Sustainability Project Lead

Essential requirements

•Experienced in strategic project management during the development phase.
•Proven track record of on-budget and on-time project delivery.
•Hardworking and skilled in data management and reporting.
•Proficient in shaping projects, implementing progress tools, and managing information.
•Expertise in collecting information from diverse stakeholders for optimal project outcomes.
•Supportive of short to long-term ESG initiatives aligned with stakeholder collaboration.
•Adheres to project management best practices and utilizes various systems and tools.
•Strong communication skills, setting clear requirements, deadlines, and milestones.
•Good understanding of business analysis and effective problem-solving.
•Customer-facing skills with a customer-centric mindset.
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
•Creative mindset with a willingness to bring innovative ideas into the business.
•Demonstrates personal drive, motivation, and organization.
•Effective under pressure in a fast-paced environment with multiple deadlines.
•Demonstrates ability to operate effectively in a complex matrix organization.

Qualifications

•Project Management experience is essential
•Project management qualification is desireable (APM, PRINCE2, Agile or other industry recognised project management qualification)
•Highly experienced as a Project Manager managing multiple projects across a global organisation
•Experiencein Telecommunications sector and/or sustainability projects is a plus

Role purpose
The role within the ESG Team involves spearheading the structure, centralization, and governance of sustainability projects. The primary objective is to establish a well-organized, controlled, and integrated approach to these projects, ensuring the incorporation of the sustainability agenda throughout the business while meeting time and budget constraints.
This is a hybrid role with offices in Sibiu but with flexibility to work remote as well.
 
Key accountabilities

•Ensure central control of project inputs and outputs through structured governance.
•Lead small/medium projects, contributing to the ESG strategy, overseeing team members, and advising stakeholders.
•Establish centralized project management with dashboards for monitoring performance and identifying improvement areas.
•Develop and conduct regular sessions for colleagues, communicating the benefits of sustainability projects.
•Communicate progress with internal colleagues, providing bi-weekly high-level updates to Senior Sponsors.
•Conduct process mapping and maintain effective financial and project progress forecasting.
•Monitor and control allocated resources against the project budget.
•Implement a change control procedure to assess the impact of project changes and report findings.
•Ensure formal closure of projects, conduct reviews, capture lessons learned, and produce relevant documentation.
•Build and manage a virtual team from various geographies and engage with teams/contacts from Colt and vendors.
•Oversee the creation and maintenance of essential project management documents, adjusting as needed for larger programs.
•Collaborate with the Programme Management Office to ensure sustainability metrics in reporting for current and future projects
What we offer
Colt is a growing business that is investing in its people. We offer skill development and learning pathways to help our people perform at their best, regardless of role and location. In addition to offering competitive salaries and incentive plans, a range of benefits and local rewards packages are on offer.
These are some of the benefits we offer:

•Private health insurance
•Meal vouchers
•Two days off paid per year for volunteer activities
•Access to the Employee Assistance Program
•Flexible work schedule in accordance with company policy
•Bookster subscription
•7Card subscription
•LinkedIn Learning platform

Colt Technology Services is a global digital infrastructure company which creates extraordinary connections to help businesses succeed. Powered by amazing people and like-minded partners, Colt is driven by its purpose: to put the power of the digital universe in the hands of its customers wherever, whenever and however they want.  
Since 1992, Colt has set itself apart through its deep commitment to its customers, growing from its heritage in the City of London to more than 60 offices around the world. The powerful Colt IQ Network connects 222 cities and 32 countries with more than 1000 data centres, 51 Metropolitan Area Networks and over 31,000 buildings across Europe, Asia and North America’s largest business hubs. Privately owned, Colt is one of the most financially sound companies in the sector.