Project Manager

Cleura is one of the leading European providers of IT infrastructure services based on Open Source. Our company provides public, compliant, private and hybrid cloud solutions based on OpenStack and has data centres around the world. We are a fast-growing company and a European leader in infrastructure as a service. We love having fun and working hard. We live to get that smile on our customer's faces when we solve a problem or simply provide something better than expected. That’s in fact why we go to work the next day.
Cleura is part of Iver, meaning that we have more than 1500 colleagues to support us in reaching our goals of becoming the primary European Compliant IaaS alternative.
There are endless opportunities at Cleura/Iver if you in the future would like to develop in any other area within the company/group. We strive for everyone to be engaged and aligned with your personal drivers.
About the Role
You will be part of building the Project Manager team as we continue to grow. As a Project Manager, you will manage project(s) both internally and from time to time with direct customer interaction and reporting lines.
You will be a key stakeholder assigned by the senior management to implement internal cross-functional projects in order to improve our quality of service. With this, it may also include implementing changes in ways of working for our teams. We have not implemented a single project model, but are flexible to drive projects with the most suitable methods, making for example both agile and waterfall approach valid.
We expect you to be experienced enough to not only suggest but also implement changes in project steering processes.
The Project Managers at Cleura are responsible for planning, organising, and directing the completion of specific projects while ensuring these projects are on time, on budget, and within scope for Cleura or with selected customer accounts.
About the team
You will be part of the Quality Assurance Team
We love Open source! We primarily use Open-source technologies and enjoy contributing back when we can
We support the rest of the organisation in delivering world-class services to our customers
We work in an agile way when it's relevant
We have fun at work. Work hard, play hard….
We spend time training new people who join the team and adjust how we work together via retrospectives. We try to keep 10% of our working hours dedicated to education and learning

Accountabilities/Responsibilities
Accountable to meet defined success criteria for the project
Creating and updating project specifications, status reporting, budget, time plans and retrospects
To deliver projects within the project budgets
To deliver the project on time
Reporting status of projects to the steering group and the senior management

Requirement/ Must have
Minimum of 5 years of experience leading large-scale and cross-functional projects within the IT-sector
European citizenship

Good to have
Practical and current working experience with agile methods and tools, such as Scrum, Lean, Jira, Asana, etc.
Experience with governance methodologies within service environments
Preferably a University degree
Preferably ITIL v4 foundation certification
Preferably experience with an As-A-Service Business
Preferably experience with Data Privacy regulations
Preferably experience in Atlassian suite (JIRA/Confluence)

Qualifications
Minimum of 5 years of experience leading complex projects
Profound practical IT experience, especially expertise with project, presentation and spreadsheet tools
Practical and current working experience with agile methods and tools, such as Scrum, Lean, Jira, Asana, etc.
Experience with governance methodologies within service environments
Strong verbal, written communication and listening skills in English
Preferably a University degree
Preferably ITIL v4 foundation certification
Preferably experience with an As-A-Service Business
Preferably experience with Data Privacy regulations
Preferably fluent in Swedish

Personal Qualities
You need to be a strong communicator
You need to be able to manage multiple projects at the same time
You need to be able to drive conflict resolution
You are genuinely interested in new technologies, software or hardware
You are a social person and have an easy time building interpersonal relations with stakeholders
You are well-organised and structured
You have the ability to work accurately under pressure
You are very organised and quality conscious
You have a solution-oriented mindset
You take initiative, are proactive and able to work independently and in a team
You're passionate about customer interactions and customer satisfaction

What we offer
Cleura has signed a corporate bargaining agreement with Almega with all benefits and insurances that it entails.
Full-time position with 6-months probationary period
Leave Policy: 6 weeks paid vacation as an employee and 4 weeks paid vacation as a contractor
Yearly wellness allowance of SEK 5000 as employee
Remote work: Work everywhere you want from the EU, and whenever you want, as long as you're working a minimum of 40 hours a week and according to the company and project needs

I'm interested. What's next?

We'd like to hear from you! We have a few questions we would like to ask you. We will start reviewing and inviting applications right away, so make sure you get yours in early.
We would like to encourage you to post a short video presenting yourself.
Type of Employment
Full-time position.
If you live in Sweden or Germany, you would be directly employed by our Swedish entity, and in Germany by our German subsidiary.
If you live in any country other than Sweden or Germany (but within EU), we will enter into a contractual agreement as applicable to the legal situation in your country.
Location
Cleura HQ at Blekingegatan 1, 371 57 Karlskrona, remote, or at any of Iver Group offices available at https://www.iver.com/om-iver/vara-kontor/#Sverige
Compensation: Range SEK 50 000 - 63 000 per month during the probationary period.
Start Date: Immediate/at your earliest convenience
Your manager: Tony Hallén, Head of HR&QA