Lead IT Project Manager

SimCorp Group IT is looking for an experienced IT Project Manager, who can have an important role in leading and developing the SimCorp IT for future growth.

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 3,000+ 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 into 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.

Why this role is important to us

As Lead IT Project Manager your primary tasks will be to scope, plan, deliver 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.

You will be an integrated part of Group IT longer term planning, architecture and design based on agreed strategies and technical roadmap. It is therefore expected that you have a solid understanding of IT, Infrastructure and Cloud services. You may have a technical background or degree in Information Technology, and you have solid experience as an IT Project Manager, within an international IT environment.

The team

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 SimCorp offices globally. You will therefore have a close cooperation with colleagues working in another office or time zone. You will be working daily with a highly skilled team who have a well-founded knowledge of different technical areas of the existing capabilities and how they are used.

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

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

• Setting task priorities in the team backlog to best achieve 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 strong sparring partner for stakeholders, team, and senior management

What we value:

• Proven experience working as an IT Project Manager, within an international IT company, preferably in an agile IT environment

• Solid understanding of IT, Infrastructure and Cloud services

• A degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or similar

• Strategic mindset and strong analytical skills with focus on business outcome and complete solutions

• Great collaboration skills across multiple levels and functions with both technical and business minded colleagues

• Able to encourage and motivate teams and peers, and facilitate improvements across Group IT

• You are structured and able to keep focus on several things, while keeping a cool head

Next steps 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. To make sure you receive our emails please check your junk/spam folder and add SimCorp to the safe list of your e-mail contacts. 

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