Senior Odoo Project Manager

About the job

Softobia is an Odoo Gold Partner managing a large portfolio of ERP clients across Egypt, the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Oman and the wider Gulf. We deliver Odoo with AI-powered automation and clean, structured processes.

We are looking for a Senior Odoo Project Manager to own delivery across our running implementations, lead the delivery team and be the one voice every client hears from. You report directly to the CEO.

• 📍 Location: Nasr City, Cairo
• 🕒 Working Hours: 8 hours with flexibility
• 🗓 Working Days: 5 days/week
• 🌐 Remote Days: 1 day per week after probation
• 💰 Salary: based on experience in EGP
• 🏥 Benefits: Elite Medical Insurance

What should you do?

Client Ownership and Communication

• Be the single point of contact for every client in your portfolio
• Send clear weekly progress updates in Arabic and English, with dates and next steps
• Commit to dates, meetings and features only after internal approval

Planning and Phase Gates

• Build and own a signed, dated plan for every project
• Secure written sign-off at each phase: gap analysis, design, configuration, UAT, training, go-live and hypercare

Scope, Contracts and Billing

• Check every new request against the signed scope and raise change requests before work starts
• Keep signed contracts and SOWs on file and link every invoice to a delivered milestone
• Work with finance to make sure clients pay on time

Recovery and Escalations

• Take over delayed projects and bring them back with a recovery plan the client accepts
• Handle client complaints professionally, using facts from project records

Go-Live Readiness

• Run data collection for master data, opening balances, employees and assets
• Own cutover plans, UAT and go/no-go decisions with the technical team

Team Leadership

• Plan and assign weekly work for functional consultants and developers
• Track hours against budget in Odoo and flag capacity risks early
• Review AI-drafted plans, messages and progress reports before they reach a client

What do we need from you?

Experience:

• Minimum 5 years in ERP implementation, at least 3 of them on Odoo
• At least 3 years as a Project Manager running several Odoo projects at the same time
• Must have led at least 3 full Odoo implementations from kickoff to hypercare (v16 or higher, Enterprise)
• Proven recovery of at least one delayed project
• Experience with clients in Saudi Arabia, the UAE or Oman is a plus

Certifications:

• Odoo Functional Certification (v16 or higher) is preffered
• PMP or PRINCE2 is a strong plus

Skills:

• Strong functional Odoo Accounting, plus at least two of Inventory, Purchase, Sales, Manufacturing, HR and Payroll
• Egyptian tax and ETA e-invoicing; Saudi ZATCA e-invoicing is a plus
• Good understanding of Odoo.sh staging and production, branches and module upgrades (no coding needed)
• Hands-on experience with SOWs, change requests and milestone billing
• Native Arabic and excellent written English
• Calm, firm and well organized under pressure
  

If you are ready to own a large Odoo portfolio and lead every project to a clean go-live, Softobia is the right place.