Project Manager - SaaS

Overview

Our client is a leading global Fin Tech SaaS vendor with a reputation for industry‑leading solutions. The organisation has grown to over 1,000 employees worldwide and continues to scale its EMEA operation following significant recent investment. It operates in a professional, mature working culture and serves banks, asset finance providers, automotive lenders and other financial services businesses at the mid‑market to enterprise level.

Fin Tech SaaS – Mid‑Market & Enterprise

• Do you have experience project managing SaaS projects?
• Are you comfortable leading projects with budgets from £20k - £1m?
• Do you want to join a scaling business that’s just received significant investment?

• Definition and management of project initiation tasks such as project mandate, resource planning, kick off meetings, delivery planning, communication plans etc.
• Working with the Service Delivery Manager to ensure support agreements are met and service standards are at the expected level.
• Continually expanding understanding of the finance industry and products to better understand customer goals and business drivers.
• Controlling and monitoring timelines, resource allocation, dependencies, budgets, costs, and quality of deliverables.
• Line management where appropriate of Business Analysts, setting objectives and reviewing performance.
• Compliance with project delivery governance e.g. change management, risk & issue management, financial reporting and status reporting.
• Leading key stakeholder interactions, for example steering group meetings.
• Working daily with delivery teams to ensure planned activities are understood and progressing on track.
• Liaising with third parties where appropriate to ensure external tasks are tracked and delivered on time, on budget and to the required level of quality.
• Managing escalations, risks and issues.

• Demonstrable track record working as a Project Manager within software delivery with responsibility for budgets up to 2 million.
• 3+ years’ experience within a recognized project management methodology.
• Comfortable delivering projects to external clients, and managing both internal and external stakeholders.
• Previous experience delivering projects with teams from multiple geographies and time zones would be advantageous.
• Willingness to work away from home & travel to client sites when required.
• Proficient with Microsoft PowerPoint & Excel.
• Previous experience working with financial services or asset finance firms would be advantageous.
• Previous experience working with high AOV Fin Tech solutions desirable.