IT Project Manager

🌍 Technology transforms business. People make the difference. At Relatech Group, we believe innovation creates value only when it delivers real impact. We support organizations across industries in their digital transformation journey, designing solutions that integrate data, Artificial Intelligence, and cutting-edge technologies—from strategy to execution. We do this through four specialized and integrated Business Units:
• Digital, focused on software development, Data & AI solutions;
• Cyber, dedicated to cybersecurity and the protection of digital infrastructures;
• Advisory, providing strategic, organizational, and business consulting;
• Industrial, driving the digitalization of manufacturing processes and Industry 4.0 initiatives. Our people are our greatest strength. We invest in skills development, collaboration, and knowledge sharing, creating an environment where every professional can innovate, grow, and make a tangible impact on our clients' success. Joining Relatech Group means becoming part of a dynamic ecosystem of companies, expertise, and opportunities that is constantly evolving. 🚀 The Opportunity BTO Research is looking for an IT Project Manager
- Application & Release Management to coordinate and manage IT application projects, with a strong focus on project delivery and release management. The role involves overseeing the entire project lifecycle, from requirements gathering and planning to testing, validation and production releases. The successful candidate will act as a key point of contact between business stakeholders, IT teams and external suppliers, ensuring effective coordination of activities, management of dependencies and successful delivery of application releases in complex IT environments. 🧠

What You'll Do
In this role, you will have the opportunity to:
• Manage and coordinate IT application projects, overseeing the entire project lifecycle.
• Plan and monitor project activities, defining milestones, priorities, timelines, resources and dependencies across different workstreams.
• Coordinate internal and external technical teams involved in application development, maintenance and evolution.
• Manage and oversee Release Management processes, coordinating the planning, preparation and execution of application releases into production.
• Coordinate application testing activities (SIT/UAT), ensuring proper validation and business approval before go-live.
• Oversee deployment activities and transitions across different application environments, working closely with technical teams and relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor release progress, proactively managing risks, issues, dependencies and potential criticalities.
• Coordinate change requests, application enhancements and maintenance activities, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Ensure effective communication and collaboration between business functions, IT teams, external suppliers and project stakeholders.
• Prepare project status reports (SAL), progress updates and reporting for relevant stakeholders. 👤 Who We're Looking For Skills & Qualifications
• Minimum 5 years of experience as an IT Project Manager or Project Manager in IT environments.
• Proven experience managing application-related projects, preferably within structured and complex organizations.
• Knowledge of Release Management processes and the main activities involved in deploying applications into production.
• Experience coordinating technical teams and IT suppliers.
• Knowledge of application testing processes, including SIT/UAT, solution validation and go-live activities.
• Ability to manage project planning, milestones, dependencies, priorities and progress monitoring.
• Strong ability to interact with both business and technical stakeholders.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies, including Waterfall and/or Agile.
• Languages: Fluency in both Italian and English is required. Nice to Have
• Experience in Digital Transformation projects and application platform evolution.
• Familiarity with Change Management processes and application enhancement management.
• Knowledge of project and delivery management tools such as Jira, MS Project, Azure DevOps or equivalent.
• Experience working in multi-team environments and coordinating external suppliers.
• Familiarity with data migration activities and system integration processes. We're looking for someone who is: ✔ Proactive and results-oriented ✔ Highly organised, with strong planning skills ✔ Collaborative and comfortable working with multidisciplinary teams ✔ Able to manage priorities and solve complex problems ✔ Effective in coordinating different stakeholders and managing critical situations 🌱 What You'll Find At Relatech
• Meaningful, high-impact projects
• A collaborative and multidisciplinary environment
• Clear professional growth opportunities
• Continuous learning and on-the-job training
• Innovative technologies and methodologies
• Flexibility and attention to work-life balance
• Inclusion & Equal Opportunities: We believe innovation and diversity go hand in hand. That's why we foster an inclusive, open, and respectful workplace. Every application is evaluated based on skills, potential, and motivation, regardless of gender, age, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation, religion, or any other protected characteristic.

Location:
Milan
- Hybrid working Work model: Hybrid Contract: Full-time contract RAL: 42K-55K 🔗 Learn More

About Us
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