Company Description
Founded and headquartered in Switzerland, Avaloq is continuously expanding its global footprint with around 2,500 colleagues in 12 countries, and more than 170 clients in 35 countries. We are an industry-leading provider of wealth management technology and services for financial institutions around the world, including private banks and wealth managers, investment managers, as well as retail and neo banks. Our research led approach and continual innovation is powered by the passion and creativity of our colleagues.
We are always looking for talented people to join us on our mission to orchestrate the financial ecosystem and democratize access to wealth management. Avaloq offers the opportunity to work closely with some of the world’s leading financial institutions as we jointly develop and shape careers. Championing a collaborative, supportive and flexible work environment empowers our colleagues to reach their full potential.
Job Description

This is a fantastic opportunity to join the Avaloq Core platform team in a role where you will get the opportunity to oversee internal projects of change that will support our market-leading global clients giving you both internal and external exposure

• Plan, monitor and delivery priority projects within CTO organization – taking care of R&D portfolio projects (regulatory and/ or innovation projects), communicating with internal stakeholders (kernel development teams), regional stakeholders, clients, etc.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Coordinate the resource allocation accross multiple projects to maximize efficiency and minimize bottlenecks
• Manage scope and quality in alignment with senior stakeholders managing risks and issues along the entire lifecycle removing blockers for the team
• Effectively communicate and provide weekly status updates to Avaloq top management and lead a cross-division based project team
• Bridge the gap between product vision and delivery oriented approach – ensuring deadlines are met according to the project timeline
• Keep budget fully under control, ensure Estimate To Complete (ETC) are constantly reviewed according to the project progress

QUALIFICATIONS

• Proven track record of Project Management for technical cross-functional projects within Experience in IaaS, PaaS, SaaS and/or BPaaS concepts
• Proven track record of delivering results in a complex international, diverse and agile driven environment
• Aptitude to discuss technical details with developers and drive consensus among all stakeholders
• Experience in leading RFI&RFP processes, vendor negotiation, contracting, hiring and managing third parties
• Experience managing end-to end execution of complex programs that span multiple engineering teams through the software project lifecycle (build, test and release on time)

• Plan, monitor and delivery priority projects within CTO organization – taking care of R&D portfolio projects (regulatory and/ or innovation projects), communicating with internal stakeholders (kernel development teams), regional stakeholders, clients, etc.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and meet deadlines
• Coordinate the resource allocation accross multiple projects to maximize efficiency and minimize bottlenecks
• Manage scope and quality in alignment with senior stakeholders managing risks and issues along the entire lifecycle removing blockers for the team
• Effectively communicate and provide weekly status updates to Avaloq top management and lead a cross-division based project team
• Bridge the gap between product vision and delivery oriented approach – ensuring deadlines are met according to the project timeline
• Keep budget fully under control, ensure Estimate To Complete (ETC) are constantly reviewed according to the project progres