Junior Project Manager

Junior Project Manager

Services / Business Services

Roderveldlaan 3, 2600 Antwerp, Belgium

As a Project Manager,you will manage large customer's Odoo implementation projects. You'll be dealing with Medium Market and Corporate companies (+100 employees) across Europe in any industry.
You will have to represent Odoo during Steering Committee or Project Committee.
As a Project Director you may be involved in several implementations with a team of Business Analysts that you will have to coordinate

Are you ready to learn fast and have a real impact on the company?

Join Odoo, a growing software company with a killer product,
a huge global community, as well as a fun and exciting work environment.

Users of the Product

15,000,000

Company Growth

60% Year over year

Company Maturity

Profitable

Our Large Account Service department dedicated to large customers implementation projects is looking for new colleagues to join our amazing team. This department was created 5 years ago and is one of the main pillars of Odoo’s turnover growth this year.

You will be dealing with Mid-Market & Corporate companies (+100 employees) across Europe in any industry. Their complex business needs will require a high effort of pre-sales analysis and functional advisory to convince them Odoo is the best ERP system to optimize their activity for the long term.

If you are looking for a position where you will value your experience in IT or business consultancy and use your analytical and sales skills to advise large companies, then you are definitely at the right place

Fabien explaining Odoo Implementation Methodology

The position

As an Experienced Project Manager, you will manage large customer's Odoo implementation projects. You'll be in direct contact with the clients to help them with the good use of Odoo Software (eCommerce, Manufacturing, Inventory, Project, Website...), helped by your team of Business Analysts and Developers.

Therefore, you will perform the necessary

monitoring and follow up in order to get the project live on time and on budget

You'll start your Odoo journey in the Quick Start Team for few months by working on various SME's projects at the same time to learn the Odoo ways of working. Then, you'll progressively switch to the MMC department and work closely with Business Analysts in order to design and implement specific solutions for our bigger customers. As a Experienced Project Manager you will be involved in several implementations with a team of Business Analysts and Developers that you will have to coordinate. As a representative of Odoo during Steering or Project Committee meetings you will serve as the primary liaison between the client and Odoo teams. You will present project progress, align on strategic priorities and ensure key decisions are documented and followed through. Strong communication, stakeholder management, and a deep understanding of Odoo solutions are essential.

Responsibilities

• Project Management (80%)
• Design the implementation plan
• Organize, coach and guide your team of Business Analysts through the implementation of the agreed solutions (configuration & development)
• Monitor project progress, ensuring timelines, quality, and budget are met; communicate status and updates to stakeholders.
• Apply Odoo’s project governance and best practices to ensure high-quality outcomes
• Track and challenge budget estimates and actual
• Define workloads, manage backlogs, and prioritize tasks across project phases
• Identify risks and coordinate mitigation plans
• Keep clients informed through reports and steering committees
• Oversee the full project life cycle, from functional/technical design to deployment
• Internal improvement (20%)
• Provide feedback to the Product Owners
• Internal coaching & training
• Feedback for department improvement

Must Have

• 3 years to 7 years of experience in IT Project Management
• Fluent in Dutch & English
  French is a plus
• Strong Business knowledge & Analytical skills
• Fast learner, able to multitask and manage priorities effectively
• Good communication/negotiation skills
• Autonomous, assertive & proactive mindset
• Affinity with the IT world
• Valid work permit for Belgium

What's great in the job?

• Get real responsibilities and autonomy in a fast evolving company.
• Great team of dynamic people (+/-200), in a friendly and open culture.
• Strategic projects for large companies.
• A learning experience when you will develop an expertise in