Senior Project Manager

This job is with Avaloq, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

Company Description

Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 160 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.

We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.

Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Avaloq Core platform team in a role where you will get the opportunity to oversee internal projects of change that will support our market-leading global clients giving you both internal and external exposure

• Plan, monitor and delivery priority projects within CTO organization – taking care of R&D portfolio projects (regulatory and/ or innovation projects), communicating with internal stakeholders (kernel development teams), regional stakeholders, clients, etc.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Coordinate the resource allocation accross multiple projects to maximize efficiency and minimize bottlenecks
• Manage scope and quality in alignment with senior stakeholders managing risks and issues along the entire lifecycle removing blockers for the team
• Effectively communicate and provide weekly status updates to Avaloq top management and lead a cross-division based project team
• Bridge the gap between product vision and delivery oriented approach – ensuring deadlines are met according to the project timeline
• Keep budget fully under control, ensure Estimate To Complete (ETC) are constantly reviewed according to the project progress

Qualifications

• Stong proven track record of Project Management for technical cross-functional projects at a senior level within Experience in IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and/or BPaaS concepts
• Proven track record of delivering results in a complex international, diverse and agile driven environment
• Aptitude to discuss technical details with developers and drive consensus among all stakeholders
• Experience in leading RFI&RFP processes, vendor negotiation, contracting, hiring and managing third parties
• Experience managing end-to end execution of complex programs that span multiple engineering teams through the software project lifecycle (build, test and release on time)

It would be a real bonus if you have:

• University degree in technology and/or business or similar

Additional Information

We realize that managing work life balance is a challenge we all face in our daily lives and in order to support with this we are pleased to offer hybrid and flexible working for most of our Avaloqers to maintain work life balance and still continue our fantastic Avaloq culture in our global offices.

In Avaloq we are proud to embrace diversity and understand the success of our business is built on the power of different opinions, we are whole heartedly committed to fostering an equal opportunity environment and inclusive culture where you can be your true authentic self.

We hire, compensate and promote regardless of origin, age, gender identity, sexual orientation or any other fantastic traits that make us all unique, we have done our best to write this advert in an inclusive and neutral way.

Please be aware that we will not accept speculative CV submissions for any of our roles from recruitment agencies, and any unsolicited candidate submissions will be exempt from any payment expectations.

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Location: Edinburgh, GB

Posted Date: 11/5/2024