Project Manager

Employment Type:
Employee

Contract Type:
Permanent

**Life At Planet**

Do you love putting smiles on faces? Do you want to work in an environment that is obsessed with making customers and employees happy? Do you want to be part of a global mission to revolutionise commerce and payments? Do you want to be working in a progressive organisation with the ambition to be the global player in what we do? If you do, then this role could be for you.

Here at Planet we are extremely proud of our heritage of over 30 years. And it is what makes us a unique payment partner for many of the world’s most prestigious brands. We don’t just provide world class commerce and payment services, we generate revenue for our customers, and we help them grow. In the early days, we set out to simplify the complex payment process of VAT refunds for international shoppers in Europe. Fast-forward to today, and our single payments platform is unique in the industry - the only one that offers acquiring, processing, digital wallets, VAT refunds and currency conversion services. We have recently integrated several other tech businesses - Protel, Hoist, Datatrans, Proiximis - to help us to continue to grow and dominate the market as we set about our mission of being a world leader. And with strong Private Equity Investors from Advent International and Eurazeo, we are well set up to win.

We know that it’s our people that differentiates who we are and what we do and that is why we are keen to hire world class talent like you.

**Role Overview**

**What you will do**
- You will have an excellent technical grasp of payments and can connect the dots on complex projects
- You will be able to manage multiple projects simultaneously from inception to rollout and ensure progress is tracked
- You will have excellent stakeholder management, both internal and external
- Managing a team of project managers in your region to mentor, knowledge share and support through project delivery within Planet
- Understanding and following all aspects within the project lifecycle i.e. planning, risk analysis, milestones, stakeholder management etc;
- Compiling Project Initiation Document
- Ensuring projects are entered into and monitored/updated through core systems such as confluence
- Facilitating the delivery of multiple projects within the agreed timelines and budget and aligning their project to the overall Product delivery roadmap schedule;
- Prepare the scope and requirements and ensure these are agreed by all parties within each project;
- Work closely with the internal development teams and external partners to ensure that resource planning and assignment is in place to achieve delivery;
- Prepare and maintain project documentation and reports on status to the business;
- Maintaining a good technical understanding of planet products and solutions;
- Ensuring signoff and handover to the Service Operations team.
- Assist in ad-hoc projects as assigned
- Throughout project lifecycle maintain open and clear communications to all stakeholders business and technology
- Assist in aligning to and delivering continual improvements to the project teams global delivery process to ensure ongoing process improvements.

**Who you are
- We look for people with a can do attitude that love a challenge
- Someone that understands technology and can ensure the people around you understand it as well
- Someone with a proven track record of delivering
- A natural at bringing people along the project journey
- Comfortable with complexity, pressure and clients

**What you will need to bring to Planet
- A minimum of 7 years project management experience, exposure in the electronic payment industry highly preferred
- Knowledge of e-commerce, mPOS, Integrated Payments, DCC and key management is a plus
- Dynamic, responsible, willing to take initiative and rigorous actions
- Pro-actively report and escalate issues to management as needed
- Excellent communication skills and able to work under pressure and independently
- Excellent analytical skill and technical problem management skill is needed
- Hands on experience in managing multiple projects
- Fluent in English, proficiency in local languages is desirable
- Leader and mentoring skills
- Open to travel

**What do we offer and why should you join us?**
We don’t shy away from wanting to hire great people to deliver amazing things for our customers. And once you join us, we want to keep you motivated and engaged in our collective mission.

**Competitive Pay**
We don’t want you to worry about your pay and wonder if you can have it better someplace else. We follow the market and evaluate salary benchmarks through the year to make sure any salary increases remove any worries and keep you satisfied. We review pay annually to make sure we are paying you what you’re worth.

**Growth and skills**
We know that for some it’s about growing into more senior and exciting roles, and for others it’s about becoming a deep technica