Senior Project Manager

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Project Planning & Execution
  • Project Planning: Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and deliverables for medium-complexity projects. Develop detailed project plans, outlining tasks, timelines, resources, and budgets, aligned with organizational objectives.
  • Execution: Lead project teams in executing project plans, ensuring milestones are achieved and deliverables are completed on schedule. Exercise decision-making autonomy as appropriate, with escalation to senior management when additional support is needed.
• Budget & Financial Oversight
  • Budget Management (if required by the contract type): Work within budgets set by Lead PMs, monitoring the works to ensure alignment with contract constraints. Support regular budget reporting.
• Communication & Stakeholder Engagement
  • Stakeholder Communication: Serve as the primary contact for project stakeholders, managing relationships with internal teams and external clients. Provide regular project updates, communicate risks, and address issues as they arise.
  • Cross-functional collaboration: Collaborate across departments to foster alignment between product, technology, and compliance teams, ensuring cohesive execution of project goals.
• Risk & Quality Management
  • Risk Assessment: Identify potential project risks early, assess their impact, and suggest strategies to mitigate them. Adapt project plans as necessary to address evolving risks and maintain project continuity.
  • Quality Assurance: Maintain high standards for project deliverables, conducting regular quality checks and project reviews to meet client expectations.
• Documentation & Reporting
  • Documentation: Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, status reports, and post-project evaluations as needed. Ensure all documentation is accurate and adheres to organizational standards.
  • Reporting: Generate and present reports detailing project progress, budget status, and milestones, providing stakeholders with timely insights into project performance.
• Leadership & Mentorship
  • Team Leadership: Foster a collaborative team environment, offering guidance, support, and motivation to team members. Mentor junior project managers, sharing insights on best practices and project management methodologies.
  • Professional Development: Engage with Senior and Lead PMs for mentorship, continuously developing expertise in managing complex regulatory financial technology projects.
• Ad-hoc Tasks: Perform additional duties as assigned by the line manager, contributing to departmental initiatives and organizational goals.

THE IDEAL CANDIDATE

• 4+ years of experience in international IT projects, including end-to-end product implementation and custom development projects.
• Experience in back-end project implementation (front-end components are up to 10% of all project tasks) and infrastructure-oriented projects
• Experience in project planning and budgeting
• Knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall
• Knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Good understanding of SDLC
• Excellent organizational skills, communication, and presentation skills
• Speaks English fluently.
• Be ready to work with multiple projects at the same time
• FinTech background will be a plus.

OUR PROJECTS TYPE

1. AWS Hosted or deployed in Customer DC or Cloud - Product implementation with out-of-the-box functions configuration. Duration: 2 to 6 months. Main challenge: familiarize the client with all out-of-the-box functions to reduce implementation time, and feature request/scope expansion control.
2. AWS Hosted or deployed in Customer DC or Cloud - Product implementation with out-of-the-box function configuration + custom development. Duration: 4 to 18 months (depending on complexity and budget, most likely T&M contract type). Main challenge: careful project planning & precise scope management, time & cost reporting mechanism establishment.

Job Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Hybrid workspace: ok to work both from home and the office
• Referral bonus program
• Annual salary review
• Health insurance
• Reimbursement program to enhance your skills (training, online courses, etc.)