IT Project Manager

WHAT MAKES US, US

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At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO US

As Lead IT Project Manager your primary tasks will be to scope, plan, execute and report on global IT projects, collaborating with a mixture of colleagues from IT, various business units and offices, from all levels across the entire company and with externals. Part of the role includes responsibility for IT Strategy and Roadmap execution in cooperation with IT Management, technical team, and other stakeholders.

Group IT Service & Operations are responsible for delivering the IT Infrastructure & Support to all business units, physical offices, and users. This includes several Datacenters, Cloud services, and cooperation with several business units, and offices globally.

You will be an integrated part of Group IT longer term planning, architecture and design based on agreed strategies and technical roadmap.

In Group IT we are 90 employees responsible for delivering, maintaining and supporting SimCorp’s internal IT infrastructure, platforms, and business applications. In the IT Service & Operations department, we are 60 colleagues, placed in 12 offices globally. You will therefore have a close cooperation with colleagues working in another office or time zone. You will collaborate every day with a highly skilled team that possesses a solid understanding of various technical areas and their applications.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

• Manage global IT Projects including scoping, planning and execution.
• Build detailed plans with milestone, deliverables and dependencies, track progress and report obstacles
• Cooperate with 3rd parties/external vendors to establish, maintain, and deliver according to a shared plan
• Organize and delegate work. Motivate team members to meet project goals
• Prioritizing work in the team backlog to best meet goals stated in IT Strategy and Roadmaps.
• Ensuring that the project backlog is visible, transparent, and clear to all, and shows what the team will work on next
• Act as a skilled sparring partner for stakeholders, team, and senior management

WHAT WE VALUE

Most importantly, you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. How you gained the skills needed for doing that is less important. We expect you to be good at several of the following and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest.

• Demonstrated capability in managing IT projects, within an international IT company
• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or similar
• Proficient execution power and drive to deliver on agreed strategies and roadmaps
• Strategic mindset and proficient analytical skills with focus on business outcome and complete solutions
• Effective collaboration skills across multiple levels and functions with both technical and business minded colleagues
• Able to encourage and motivate teams and peers, and drive improvements across Group IT
• You are structured and able to keep focus on several things, while maintaining a professional approach
• Collaborative and contributing to a good team spirit
• Comfortable operating with minimal supervision and a high sense of ownership, taking responsibility for project outcomes and decisions

BENEFITS

Attractive salary and bonus scheme are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide an work & private life balance. We also practice a tailored approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

For any questions you are welcome to contact Oleksandra Nelipa, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, at Oleksandra.Nelipa@simcorp.com. If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.