oin Baladna El Djazaier – Building the Future of Agriculture & Dairy in AlgeriaAt Baladna El Djazaier, we are committed to driving Algeria’s agro-industrial transformation. Our flagship venture in Adrar spans 117,000 hectares, representing an investment of USD 3.5 billion, and aims to establish a herd of up to 270,000 dairy cows, producing 1.7 billion litres of milk annually.This integrated project encompasses forage and crop production, cattle breeding, milk-powder manufacturing, and logistic operations—placing us at the heart of Algeria’s food-security mission.We are looking for motivated, talented individuals who want to grow their careers in a dynamic environment and contribute to a national project of excellence. Join us and be part of shaping the future of agriculture and dairy in Algeria.The Project Manager will lead and manage the coordination of the Baladna-Algeria project to ensure that this project meets the needs of key internal and external stakeholders. Is accountable for follow the project phases: planning, design, implementation, and operational start-up with successful final delivering and completion, on time, on budget, and to specifications. The position is responsible to provide support in stakeholder engagement and assist with leadership to achieve goals effectively, optimizing employee capabilities, achieves the strategic objectives, and delivers competitive advantage to the group.Key Functional Responsibilities:Project Strategy Design- Lead the development and implementation of strategy for the Baladna-Algeria project, anticipating complex issues, challenges, and opportunities and ensuring integration with wider organization strategy.- Ensure the strategies are successfully implemented and meet business needs.Project Management:Be part of the team that manages the interaction between the project management function and the individual divisional subject matter experts, agree on deliverables, presentation, approval, production and continuous review of the Baladna-Algeria project plans and business cases, ensuring integration of activities needed across the organization, compliance with the organization's project and program management framework, and compliance with the organization's wider governance structure and processes.Lead the management frameworks and tools to ensure that they meet the needs of key internal and external stakeholders.Be a member of the project function and assist to drive the project teams and third-party project companies, communicate the necessary outcomes, and provide guidance to achieve these outcomes; manage resources across projects; negotiate the flow of additional team members on and off the team, as needed; and build the capability of the team. Ensure that roles and responsibilities are clearly defined within the project-delivery and teams and acts as subject matter expert in project area. Maintain in-depth understanding of current and emerging technologies, external regulation, and scope of function best practices.Specify the project review process and lead its delivery to ensure that stakeholders are able to evaluate progress and agree on change at appropriate points.Lead and coordinate the closing out to ensure effective handover and transition from the project environment to business as usual and to ensure lessons learned are identified and captured for future reference.Risk and Issue ManagementEnsure that risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints are managed appropriately at program and project levels. Where risks or issues threaten delivery of the program, develop and agree on recovery plans. Lead the design and delivery of project and program assurance reviews, enable the delivery of assurance reviews by independent third parties, and ensure that appropriate actions are taken to resolve any issues, to give senior stakeholders confidence that key projects can deliver according to time, budget, and quality.Project Resource ManagementBe an integral member of the project function and be an active role in the project structure and resource selection. Lead the negotiation and deployment of substantial, complex project resource budgets, providing forecasts and presenting variances with narrative at appropriate review points to ensure effective utilization. Develop and gain agreement to plans for the project, ensuring alignment with strategy; quantify business outcomes, i.e., revenues or other key performance indicators (KPIs); detail expense and headcount budgets; and develop business cases for key aspects, ensuring cross-functional integration.Cross-Functional Responsibilities:Stakeholder Engagement and Collaboration:Identify and manage stakeholders up to and including top management level and Third-party project companies to create mutually supportive working relationships and to ensure that each stakeholder has an appropriate share of voice at project level, finding out their needs, issues, and concerns and reacting to them by leading and coordinating the development of stakeholder engagement plans to support the communication of business information and decisions. Create and manage internal and external partnerships, connecting different internal stakeholders and departments to innovators in the ecosystem. Set the strategy for market research within the innovation space, ensuring insights and opportunities are communicated to the right level. Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.Leadership, Direction:Communicate the strategy and its relationship to the organization's mission, vision, and values; clarify the actions needed to implement this strategy within the area of responsibility; motivate people to commit to the mission, vision, and values and do extraordinary things to achieve the organization's business goals. Manage multi-cultural/multi-discipline team and set appropriate performance objectives for direct reports and third-party project companies involved and hold individuals accountable for achieving them; take appropriate corrective action where necessary to ensure the achievement of annual business objectives.Assist to define the detailed organization structure for project area to align with corporate principles, define the relationship between elements of the organization, and define the responsibilities, to enable the organization to achieve its business objectives Identify the capabilities needed to meet the current and emerging project needs. Evaluate current capabilities, identify gaps, and prioritize development activities. Motivate others to develop their capabilities and fulfill their personal potential. Build capabilities elsewhere in the organization.Qualifications and Experience:Bachelor’s degree in engineering or areas related (Master’s degree preferred)15+ years of experience roles within relevant projects.Strong background and proven successful track record of at least 7 years leading projects External accreditations like PMP – PMILanguage:Fluency in English. A knowledge of Arabic and/or French would be an advantage.Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:1. Expertise in budgeting, cost management, and financial analysis related to projects.2. Knowledge of regulatory requirements and standards relevant to projects, including environmental and ethical considerations.3. Ability to lead and mentor a diverse team, fostering a culture of collaboration and high performance.4. Strong negotiation and project management skills5. Adaptive Mindset to high level of ambiguity and stress assessing the facts and circumstances of the current situation and/or environment and making the appropriate/innovative adjustments. 6. Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.