Senior Project Manager

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Company details

Sopra Banking Software is the partner of choice for more than 1,500 financial institutions worldwide.

The rich variety of our software, the strength of our conviction and our passion for innovation enable us to support our clients on a daily basis and in their projects, as well as in their goals regarding financial inclusion.

Our customers, based in over 80 countries around the world, benefit every day from our technologies and software, as well as the expertise of our 5,000 employees.

Sopra Banking Software is a subsidiary of the Sopra Steria Group, a European leader in consulting, digital services and software development. With more than 46,000 employees, the Sopra Steria Group generated a turnover of €4.3 billion in 2020.

For more information, follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter & Instagram or visit www.soprabanking.com

Function

Sopra Banking Software has an exciting opportunity to join one of the leading financial software providers as a Senior Project Manager to work on a variety of client accounts.

As a Senior Project Manager you will hold a high profile with both internal stakeholders and our client base. You will be Project Managing complex and fast paced work so this opportunity would suit someone with five years Project Management within the financial services sector. This is a really good opportunity to get into a fantastic and positive team and make your mark.

Sopra Banking Software are an inclusive employer and we support flexible working arrangements. We are currently supporting remote working however, the office location for this role would be Sheffield with some client site visits as required.

Profile

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

Successful Project Management experience

The successful management of projects within the financial services sector

Proven record of managing software product implementations

Experience of managing large complex projects

Extensive experience of standard PM responsibilities

Project planning

Forecasting and estimating

Monitoring and reporting

Risk & Issue management

Finance management and budgeting

Change management

Experience of stakeholder management and building positive relationships with stakeholders

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 junior team members

Desirable skills we can provide training on are:
Understanding of mortgages and mortgage products

Current Project Management certification (Prince2, PMP, Agile PM, etc)

Supplier / 3rd party management

Project Managed technical works around Cloud migration and AWS.

Offer

At Sopra Banking Software, you can come as you are. We embrace diversity in all its forms. We’re committed to fostering a work environment that is inclusive and respectful of all differences, we value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age or disability status. All personal information will be treated as confidential according to the Employment Equity act.

In return:
By joining the Sopra Banking Software team you will enjoy a market competitive salary and our excellent rewards and benefits schemes including a 6% pension contribution, employee share scheme (buy one get one free), an option to buy or sell holiday days, medical insurance, critical illness cover, a health cash plan, and an openness to discussing flexible working arrangements, plus many more excellent benefits.

Salary up to £65,000 p/a

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.