Senior Manager for SitaWare Headquarters Defence Communication Product

Senior Manager for SitaWare Headquarters Defence Communication Product

Do you have experience working as a People and Project Manager in a software company? Are you able to grow an already established high-performance team further? And can you thrive with the responsibility to influence the direction and quality of a product, making a significant difference for users worldwide? If so, we would love to hear from you!

The job

As a Senior Manager in our Defence Products department, you will be responsible for a high-performing team, ensuring that the team has the conditions they need to live up to their full potential, while consistently delivering on commitments, including full budget and schedule accountability with monthly progress reporting to senior management. You will be the one to create an environment where team members are motivated and grow through regular feedback, coaching and meaningful challenges, enabling each individual to continuously improve and contribute at their full potential. 

As part of the SitaWare Headquarters (HQ) program management team, you coordinate across projects within the program to ensure that overall program objectives are met. In this role, you are also expected to continuously identify and implement improvements, both within the team and across the broader program. Occasionally, you also need to coordinate with other projects across the Product department to ensure Product Suite consistency.

Additionally, some of your key tasks:

• Together with the team, plan the next iteration, establish conditions for the team to fulfil the goals and ensure progress on reaching commitments.
• Empower and challenge employees to grow and reach their full potential in a dynamic and fun environment.
• Engage with stakeholders to ensure alignment on expected results by the team.
• Follow up on progress and identify corrective actions to address deviations.

Joining the team

The SitaWare Headquarters Communication (SHC) team is one of six projects in our  SitaWare Headquarters program, and consists of a manager (you), an architect, eight developers, two testers, and two junior developers. Many of the team members have worked together for several years and have strong technical abilities and a strong focus on task delivery. They ensure the right technical solution such that the manager can focus on ensuring other objectives, such as schedule adherence, are met. They specialise in working on the SHC functionality. They work primarily with backend technologies such as Java.

Please expect some travel to our office location Bucharest, Romania, App. 5-10 days a year, to visit colleagues and cooperating teams.

Your qualifications

Joining Systematic as a Manager, we expect that you bring:

• An IT-related master’s degree and skills that match the role, e.g. PMP, Prince2 or similar,
• Five years of experience within people and project management within an IT or software company,
• Experience managing product development team(s),
• Strong communication skills in English, both spoken and written.

Furthermore, we are looking to find a person who can master complexity, work in a  structured and process-oriented manner and by that, ensure timely reporting to stakeholders. Someone who is able to combine business understanding with technical insight to make the right decisions on a daily basis. If you also bring understanding or knowledge of our products or the domain, it will be advantageous though not essential.

Please note that you must be able to present a clean criminal record and have lived in a NATO and/or an EU country for the past seven years as we work with security-classified projects. Read more here .

Welcome to Systematic Aarhus

At our Aarhus office, you can look forward to joining our Employees Club, which offers nearly 100 events a year of both social and professional character. Here, you can take advantage of a range of on-site perks from physiotherapist-led massages and an in-house hairdresser to sports clubs, game tables and even our own padel court. Our canteen is a standout feature, serving a daily selection of delicious and healthy dishes. Beyond the office, you will also enjoy benefits like free ARoS +1 access and various shopping discounts.

Never stop developing

Systematic is uniquely people-centric, truly international and proudly rooted in Denmark with more than 1,400 employees. Together, we write intelligent and innovative code to drive progress and improve lives. We develop IT solutions that make a real difference where it matters most. This is why we never stop developing. Here, there is room to be professional and personal. It is not just a place to work but a place to belong. 

Start your development here

We will be assessing applications on an ongoing basis as we wish to welcome our new colleague as soon as possible, so click Apply Now and send us your CV today.