Senior IT Technical Project Manager

PrivatBank is the largest bank in Ukraine and one of the most innovative banks around the world. It holds a leading position for all the financial indicators in the area and comprises about a quarter of the whole banking system of our country.

We are looking for an experienced Senior IT Technical Project Manager to join our team. Our candidate will thrive in a fast-paced environment and embody our core values of initiative, openness, and mutual trust. This role demands a results-oriented, multitasking professional with a proven track record of delivering high-quality work. If you are passionate about technology and have a desire to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

Key responsibilities 

• Responsible for the management & delivery of the IT driven project in accordance with Client Project Management Methodology, including project planning, estimations, managing project stakeholders, execution, schedule, cost, risk, and procurement
• Managing delivery with the distributed (cross geographical, cross parties) or co-located team.
• Summarize technical scenarios in the integrated system project planning (synchronization deliverables between subprojects) and in the system delivery plan (agreed content of planned deliveries)
• Regular reporting and coordination with all impacted IT teams to check effective delivery of the system/solution. Effective communicates with stakeholders to provide regular, timely and accurate information and status updates
• Work with PMO to achieve better quality, consistency and oversight of Projects and Programs.
• Report to Program Manager regarding risks, issues, roadmap, deliveries
• Work with internal IT Infrastructure, Solutions and architecture, Information Security & Application development teams and multiple Strategic partners to support the delivery of projects

Skills and attributes for success 

• Identify, drives, and leads problem solving and issue management for the project deliverables 
• Establish project management processes and risk and control processes
• Build relationships with clients, acting as the primary point-of-contact for select clients/client personnel 
• Analyse business requirements from key stakeholders and assesses relevant solutions
• Make decisions within defined methodology and appropriately actions on any variances on project scope, schedule, financials, risk, issue, resourcing, and governance
• Responsible for adherence to Client project methodology and makes changes so that deviations are addressed
• The role involves working with Project Managers from other parts of the organisation to check that optimal outcomes are achieved in terms of quality, value, and timely delivery of IT components of change
• Prepare and present project analysis, insights, and recommendation to assist agreed governance forums with decision making
• Present business cases for recommended solutions, defining potential benefits, costs, options, risks and impact
• Proactively manages any potential risks or issues

Requirements:

• At least 5 years’ experience working in a banking client facing role for a leading  consulting or professional services company in delivery of large-scale complex change/transformation programmes or systems integration programmes or at least 5 years’ experience working for Financial Services/Bank, in delivery of large-scale complex change/transformation programmes or systems integration programmes.
• Recent experience as an IT Project/Program/Portfolio Manager 
• Prior background as a developer in any programming language
• Must possess strong experience within the Payments Industry
• Must have experience within working with external providers
• Have a proven ability to be able to take a ‘big picture’ delivery and project management view as well as being able to work at a detailed level across a broad range of contract types and engagement approaches
• Experience leading IT change projects with a range of streams, partners, and technologies (incl. IT infrastructure, IT Security, IT Operations, IT applications etc.) across the full delivery lifecycle
• Have experience in seeking the alignment of business and IT, operating across organisational and technology silos to drive common approaches, delivering sustainable, agile, and re-usable solutions
• Strong presentation skills. Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Address any deficiencies in the existing system development lifecycle with specific proposals for improvement



What do we offer to our employees?

• Job in the largest and the most innovative Bank of Ukraine
• Competitive compensation
• Corporate training
• Possibility to work remotely 
• Interesting projects, ambitious tasks and dynamic development