Senior Project Manager

Job Description

Do you have 10+ years of experience in agile and waterfall IT projects or programs? Are you business and IT oriented with an affinity for banking and finance and wish to develop and broaden your career whilst helping to create a better world? Come to FMO to work as Senior Project Manager!

Department: Project & Process Management

Educational level: Master degree (WO)

Deadline: May 17, 2022

The team

The Project Management Office (PMO) team monitors, advises and reports on the performance of FMO’s portfolio of projects. It supports project owners and project managers in the planning and delivery of projects, addressing issues and risks and providing insights on interdependencies and synergies across projects. The PMO leads the annual and quarterly selection process of new projects and enables informed decision making by the Managing Board.

You will be part of the PMO team, consisting of 1 program manager, 3 project managers, 3 portfolio officers, a project officer and a portfolio analyst.

Your working environment at FMO is a challenging one, in different areas like Risk, Finance, ESG, Impact, Admin/ Operations and Front Office. Our projects usually have a high degree of IT and Data Management complexity.

Your role

As project manager you will have a leading role in the successful execution of a wide variety of projects.

FMO has an ambitious project portfolio and digitalization roadmap requiring strengthening of internal project management and change capabilities. Project managers will be enabled to build upon previous experience and knowledge of the organization, improving effectiveness and increasing the impact on the success of projects.

Your responsibilities

• Lead the initiation, definition, and implementation of the project.
• Day-to-day management of the project activities and project team, including planning / budget control, risk management, resource management, stakeholder management, reporting and evaluation.
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire the project execution.
• Develop project team(s) and support the FMO transition towards more agile work methodologies and the growth and development of change capabilities in the organization.
• Contribute actively to the improvement of FMO’s project management processes.

Your background

Independent and self-starting with a hands-on mentality and result oriented mindset, that is you. Relationship capabilities, cultural sensitivity and pro-activeness are keys to be successful as a project manager. You have the ability to adapt the set-up of the project to the characteristics of the project and the maturity of the stakeholders. You are able to influence and have analytical skills with attention to structure and detail.

Additionally, you possess:

• University degree in in Business Administration, Business Economics or Business Computer Science.
• More than 10 years of relevant work experience in (IT) project / program management, of which 5+ years in an Agile project management environment.
• Proven track record of successful completion of projects as a project manager.
• Knowledge of process/data/system architectures and design principles, application of frameworks.
• Strong command of English, both verbally and in writing.

Excited about this role? And do you fit the criteria? Please express your interest and apply for this position. We look forward learning more about you and your contribution to our team.

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Please note, if we make you an offer to join FMO, you will need to work through the screening process with our screening partner. The process is designed to check your integrity and reliability.

FMO – mission and values

We hire candidates with a passion for our mission; to empower entrepreneurs to build a better world. The values we live by are: Making the Difference, Diversity, Quality, and Integrity.

Diversity is one of our values. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, disability and pregnancy.

At FMO we also value knowledge exchange and collaboration. We seek to hire people who will contribute to and use FMO’s knowledge by using and sharing good practices, lessons learned and experiences and who will encourage others to do the same.