Project Manager

at  Sopra Banking Software

Company Description
Sopra Banking Software (SBS) is a global financial technology company that’s helping banks and the financial services industry to reimagine how to operate in an increasingly digital world. SBS is a trusted partner of more than 1,500 financial institutions and large-scale lenders in 80 countries worldwide, including Santander, Societé Generale, KCB Bank, Kensington Mortgages, Mercedes-Benz, and Toyota. Its cloud platform offers clients a composable architecture to digitize operations, ranging from banking, lending, compliance, to payments, and consumer and asset finance. With 5,000 employees in 50 offices, SBS is recognized as a Top 10 European Fintech company by IDC and as a leader in Omdia’s Universe: Digital Banking Platforms. SBS is a subsidiary of European digital consulting leader Sopra Steria (EPA: SOP), a 56,000-person company that generates annual revenue of €5.8 billion in 2023.
For more information, follow us on LinkedIn or visit www.soprabanking.com.
Job Description
At Sopra Banking Software an exciting opportunity has arisen to join a leading financial software provider as a Project Manager, overseeing a range of client software implementation projects.
As a Project Manager, you will maintain a high profile with both internal stakeholders and our client base. You will be responsible for Project Managing complex cloud migrations, alongside software upgrades and new implementations. This opportunity is ideal for someone with five years of Project Management experience in customer software delivery. This is an excellent opportunity to join a fantastic and positive team, where you can truly make your mark.
Qualifications

We are interested in hearing from you, if you have most of the following attributes:

• 5 years Project Management experience in customer software delivery
• Expertise in managing software implementations and upgrades
• Experience with on-premises to cloud migrations
• Proven experience in managing large, complex projects
• Extensive experience of standard PM responsibilities
• Project commercials
• Project planning
• Forecasting and estimating
• Monitoring and reporting
• Risk & Issue management
• Finance management and budgeting
• Change management
• Comfortable in dealing with RAG escalations and providing back to green actions
• Familiar with working with a resource matrix
• Experience of stakeholder management and building positive relationships
• Significant experience of face to face customer interaction
• Adhering to and supporting a governance framework
• Experience of working within a large, complex ecosystem
• Experience of working within a close-knit team, providing leadership and mentoring

DESIRABLE SKILLS WE CAN PROVIDE TRAINING ON:

• Have an understanding of mortgages and mortgage products
• Current Project Management certification (Prince2, PMP, Agile PM, etc)
• Supplier / 3rd party management
• Understanding of cloud migration and AWS
  If you do not have all of the above experience or skills we would still like to hear from you.
  As part of our hiring process new employees will be required to pass a confidential consumer credit check and DBS check. This is a straight forward credit check for CCJ’s, bankruptcy and a criminal record check, however if you wish to know more about what is or is not acceptable please ask our recruitment team.
  Additional Information
  Sopra Banking Software are a certified Great Place to Work!
  We offer a hybrid working model.

By joining the Sopra Banking Software team you will enjoy a market competitive salary and our excellent rewards and benefits schemes including;

• 25 days holiday with an option to buy up to 5 more,
• 6% employer pension contribution,
• private medical insurance,
• critical illness cover,
• health cash plan,

We take pride in rewarding our colleagues through Summer parties, treat days in the offices, and a social budget for each department.
Salary range for this role is £50,000 - £60,000 per annum
At our organization, we are committed to fighting against all forms of discrimination. We foster a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences.
All of our positions are open to people with disabilities

Please refer the Job description for details