Project Manager @Darwin

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Mercer provides insights, advice, and technology-driven solutions to help build brighter futures for our clients, colleagues, and communities. Together, we are redefining the world of work, reshaping retirement, and investment outcomes, and unlocking real health and well-being.

Mercer's more than 25,000 employees are based in 44 countries, and the firm operates in over 130 countries. Mercer is a business of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC (Marsh and McLennan Companies)), the world's leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy, and people, with 76,000 colleagues and annualized revenue approaching $17 billion. Through its market-leading businesses, including Marsh, Guy Carpenter and Oliver Wyman, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment. Marsh & McLennan Companies and its affiliates aim to attract and retain the best people regardless of their gender expression or identity, marital and civil partnership status, ethnic origin, nationality, age, background, disability, sexual orientation, or beliefs.

Job Description
We are seeking a motivated Junior to Mid-level Project Manager to join our team. The ideal candidate will be responsible for actively engaging with stakeholders, meticulously documenting project timelines, and driving projects through to successful completion. This role requires strong organizational skills, effective communication, and a proactive approach to managing project tasks and deadlines.

Project Managers are a key part of delivering Mercer projects, having a complete overview on the whole lifecycle, from the initial discussions all the way to the post-project Lessons Learned.

Main responsibilities involve creating and maintaining the Project Plan, assuring that the toolkits and milestone plans are up to date and clearly communicated to all stakeholders, negotiating timelines, and supporting in negotiating requirements, assuring delivery by the agreed deadlines, and maintaining the flow of the Project with all stakeholders.

The Project Manager will be responsible for supporting the successful execution of delivery operations by coordinating and managing various workstream activities. This role requires excellent communication,

coordination, and problem-solving skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.

What can you expect?

• Analyze data to generate comprehensive reports on project status, timelines, potential risks and develop mitigation plans.
• To be responsible for leading a project team in implementing the full lifecycle of a project.
• To form strong relationships with key internal and external stakeholders and business partners.
• Work with the Implementation Team on resource analysis
• Document the procedures and processes pertinent to the assigned role within the online knowledge base and tools.
• Work closely with teams to identify process bottlenecks and any inefficiencies.
• Present findings and performance insights to stakeholders in a clear and understandable manner.
• Assist in the development and maintenance of project plans, including timelines, milestones, and deliverables.
• Facilitate periodic project status meetings and furnish comprehensive updates to project stakeholders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define project objectives, scope and requirements.
• Identify opportunities for process improvement and efficiency enhancement.
• Proactively engage and follow up with project stakeholders to ensure alignment and timely input
• Monitor project progress and coordinate activities to keep projects on track
• Facilitate communication between team members and stakeholders to resolve issues and clarify requirements
• Support the project team in administrative tasks and project documentation
• Contribute to continuous improvement of project management processes and tools

We Will Count On You To

• Always manage and track project deliverables in line with project budget, scope and quality.
• Manage the scope of the project with the internal and external teams in line with the signed contract and desired outcome.
• Manage actions, risks, and issues ensuring the project team and stakeholders are aware of progress and their responsibilities.
• Ensure internal and external teams are aware of upcoming milestones on a timely basis.
• Work with the team on reporting any escalations, on extending timelines or highlight any business risk to the project.
• Take ownership of the success of the project delivery as a whole working with the Project Team and the stakeholders.
• Identify areas for process improvement internally where possible and help to mentor and support other team members in their roles.
• Work comfortably with large volumes of data, applying data cleaning and transformation techniques.
• Act as a primary point of contact for stakeholders, addressing their concerns and ensuring their needs are met.
• Regularly update and share reports with stakeholders and delivery team.
• Update project reports with correct timelines based on real-time data.
• Proactively identify and address discrepancies in timelines and processes.
• Follow up with stakeholders for missing deadlines and insufficient data, ensuring timely and accurate reporting.
• Flag possible high-risk projects based on data analysis on a weekly basis.
• Provide guidance and support in resolving issues and making critical decisions.
• Contribute to the development and implementation of organizational strategies and goals.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define project scope, objectives, and requirements.

What You Need To Have

• 1-3 years of experience in project coordination or project management roles
• Proven experience on data tracking, analysis, and stakeholder engagement.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills using Office Suite.
• Strong organizational and time management skills
• Ability to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders
• Be articulate, with strong verbal and written communication both in Romanian & English.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel, specifically in the extraction and manipulation of extensive
• reports.
• Proficiency with project management tools (e.g., MS Project, Asana, Jira) is a plus
• Demonstrated ability to understand and improve complex processes.
• Experience managing and reporting on operational SLAs and KPIs across multiple projects or service lines would be a plus
• A Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field preferred
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Detail-oriented with a proactive and solution-focused mindset
• Business analysis and data analysis expertise.
• Ability to work independently and in a team environment.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to manage several different projects at a time.

Why Join Our Team

• We help you be your best through professional development opportunities, interesting work, and supportive leaders.
• We foster a vibrant and inclusive culture where you can work with talented colleagues to create new solutions and have an impact for colleagues, clients, and communities.
• Our scale enables us to provide a range of career opportunities, benefits, and rewards to enhance your well-being.
• Enjoy a yearly budget to build your flexible benefits package (up to 20% of your annual salary).
• Benefit from 30+ days off (25 legal days off, 1 extra day off on your birthday, public holiday replacement days, and extra buy/sell from your benefits budget).
• Participate in a Performance Bonus scheme.
• Engage in matching charity contributions, charity days off, and the Pay it Forward charity challenge.
• Core benefits include Pension, Life and Medical Insurance, Meal Vouchers, and Travel Insurance.
• We champion flexible working, helping you find YOUR work-life balance, whether that is standard working, flextime working, or working from home.

Work Environment

• We champion flexible working, helping you find YOUR work-life balance, whether that is standard working, flextime working, or working from home.
• All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.

Mercer, a business of Marsh McLennan (NYSE: MMC), is a global leader in helping clients realize their investment objectives, shape the future of work and enhance health and retirement outcomes for their people. Marsh McLennan is a global leader in risk, strategy and people, advising clients in 130 countries across four businesses: Marsh, Guy Carpenter, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. With annual revenue of $24 billion and more than 90,000 colleagues, Marsh McLennan helps build the confidence to thrive through the power of perspective. For more information, visit , or follow on LinkedIn and X.

Marsh McLennan is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and flexible work environment. We aim to attract and retain the best people and embrace diversity of age, background, disability, ethnic origin, family duties, gender orientation or expression, marital status, nationality, parental status, personal or social status, political affiliation, race, religion and beliefs, sex/gender, sexual orientation or expression, skin color, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Marsh McLennan is committed to hybrid work, which includes the flexibility of working remotely and the collaboration, connections and professional development benefits of working together in the office. All Marsh McLennan colleagues are expected to be in their local office or working onsite with clients at least three days per week. Office-based teams will identify at least one "anchor day" per week on which their full team will be together in person.