Senior/Lead Project Manager (Azure/SaaS/Cloud)

SimCorp

  • Manila City, Metro Manila
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 2 months ago
WHAT MAKES US, USJoin some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp!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.If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT TO USIn 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 APAC 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
  • Diligently 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 VALUEMost 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 proficient in several of the following skills and be able to - and interested in - learning the rest.
  • 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 projects in the Financial Technology sector is a plus
  • Great communication skills
  • Fluency in English
  • Willingness to travel to client sites in APAC from time to time.
In addition, we provide a good work-life balance and opportunities for professional development: there is never just only one route - we offer an individual approach to professional development to support the direction you want to take. Visit our career pages to learn more about working at SimCorp.Others:
  • APAC shift
  • Hybrid working arrangement (2x/week)
Benefits:SimCorp offers several benefits that might play a significant factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. Since we operate in 30+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.Take advantage of this section and indicate the most-valued benefits for candidates, considering training and certification, as well as benefits that can improve a candidate's work-life balance, such as flexible hours, vacation time, work-from-home options, etc. Please note that this may not be possible for multiple location postings due to the difference in benefits.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.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.We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.**SimCorp Manila proudly announces that its Manila Delivery Center has been officially certified as a Great Place To Work for the second consecutive year – Apr25-Apr26 This certification underscores SimCorp's effort to cultivating a workplace that is not only inclusive and collaborative but also committed to the personal and professional growth of its employees**We are also honored to have been voted as a WealthTech100 company for three consecutive years. The new WealthTech100 list aims to highlight tech innovation leaders in the investment management industry.**#Li-Hybrid

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