Project Management and Control Technician

Degree/training:

● University degree in Project Management, Business Administration and Management, or related degrees.

Experience:

Minimum 3 years of experience in functions related to:

● Simultaneous management, monitoring, or control of projects/services.

● Monitoring of commitments, milestones, indicators, budget, and deadlines.

● Creation of reporting systems and dashboards.

● Coordination with operational managers and different interlocutors.

● Implementation or improvement of management procedures and tools.

Knowledge:

● Advanced level of Excel and mastery of data analysis and visualization tools—Power BI is desirable.

● Accustomed to working with collaborative and project management tools.

● Medium-advanced user of AI, automation, and digital tools.

● Familiarity with KPIs, dashboards, planning, budgetary control, process management, and reporting.

Key competencies and skills:

● Analytical capacity and ability to structure projects into milestones, responsible parties, dates, indicators, and monitoring systems.

● Orientation toward fulfillment and detail, without losing the global vision.

● Process and continuous improvement mindset.

● Digital competence and technological curiosity.

● Capacity for organization and prioritization in environments with multiple simultaneous projects.

● Practical and problem-solving orientation.

● Capacity for communication, teamwork, and autonomy.

● Capacity to relate to diverse professional profiles and convey management tools and methodologies in a simple and practical manner.

● Pedagogical capacity to implement tools and achieve their effective use by the teams.

● Proactivity and capacity for anticipation.

● We will value complementary training in management control, data analysis, process improvement, Power BI or other BI tools, automation, and collaborative/digital tools.

Experience in service companies and/or environments involving the management of multiple simultaneous projects and decentralized execution—outsourcing, facility services, educational services, training, or other similar environments—will be particularly valued, especially in services outsourced to Public Administrations.

Due to the nature of the Area being joined, knowledge, experience, or professional links to the cultural, heritage, and/or cultural tourism sectors will be particularly valued, although this does not constitute an exclusive requirement.

● Knowledge of the functioning of service provision contracts and public bidding will be valued, without being an exclusive requirement.

Sedena, a leading company in the management of cultural services, is looking to hire a Project Management and Control Technician to support the management of contracts within the Art and Heritage Area.

In support of the Art and Heritage Area Management, the successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring the systematic monitoring and fulfillment of technical, operational, budgetary, and temporal commitments of awarded and ongoing projects, providing tools, methodology, information, and support to the teams responsible for their execution.

Likewise, in collaboration with the IT Department, they will participate in the adaptation and implementation of common, agile, and progressively automated monitoring tools and systems that allow for easier decision-making, anticipation of deviations, and improvement of quality and efficiency in the management of the project portfolio.

Ultimately, they will contribute to implementing and maintaining a living system for project management and control, combining analysis and monitoring with direct knowledge of the services, their teams, and their operational reality.

Job duties:

1. Monitoring the fulfillment of awarded technical projects.

2. Control and anticipation of deviations.

3. Support in the design and implementation of management and control tools.

4. Data management and reporting.

5. Support for project and service coordinations and teams.

6. Implementation and monitoring of the use of management tools, facilitating their understanding and actual use by the teams.

7. Continuous improvement, automation, and standardization of processes and tools.

8. Periodic visits to projects and services, both to learn about and perform on-site monitoring of their operation and to maintain direct communication with coordinations, teams, and clients, as well as to support the implementation and training in management tools and procedures.

Location and work modality:

The position will be based at our Madrid headquarters, under a hybrid work model with a predominance of in-person activity, allowing for close and continuous relationship with the Area Management and other professionals.

Due to the nature of the position, availability to travel periodically to the various projects and services managed by the Area will be necessary.