVox

For more information
Contact our senior project manager, Bob Jooren, on +31 20 31 60 110 during office hours, Monday to Friday. Or visit our website at aviavox.com.

Job Type: Full-time

Application Question(s):

• Are you currently based and allowed to work in the Netherlands?
• Are you comfortable commuting to this job's location?
• Are you comfortable working in a hybrid setting?
• Are you willing to travel occasionaly?
• What is your level of proficiency in Dutch?
• What is your level of proficiency in English?
• How many years of Project Management experience do you currently have?
• How many years of work experience do you have with IT Project Implementation?
• Do you have experience with MS Project?
• Do you have experience with working with Office 365 apps (Outlook, Excel, Word etc.)?

Work Location: Hybrid remote in 2132 MC Hoofddorp

Application Deadline: 30/11/2022
Expected Start Date: 01/01/2023