Senior Project Manager, Frankfurt recruitment
Algorithmics is the world's leading provider of enterprise risk solutions. Financial organizations from around the world use Algorithmics' software, analytics and advisory services to help them make risk-aware business decisions, maximize shareholder value, and meet regulatory requirements.
Supported by a global team of risk experts based in all major financial centers, Algorithmics offers proven, award-winning solutions for market, credit and operational risk, as well as collateral and capital management. Algorithmics is an IBM Company.
The Role
• Delivering high-quality solutions that meet and exceed our clients’ expectations, on-time and on-budget
• Leading and managing project teams
• Building and maintaining client relationships
• Managing priorities and expectations across a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Collaborating with clients to resolve any project issues and manage project risks
• Working on day-to-day project scheduling, time management, and resource management
• Tracking and reporting on project status and achievement of project deliverables
• Maintaining overall ownership for project success and quality assurance
Responsibilities
- To lead and be accountable for client projects, including:
- Sales support during initial contact and contract negotiations
- Create services Statements of Works
- Estimation of effort and project budgets
- Work breakdown structures and creation of project work plans
- Managing the on-going client relationship
- Lead and facilitate client workshops
- Overall delivery of projects comprising implementation and integration of Algorithmics’ Risk Management systems at client sites.
- To directly undertake project management activities, including leading, monitoring, assigning work and delegating, managing all aspects of the project delivery and reporting on project progress
- To identify opportunities to sell additional services and support offerings during and after the customer implementation while acting within the overall sales strategy, engaging the sales organization for commercial support, as appropriate
- To identify incremental license sale opportunities and engage the sales organization to pursue the opportunity
- To oversee and assist with client implementations assigned to other project managers as required
- To provide “best practices” project management discipline to the organization, including mentoring other staff
- To build and lead effective and focused project delivery teams
- To maintain effective relationships with other parts of the Algorithmics organization (e.g. Research Development, Business Lines), as well as counterparts in other regions outside EMEA
Qualifications
- Extensive hands-on Project Management experience with a large traditional consulting firm, financial services IT consulting organization, financial services software vendor or systems integrator
- Proven track record of success managing multi-disciplinary projects within cross-functional, matrix-managed environments
- Proven ability to manage to project objectives and milestones, and meet client time, budget and quality requirements
- Proven ability to establish and maintain long-term client relationships as well as establish and manage project-specific client expectations
- Excellent ability to build and lead efficient project teams, while managing the “soft issues” within the team
- Proven ability to manage project risks and recommend appropriate solutions
- Proficiency at managing multiple simultaneous projects
- Ability to develop and maintain positive relationships within a cross-functional matrix organization, enlisting commitment across various organizational units
- Excellent leadership, interpersonal, communication and presentation skills
- Extensive experience in defining and negotiating Services contracts
- Working knowledge of formal systems development and integration methodologies, approaches, techniques and tools
- Strong technology background
- Significant experience in financial services
- Background in risk management disciplines is an asset, including Market Risk, Credit Risk, and Operational Risk
- Ability and willingness to conduct vast majority of the work at client sites and travel
- Languages – excellent verbal and written communication skills in German English
Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Commerce, Mathematics or related areas
- Project Management Professional (for example PRINCE II) designation is advantageous
Algorithmics Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. It is Algorithmics’ policy to recruit and select applicants for employment solely on the basis of their qualifications, with emphasis on selecting the best-qualified person for the job. Algorithmics does not discriminate against applicants based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, or disability or any other status or condition protected by applicable law.