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ICT EURO Manager
Employer: UEFA
Post Date: 12 December 2008
Reference: UEFA-ICTM
Category: IT and Telecommunications
Hours: Full Time
Location: Nyon / Switzerland
Working Term: Permanent Position
Salary: Not disclosed
Application Deadline: 11 January 2009

Company Description
UEFA - the Union of European Football Associations - is the governing body of football on the continent of Europe. UEFA’s core mission is to promote, protect and develop European football at every level of the game, to promote the principles of unity and solidarity, and to deal with all questions relating to European football. UEFA is an association of associations based on representative democracy, and is the governing body of European football.

Description

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:
The ICT EURO Manager ensures that all EURO ICT-related projects and operations are in line with the ICT strategy from a technical and business point of view.

He or she also ensures the overall management of EURO strategic partners in an international environment.

MAIN ACTIVITIES:
• Consolidates all EURO ICT projects in relation to ICT strategy and business needs
• Manages and supervises contractually agreed services with all strategic EURO third parties falling into his or her areas of responsibility
• Negotiates with the head of ICT all contracts and terms and conditions with strategic external partners in his or her areas of activity
• Participates in the establishment of IT objectives, in conjunction with the head of ICT
• Informs the head of ICT on a regular basis about important activities within his or her areas of responsibility
• Researches, analyses and transmits all information which could have an impact on his or her mission or service

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES:
• Manages EURO ICT projects from a resource, planning, objectives and budget perspective
• Work in relation to the managers involved in EURO projects:
- Informs the business manager about the ICT strategy
- Liaises with the business manager to ensure that all organisational aspects are integrated and planned in the ICT projects
- Ensures the coherency of the overall ICT applications, ICT infrastructures and ICT operations with the relevant ICT managers
- Ensures the coherency of EURO ICT projects with other UMET EURO projects
- Manages conflicts of priority

EDUCATION:
• IT engineering degree or equivalent

WORK EXPERIENCE:
• Minimum 10 years’ professional experience
• Minimum 3 years’ experience of international sports events in an equivalent function
• Minimum 5 years’ experience of working in an international event environment

BUSINESS KNOW-HOW & IT-SKILLS:
• Programme/project management / budget management
• Standard IT tools (Office, MS Project, etc)
• Software development, networking, systems and hardware knowledge
• Knowledge of business applications and end-user applications (web, mobile, streaming)

COMPETENCIES & CHARACTERISTICS
• Good communication and presentation skills
• Analytical mind
• Experience working in groups (different cultures)
• Abstraction skills
• Negotiation skills
• Strong person management skills
• Ability to take independent decisions

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
• English - fluent (oral and written)
• French - good knowledge
• Other: German, Russian, etc. - an advantage

How to apply for this job
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