IT Project Manager

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About JERA Nex

We drive JERA's renewable energy business growth in Europe, North America, Asia and the Middle East. As a global renewables company working across the life cycle of renewables, we are looking for talented people to be an active part of this exciting journey as the business grows further.

The role will be based in London and will require occasional travelling and frequent collaboration with the JERA Group Headquarters in Japan, the JERA Nex Headquarters in the UK and Parkwind Headquarters in Belgium.

We urgently need to procure and configure systems and processes to support the rapid growth of the company. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in global company, a proven track record in successful project management, and be excited by the power of technology to transform business.

What you will be doing:

• Work closely with the Head of IT to ensure projects are delivered on-time, within scope and within budget.
• Work with business colleagues in UK, Belgium and Japan to define clear project scopes and objectives.
• Lead the procurement of suppliers including production of Requests for Proposals and the evaluation of suppliers.
• Develop and maintain a detailed project plan to track and report progress.
• Manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders.
• Administer project governance process.
• Capture project risks and manage risks.
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors to support project execution.
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Monitor budgets and report variances.

What you will have:

• 5 years of IT project management experience.
• Experience working on global and international projects.
• A certificate in project management (e.g., Prince, Agile, Scrum) is a plus.
• Strong communication skills, to create clear visual presentations, narratives, and storylines.
• A collaborative approach, to work alongside with various different teams and understand their needs.
• A confident, collaborative, proactive and professional attitude.
• Strong relationship-builder skills.
• Good Excel skills.
• Fluency in English (Japanese is a plus).

What we offer:

• Start-up and entrepreneurial environment in a company that is part of a larger, well-funded firm, that has long-term ambition to contribute to global decarbonization.
• Opportunity to define your workplace. We are starting out and every idea counts!
• A job that is part of making our world a greener place;
• International team that benefits from our different perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.
• We are high-performing and ambitious individuals who also enjoy our private lives. We hope you can identify with that.
• We believe in the benefit of flexible working hours and location and appreciate that we see one another in person regularly.
• We are not afraid to admit that we don't know things but also proactively look to solve problems and work collaboratively.
• We work hard but also want to have fun at the same time, we're on an exciting journey.

Established in 2015, JERA is an equal joint venture of TEPCO Fuel & Power, Incorporated and Chubu Electric Power Co., Inc. JERA is a Japanese company with significant and global portfolio of international energy assets. It has industry leading expertise scaling the entire fuel and power supply chain, from upstream fuel investments to fuel procurement, trading and transportation, to power generation development, construction and operation. JERA's mission is to contribute to an internationally competitive supply of power and energy and to invigorate the standard of living, industry and economy around the world.

Join us and shape the future of energy. Apply now!