Project Manager

Job Overview

We are seeking a Project Manager for a contract role based onsite in Athenry, County Galway, Ireland. The position requires presence in the office four days a week. The successful candidate will provide leadership in onsite execution and coordinate E2E testing activities across multiple business and technology domains for the client F4 Ireland program.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead onsite coordination of end-to-end testing execution across Business Operations, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, ERP, MES, SCADA, AVEVA PI middleware, and application teams.
• Manage the daily execution plan, including test calendar, sequencing, resource coordination, and milestone tracking for approved scenarios.
• Conduct daily execution standup meetings, defect triage discussions, status reviews, and escalation forums with client stakeholders and project teams.
• Coordinate availability of business users, system SMEs, application leads, test engineers, environments, interfaces, and test data for execution windows.
• Track execution progress against planned scenarios, identify blockers, manage risks and dependencies, and facilitate timely issue resolution through governance channels.
• Ensure accurate documentation of test results, including pass/fail status, evidence, defects, retest outcomes, and open risks, using agreed test management tools and repositories.
• Drive defect management processes by overseeing classification, prioritization, ownership assignment, fix tracking, retesting, closure, and escalation of functional, integration, and data-related issues.
• Support alignment of E2E testing efforts with business-led pre-commercialization activities and dry runs to validate process, equipment, and system readiness.
• Prepare and distribute daily and weekly test status reports, defect summaries, risk and issue logs, action trackers, and execution dashboards to program leadership.
• Collaborate with business process owners and operations teams to obtain validation feedback, evidence acceptance, and formal sign-off for completed E2E scenarios.
• Assess entry and exit criteria, open Sev1/Sev2 defect status, residual risks, and readiness inputs necessary for Go/No-Go decision-making.
• Support final test completion reporting, business sign-off coordination, and the transition of test outcomes to Operations and program stakeholders.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• Proven experience in project governance and project planning.
• Strong stakeholder coordination and communication abilities.
• Expertise in managing defect lifecycle and test execution processes.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams in complex testing environments.
• Experience in scheduling, resource coordination, and milestone tracking for large-scale projects.