Senior Project Manager

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be part of the Services department. We undertake exciting projects at top-tier banks all over the world to implement our online banking solutions. Your task is to manage projects all around the world and be a bridge between Backbase internal teams and our clients.

This role will be a hybrid role and you will be accepted to be in Guadalajara office two days per week.

Backbase is a fast-growing and dynamic environment. Taking upon this position means that you will be a key person in providing effective coordination and communication among all the project stakeholders.

You will be expected to support customers/partners and advise clients on implementing their online applications using Backbase Solution to its full potential.

Fundamentals:

• 5-8 years of experience;

• Can demonstrate experience in the banking sector;

• Can demonstrate experience in scaleup environment; 
• Managed a program;
• Agile coach experience is beneficial. 

Use of Tools and Methods:

• Superior knowledge of standard software tools related to daily position responsibilities, answers questions for colleagues related to those tools and leads tutorials on best practices for using software tools;
• Provides teams and colleagues and customers with context for how software tools enhance their ability to perform their duties more efficiently and effectively- strongly promotes agile philosophy and ways of working. 

Financial Management:

• Able to create tools and processes around internal and external reporting;
• Able to support strategy discussions based on reported data;
• Able to address issues based on data;
• Ensures effectiveness of the project (productivity/billability for the company). 

Client Management:

• Able to spot business development opportunities and involve relevant people; 
• Able to design and facilitate client workshops;
• Able to spot potential issues and minimize the impact through effective management;
• Able to handle a large transformation program within one customer;
• Able to work with senior stakeholders to define long-term program strategy. 

Project Team Management (internal):

• Effectively manages project team and resolves issues; 
• Takes initiative to identify potential resources before liaising with the resourcing team; 
• Trains team members in scrum methodology; 
• Manages multiple teams in a large program or multiple projects. 

Change Management:

• Is comfortable with ambiguity and a rapidly changing environment; 
• Able to influence and drive change;
• Can identify potential changes as risks before they occur; 
• Able to mitigate the impact of changes and replan accordingly; 
• Able to improve the change process. 

Risks and Issues Management:

• Manages risks and issues on the project level and program level.