Senior Project Manager ( Banking / Finance Expertise )

The Technical Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, executing, and closing projects on time, within scope and budget. This role involves coordinating with various technical teams, managing resources, and ensuring the Technical project's overall success. The Sr. Project Manager will oversee all aspects of IT projects, set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor progress to ensure successful delivery.

Responsibilities:

• Accountable for leading your team to deliver IT projects from discovery to successful delivery of the committed scope that meets stakeholder expectations within defined timelines and meets Definition of Done (DoD)

• Collaborate with stakeholders to define scope, goals, and deliverables

• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including but not limited to timelines, milestones, and resource allocations with required documentation.

• Monitor project progress and manage changes to project scope, timeline, and costs.

• Proactively manage project risk and dependencies

• Provide accurate reporting and conduct regular updates to stakeholders on project status, risks, issues, and dependencies

• Act as Scrum Master for multiple teams, facilitate agile ceremonies and remove impediments

• Build and maintain collaborative communication in the project, both in relation to both internal stakeholders and external ones.

• Ensure adherence to iTech Agile Way of Working, standards, and best practices

• Contribute to continuous improvement to enhance way of working, standards, DoD, and best practices

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Banking/Finance, Technology, Computer Science, Engineering, or related discipline.

• Minimal of 5 years experience in Technical Project Management, ideally within the banking and finance sector

• Experienced in training and coaching Scrum for teams.

• Master/ Bachelor degree in Banking/ Finance/ Project Management or other Project Management certifications (PMP, PRINCE 2..) are a plus

• Agile certifications (SAFe certifications, Scrum.org certifications, Scrum Alliance certifications…) are a plus

• Proficient in Project management and collaboration tools (Confluence, Jira, Teams..)

• Excellent interpersonal skills and professional skills, ability to simultaneously “see the big picture” and manage the details daily.

• Creative problem-solver, able to prioritize issues and resolve them efficiently with flexibility and responsiveness in handling changing priorities

• Experience and interest in supporting new business initiatives, especially in a banking/finance environment.

• Advanced English in oral and written forms and working with global colleagues and stakeholders.

• Able to travel to work when required.