Senior Project Manager

The ideal candidate will have experience in managing a project from start to finish. This candidate will be able to create a plan of action which will consider a fixed timeline and evaluate risks. This individual should also have experience managing people and be an effective communicator.

Key responsibilities will include

• Lead and manage the end-to-end delivery of complex projects, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget;
• Engage and collaborate with key stakeholders, including executives, department heads, and end-users, to define project requirements, scope, and deliverables;
• Understand business and solution architecture and help shaping the target operating model when executing projects;
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with all project stakeholders, providing regular status updates and addressing any concerns promptly;
• Elicit and prioritize functional and non-functional requirements from business and technical stakeholders;
• Manage external technology providers and drive any system selection process in close collaboration with IMT.

Requirements

• University degree in Information Technology, Business Administration or equivalent qualification;
• At least 5 years of working experience as a Project Manager at a financial services company or with a leading consulting firm in a delivery role in the financial services sector;
• Experience in the asset management industry, more specifically fund administration and its corresponding systems is a plus;
• In-depth and proven project management, delivery and leadership skills (both technical and people as well as change; management);Agile certification (Scrum, IPMA, etc.) and practical experience as a plus;
• Excellent language skills in English (verbal/written) is a requirement, German is a plus;
• Ability to act as a mediator on complex topics between business and technology teams;
• Passion for project management with a pragmatic, hands on approach in order to get things done;
• Self-motivated team player with strong analytical and organizational skills