IT Project Manager

Job Description
Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)
Your Team - GBS Funds Tribe
Within GBS, you will join the Collateral Management Tribe. You will integrate a dynamic team working in a fast-changing environment.

Role: Epic Delivery Owner
Responsibilities
Your role will involve managing a series of Epics (also known as projects). You will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of the initiatives you manage, which includes:

• Ensuring timely delivery of the Epic scope (divided into Features), within the committed budget and with the expected quality
• Integrating the different individual squad contributions (including cross-Tribe) into a globally consistent plan, in alignment with our Agile Operating Model
• Writing comprehensive Epic memos that enable the Business Sponsor and IT management to make informed decisions
• Providing regular status reports to Tribe Management and various partners.

To Be Successful, You Will Have To

• Develop, manage and maintain Epic plans and forecasts, including resource requirements, costs, risks/issues and their mitigations as well as dependencies with other initiatives
• Manage virtual teams across various divisions and entities, including third party suppliers (near-shore & off-shore)
• Build and maintain strong working relationships with Product Owners and Scrum Masters of the contributing squads, as well as with our customers, providing advice, guidance and options regarding IT investments
• Define the Epic governance (the deliverables, processes, and ceremonies to apply), and supervise the progress, quality and effort of its execution
• Lead the risk, issue and change control processes for assigned Epics, build action plans to mitigate risks, resolve issues and track action items
• Control and monitor the progress of Epics, reporting to the Tribe Management and the Sponsorship Committee
• Manage the Epic in accordance with Euroclear's internal standards (methodology & tools) and Euroclear's Agile Operating model

Profile

• Relevant experience in a project management role
• Strong leadership skills to adapt your style according to the situation and the different stakeholders
• Good business and technical understanding
• Interpersonal skills to influence decisions taken with the Epic sponsor/client
• Excellent communication skills (listening, writing and presenting) at all levels, from staff members to senior management
• Ability to learn quickly in a complex environment and to synthesize the situation
• Strong negotiation skills, conflict management and influencing skills at different levels of management
• Effective delegation of tasks and responsibilities while maintaining overall control
• Assertiveness to drive tasks to completion
• Proficiency in English

Assets

• Experience with functional project delivery for cross-platform implementation
• Experience of costs, risks & resource planning & forecasting. Certification in PRINCE 2, PMI (or similar IT frameworks)
• Experience of working with outsourcing partners & offshoring
• Experience in working in an Agile context (Agile practice), Agile certified Practitioner
• Knowledge of settlement or collateral management domain.
• Distributed expertise alongside mainframe specialization

About Us
Why join us
Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.

What We Offer

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

New ways of working
Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office and also benefit from remote working.

Great Place to Work for All
We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process.

About The Team
The Group Business Solutions (GBS) division ensures the competitiveness of Euroclear by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Our technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients. We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that doesn't compromise production stability and we ensure applicative production support.