Project Manager - Madrid

Overview

Univeris Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain

Position : Project Manager

Base pay range

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About Our Company

UNIVERIS, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is a privately held company and is a global leader in Enterprise Wealth Management. Founded in 1991, UNIVERIS has over 100 staff and 15 leading financial services clients representing over 17,000 financial Advisors on the platform. It offers the most comprehensive wealth management solution for financial Advisors in the credit union, banking, insurance and investment dealer sectors.

About The Role

Reporting to the Professional Services Director, the Project Manager is responsible for leading software development and delivery projects across multiple cross-functional teams. Focused on results, the Project Manager supports alignment across teams as they deliver to objectives. The Project Manager helps maintain the overall health of the project, stepping in to proactively remove obstacles, mitigate risks and address issues as required.

Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities

Quality and Timeliness of the final delivery for each project

Maintaining consistent methods across cross-functional teams

Delivering continuous improvement of cross-team efficiency and SDLC practices over time

Providing a high degree of visibility into the health of the overall project progress at all times

Managing client communications and expectations during the delivery lifecycle to maintain strong relationships and satisfaction

Applying and tracking project KPIs to ensure successful execution, adherence to schedule, and delivery of milestones

Additional Responsibilities

Acting as the prime escalation point for all cross-team work items through planning, estimation, design, development, testing, implementation, client deployment, and transition to support activities for product development initiatives

Managing client engagement during project delivery by facilitating regular updates, managing expectations, and addressing concerns promptly to ensure client satisfaction

Driving and facilitating continuous grooming and maintenance of all Program Backlogs

Driving and facilitating the preparation, readiness, scheduling, and execution of all Cross-Program Planning activities

Tracking, monitoring, communicating, and escalating all cross-team delivery objectives and all major delivery impediments

Applying project KPIs and metrics to measure progress, quality, and effectiveness of projects and teams

Escalating cross-team issue resolution and risk mitigation efforts to a conclusion for complex cross-discipline issues

Identifying and implementing measurement of necessary metrics to gauge progress and effectiveness of projects / teams

Enforcing technology standards and processes, including standard SDLC methodology when applicable

Driving and facilitating the integration of cross-program teams including Application Development, DevOps, Release Management, Integration Teams, System Teams, and Infrastructure

Driving and facilitating closure of UAT defects across teams

Providing people management for cross-program teams, nurturing talent and fostering career growth

Required Soft Skills

Strong self starter, able to define structure and direction

Ability to multitask, adapt to changing priorities, be decisive under ambiguity, and meet tight deadlines

Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environment

Proactivity in identifying areas of weakness and striving for improvement

Strong verbal, written communication and presentation skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of users / management including external clients and vendors

Strong organization skills, interpersonal skills and attention to detail

Excellent analytical and problem solving skills

Aptitude and interest to quickly learn new and emerging technologies

Proficient in English and Spanish is a must.

Technical Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field preferred

5+ years managing large scale projects

Strong experience in iterative software delivery methodologies – Agile, SCRUM

Strong experience with project management tools - JIRA, Monday, etc

Experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is an asset

Background in the financial services industry is preferred

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Project Management and Information Technology

Industries

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage

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