IT Project Manager - Settlement

Division:
Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Please note that this is a permanent position, and we do not offer freelance/contract arrangement for the role.

As an IT Project Manager
, your responsibilities will include:

• Leading projects of varying complexity, adapting to changes and instabilities in project management processes and frameworks.
• Developing and maintaining detailed project plans and forecasts, including resource allocation, costs, and dependencies.
• Handling risk, issue, and change control processes, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and tracking action items.
• Supervising progress, quality, planning, and budget, reporting to senior management and partners.
• Handling virtual teams across different divisions and entities, including third-party suppliers.
• Ensuring projects adhere to Euroclear's internal standards and methodologies.
• Leading improvement initiatives and acting as the primary interface between project sponsors/clients and IT services.

Profile

Essential

Qualifications:

• Proven experience in managing end-to-end IT functional projects exceeding 2000 man-days.
• Virtual team coordination, preferably within the Financial/Banking sector.
• Extensive experience as a Project Manager in IT.
• Proficient in English, both spoken and written.

Interpersonal

Skills:

• Strong leadership skills adaptable to various partners and situations.
• Excellent communication skills across all levels of the organization, coupled with the ability to learn quickly and synthesize complex information.
• Effective negotiation, conflict management, and influencing skills.
• Proficiency in task delegation while maintaining overall control and driving tasks to completion.
• Provide constructive feedback that leads to positive change.

Assets:

• Following Agile methodologies on mainframe platforms.
• Knowledge of Settlement/Banking domains.
• Experience with outsourcing partners and cross-platform implementation.
• Distributed expertise alongside mainframe specialization.
• Certification in PRINCE2 and/or PMI, or similar IT frameworks.

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.

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.