Project Manager - Americas

Veson Nautical•Houston, TX

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Our Project Managers are responsible for leading cross-functional project teams to achieve client and company business objectives. This position will involve managing multiple new or existing client software implementation projects and providing effective communication across all stakeholders to maintain transparency and enable the prioritization of decision-making throughout a projects’ life cycle. You will be responsible for effectively overseeing each project to ensure a high standard of quality and customer service. Throughout the life cycle of the project, you will liaise with key stakeholders to ensure they are informed and engaged during the implementation process, whilst company values are maintained - Key role objectives are to drive each project to completion on time, on scope and on budget. This is an excellent opportunity for candidates who have a passion for project management and delivery in a challenging and complex environment, where you can become a highly credible subject matter expert within the commercial maritime, energy and commodity trading industry for Veson’s software products.

Requirements

>3 years working experience as a Project Manager with related Consulting/Business Analysis skills required for the successful delivery of end to end complex enterprise software implementation, integration and client training across multiple projects.
A formal project management qualification in either Prince2, PMP or a similar recognized level
Fluent English with Spanish or Portuguese a big plus!
Analytical approach with a focus on attention to detail, with solutioning capabilities for the most complex client workflows
Proven planning and organizational skills
Outstanding consulting, presentation, coaching and facilitation skills
Ability to communicate with customers at all levels
Proven ability to proactively address customer concerns and meet or exceed customer needs
Experience with business process analysis and business requirements gathering and documentation
Desire to work in fast-paced, entrepreneurial setting
Willingness to travel locally (Houston) and domestically up to 50%
Degree qualified or above – Ideally within IT/Computer Science, Economics, Finance, Business or a similar Engineering field
Proficient with MS Office applications
Exposure and familiarity of common AI models and applied usage in a business setting (e.g., Anthropic, Gemini, CoPilot).

Nice To Haves

Experience of working with complex commercial SaaS/ERP software solutions for global corporate B2B market sectors and providing ‘Best fit’ product delivery
Knowledge and experience of either maritime shipping, energy (oil & gas) risk management or physical trading in the commodity markets
Financial technologies and accounting sector experience would be beneficial
Exposure to programming languages and technologies such as C#, JavaScript, scripting languages, DAX/Power BI and XML/JSON.

Responsibilities

Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
Acting as the solution architect on projects, while having the ability to develop a deep understanding of client business models and align to Veson’s software products using best practices
Facilitating business process analysis and business requirements gathering and documentation
Identify and track critical path/activities, risks, contingencies and alternatives and offer suggestions to get projects back on track when necessary
Proactively address customer concerns and meet or exceed customer needs
Resolving, tracing and escalating critical issues to minimize project risk factors
Establish and maintain relationships with clients, vendors and third parties
Provide regular project updates to team and management on work performed, plans, budget and status
Establish milestones and monitor adherence to master plans and schedules
Measure project performance using appropriate systems (i.e. Mavenlink, Salesforce etc.), tools and techniques
Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
Regularly communicate with management, both verbally and in writing, on the status of initiatives in a professional and understandable manner