Project Manager – Workplace Services (RFP & Transition), Espoo

Do you enjoy leading complex IT projects where organisation, coordination and stakeholder management are key to success?

We're looking for an experienced Project Manager to join our client's team and lead a strategic Workplace Services RFP project within a large enterprise IT environment. This is a unique opportunity to drive a business-critical sourcing initiative from planning through execution, with the possibility to continue leading the implementation and transition project during the first half of 2027.

If you enjoy bringing structure to complex environments, working closely with business stakeholders and vendors, and ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget, this could be the next step in your career.

What you'll be doing

As Project Manager, you'll be responsible for leading the Workplace Services RFP project from start to finish while ensuring successful project delivery according to agreed timelines, budget and governance.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Leading and coordinating the overall RFP project

• Managing project plans, schedules, budgets and reporting

• Coordinating meetings, workshops and steering group activities

• Managing communication with business stakeholders and external vendors

• Coordinating vendor questions and responses throughout the RFP process

• Supporting proposal evaluation and scoring activities

• Following up on deliverables, deadlines and project milestones

• Managing project governance, risks and change management

• Coordinating project resources and dependencies across different teams

• Ensuring project transparency through regular reporting

• Supporting project financial follow-up and value creation

• Ensuring cyber security governance and compliance throughout the project

Should the project continue into 2027, you'll also have the opportunity to lead the implementation and transition of the selected Workplace Services solution.

We're looking for someone with

To succeed in this role, you're an experienced Project Manager who enjoys working in complex enterprise IT environments. You're organised, proactive and comfortable coordinating multiple stakeholders while keeping projects moving forward.

You have:

• 5+ years of experience in IT Project Management

• Experience leading enterprise-level IT projects

• Experience managing project budgets, reporting and governance

• Strong stakeholder and vendor management skills

• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams

• Knowledge of IT Service Management (ITSM)

• Understanding of IT service delivery

• Experience working with Workplace Services and Service Desk environments

• Understanding of ServiceNow and service integration concepts

• A Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business Administration or another relevant field

• Fluent English language skills (Finnish is considered an advantage)

It's a plus if you also have experience with

• Strategic Portfolio Management (SPM) tools

• Transition and transformation projects

• Application Management Services (AMS)

• Enterprise Workplace Services

• Service integration models

• Large-scale outsourcing or sourcing projects

• Cyber security governance within project environments

We believe you'll thrive in this role if you have experience with

• Leading complex enterprise IT projects

• RFP or sourcing projects

• Cross-functional stakeholder management

• Vendor management and contract-related projects

• Service Desk and Workplace Services

• ITSM environments

• ServiceNow

• Managing project governance, risks and reporting

• Driving structured projects with multiple parallel workstreams

Rather than looking for someone who only has traditional project management experience, we're particularly interested in someone who can combine strong organisational skills with an understanding of enterprise IT services and confidently collaborate with both business stakeholders and technical teams.

Additional requirements

To be considered for this role, you must be eligible to successfully complete a Finnish Security Clearance (SUPO).

The role is based in Espoo, and the client follows a hybrid working model combining office and remote work.

Recruitment Process

The recruitment process is initially managed by Clevry. We apply continuous selection, and the position may be filled before the application deadline (7.8.2026). We warmly welcome your application already today! For additional information or questions, please contact our Recruitment Manager Christoffer Pimenoff (christoffer.pimenoff@clevry.com).

For this position, you will be employed through Clevry. The assignment is expected to start during August 2026. The initial project runs until December 2026, with a strong possibility of extension through June 2027 to lead the implementation and transition phase.

Please note! We only accept applications submitted through our platform and will not respond to applications sent via email.

About Clevry

For over 30 years we have been the change maker for a more soft skills driven work-life within talent acquisition, assessments and advisory. We operate globally with customers, consultants and candidates from North America to Singapore with headquarters in Brighton, Stockholm and Helsinki. At Clevry we have over 150 soft skills certified recruiters, business psychologists and experts at your service.