Social Sustainability Project Manager

ISS connects people and places to make the world work better. Are you ready to connect to a place where you belong? At our corporate facilities or at client sites - together, we make places while transforming businesses into having even more positive impact on societies, the environment, and our people.

Location: London/Warsaw/Copenhagen

Language: English

Main purpose of the position

The project aims at introducing a new platform to track and measure the value of great social sustainability initiatives run by ISS on a global level and will include cooperation with an external provider to set up and introduce the platform, run a pilot and continue with a global roll-out.

What you'll do:

• Business Case Development: Create comprehensive country-level and enterprise-wide business cases, modeling cost and benefit scenarios to secure investment and participation from country organizations.
• Project Planning and Execution: Define project scope, objectives, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders. Develop and manage detailed project plans, including timelines, milestones, resource needs, and budgets.
• Risk and Budget Management: Identify potential risks and develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans. Monitor project expenditures and ensure costs align with budget forecasts throughout the project lifecycle.
• Stakeholder and Vendor Engagement: Build and maintain strong relationships with business leaders, vendors, and team members. Manage vendor deliverables, ensuring adherence to project plans and quality standards at critical stages.
• Communication and Reporting: Serve as the primary contact for project stakeholders. Provide clear, consistent updates and reports on project progress, risks, and key decisions to team members, leadership, and clients.
• Community and Collaboration: Foster a network of subject matter experts across countries to support knowledge sharing and alignment on project goals and strategies.

Who you'll work with:

• Global and Country Social Sustainability and DIB Teams
• SLT and CLTs
• P&C and Data Teams

Key qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, or a related field.
• 5-8 years of project management experience from global organizations within people technical system implementations.
• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, tools, and techniques.
• Excellent leadership and team management skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire cross-functional teams to achieve project goals.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively interact with stakeholders at all levels of the organization and with the ability to communicate technical solutions in a user-friendly way.
• Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to identify and resolve issues quickly and effectively.
• Experienced in MS Excel and proven experience of modeling and scenario planning in the context of business cases.
• Proficiency in project management software tools, for creating project plans, tracking progress, and managing tasks.
• Project Management Professional certification or equivalent preferred.

Personal skills you excel:

• Positive mindset and a creative and innovative problem-solving approach.
• Influencing skills beyond direct teams.
• Attention to detail.
• Flair for project delivery.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Brilliant at connecting people, processes, and technology.

How you'll apply

Apply directly via the link on this page by submitting a cover letter, CV and other relevant documents for the position you are applying for.

We look forward to receiving your application as soon as possible.