Experienced Project Manager – SaaS in Fintech

Who we are

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 2,800+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated in our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients. While striving to deliver client value, we believe it is vital to consider our people and our planet in every business decision we make. Acting responsibly is not optional. It is essential.

Why this role is important to us

In SimCorp, we assist some of the biggest financial institutions in the world to be efficient by simplifying their investments, accounting, and operations. We do this through IT systems, processes, and financial knowledge. In order to onboard new and existing client projects and enable our clients to reach their desired business outcomes, the Project Manager role is essential to SimCorp.

We are looking for a Project Manager to handle all aspects of the Onboarding and Infrastructure Process to the SimCorp Azure cloud hosting platform.  Our hosted offer includes:  SimCorp Dimension and all other As a Service products at clients in the EMEA region.

As our new Onboarding Project Manager, you will learn and follow our standard processes to initiate a project with a handover from Sales to Consulting Services.  You will work closest with SaaS Onboard Operations and SaaS Innovations teams to design the platform, build and deploy all work associated with the platform, track progress throughout the project and finally see the client to Launch and Run.

You will be responsible for all aspects of Infrastructure Onboarding projects including client engagement, resource management, financial management, and stakeholder complexity. You will lead project execution with a focus on providing greater customer value and outcomes while better measuring and reducing risk for SimCorp.

You will be part of a global team of PM professionals who will support you in getting into the role and growing your career on our Project Manager path.

What you will be responsible for

• Managing all aspects of the SimCorp Infrastructure Onboarding process: Delivering projects using our standard agile methods across all project phases including Dawn, Design, Swarm, Develop, Deploy, Dissect and Deliver through client Go-live 
• Managing multiple Onboarding projects and related workstreams - identifying all required tasks, dependencies, and time/resource estimations as well as providing regular status updates 
• Managing handovers from Sales to Onboarding and from Onboarding to Run Operations from an infrastructure perspective 
• Facilitating business requirements gathering workshops  
• Contributing to improvement and documentation of best practices for Onboarding projects globally in collaboration with Global PMO 
• Creating and maintaining required project artefacts such as project plan, reports and RAID log, status reports and the change management process 
• Effectively monitoring customer feedback and reporting 
• Actively identifying and mitigating risk 
• Motivating the project team and ensuring continuous improvement within the team 
• Maintaining and updating project standard artifacts, processes and procedures 

What we value  

Most important is that you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above. We would expect you to be proficient in several of the following skills and be able to upskill to a high standard for the remainder.

• Experience in delivering multi-stream infrastructure platform projects as well as migration and transformation projects in complex business environments 
• A very good understanding of financial technology and business processes, especially with asset managers, pension funds, insurance companies or large banks 
• Familiar with Software As A Service (SaaS) and in the context of setting up hosted cloud environments.  Previous work with MS Azure is a plus. 
• Current PMI/PMP certification or sit for exam within 12-24 months of hire 
• Knowledge and experience of the Investment Management/Asset Management/Financial Services industries is a strong asset 
• Familiarity with implementation focused