Senior Project Manager (AI Hackathon Event)

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**Senior Project Manager (AI Hackathon Event)

NTT DATA Europe & Latam, Serbia**

NTT DATA is a global IT services and consulting company

Responsibilities:

— Build, own, and maintain the Global AI Hackathon master plan, including milestones, critical path, dependencies, owners, and deadlines;

— Drive execution across the complete lifecycle: preparation, launch, competition, regional phases, global final, awards, and closure;

— Establish project governance, RACI, reporting cadence, decision mechanisms, and escalation paths;

— Coordinate multiple parallel workstreams and ensure cross-team dependencies are actively managed;

— Drive actions through completion and proactively intervene when delivery is at risk;

— Act as the central project coordination interface across Global NTT DATA, regions, business units, practices, and functions;

— Work directly with senior and executive management, providing concise status, risks, decisions required, and recommendations;

— Coordinate leadership, regional leads, jury members, trainers, communications teams, support teams, and other stakeholders;

— Ensure executive meetings and events are fully prepared with validated materials, agendas, responsibilities, and follow-up actions;

— Coordinate external agencies, event suppliers, communication partners, and other third parties;

— Define clear deliverables, timelines, dependencies, and approval requirements;

— Monitor supplier readiness and proactively address delivery risks;

— Ensure external deliverables meet NTT DATA requirements and quality expectations;

— Coordinate operational readiness across the complete lifecycle: Launch & Registration → Training & Participant Support → Project Submissions → Jury & Evaluations → Regional Phases → Global Final → Awards Ceremony → Post-event Follow-up;

— Maintain the master schedule, RAID log, action tracker, and decision log;

— Establish quality gates and readiness checks for critical events and communications;

— Organize dry runs and contingency planning for high-profile activities;

— Validate critical information before release;

— Identify risks early and escalate with clear impact assessment and proposed resolution;

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Requirements:

— BSc/MSc in Computer Science or related field;

— 5+ years of relevant Project Management experience, preferably within complex international or enterprise initiatives;

— Demonstrated ownership of high-visibility projects with fixed deadlines;

— Experience working directly with senior management and executive stakeholders;

— Strong global stakeholder-management and influencing skills;

— Proven ability to coordinate multiple parallel workstreams and dependencies;

— Strong risk management, problem-solving, and escalation capabilities;

— Experience managing external suppliers/agencies or complex third-party dependencies;

— Excellent organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail;

— Ability to operate effectively under pressure and manage last-minute changes;

— Fluent professional English – mandatory, with excellent written and verbal communication skills;

— Strong Microsoft 365 skills, particularly Teams, PowerPoint, Excel, and SharePoint.

Working conditions:

— Spanish language skills are highly appreciated, given the global and multicultural stakeholder environment;

— Experience with global transformation or innovation programs is nice to have;

— Corporate events, global conferences, or hackathons experience is nice to have;

— AI / GenAI transformation initiatives experience is nice to have;

— Executive-level event organization experience is nice to have;

— Internal communications and employee-engagement programs experience is nice to have;

— Technical AI development expertise is not required, but a good understanding of AI/GenAI and interest in AI-driven transformation are expected.

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