Project Manager

Where your journey begins and your potential shines

At Synpulse, we don’t just consult - we transform. As a leading global management and technology consultancy with Swiss roots, we empower financial institutions to navigate change and seize new opportunities. Since 1996, we've been shaping the future of financial services by delivering cutting-edge expertise in strategy, operations, and technology to banks and insurers worldwide.

What sets us apart is our people. At Synpulse, we cultivate a collaborative, high-impact culture where initiative and creativity are valued. With 21 offices across Europe, the Americas, and Asia-Pacific, we bring together diverse perspectives and talents. We believe innovation thrives where everyone feels they belong and can contribute.

Our core values - Embrace, Drive, Achieve - shape how we work and evolve. We don’t just offer jobs - we offer the chance to develop, make an impact, and be part of a team that’s redefining the future of financial services.

About the job:

• Lead the day-to-day delivery of projects, including planning, tracking, status reporting, risk management, issue resolution, and dependency management.
• Drive the execution of banking transformation programs across Wealth Management, Private Banking, Core Banking, Digital Banking, Payments, and related domains.
• Manage end-to-end IT project delivery, partnering closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, implementation partners, and vendors.
• Coordinate and oversee multiple workstreams, ensuring alignment across project objectives, milestones, dependencies, and delivery timelines.
• Establish strong project governance, including steering committee preparation, executive reporting, RAID management, decision logs, and action tracking.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with stakeholders at all levels, from project teams and business users to senior management and executives.
• Actively identify project risks and delivery challenges, providing mitigation strategies and driving issue resolution.
• Challenge and push back constructively when timelines, scope, requirements, resourcing, or decisions introduce delivery risks or impact project outcomes.
• Facilitate decision-making, resolve conflicts, and drive accountability across cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• Manage project scope and change requests while balancing business priorities and delivery commitments.
• Support delivery across the full project lifecycle, including requirements management, solution implementation, SIT, UAT, release management, and deployment activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree.
• 8+ years of project management experience, preferably within Banking, Financial Services, or Consulting environments.
• Proven experience delivering large-scale banking transformation projects
• Strong understanding of technology delivery and experience working closely with business stakeholders, technology teams, and external vendors.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex programs involving multiple workstreams, dependencies, and senior stakeholders.
• Strong project governance experience, including executive reporting, steering committees, RAID management, and financial tracking.
• Solid understanding of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC), Agile and Waterfall delivery methodologies, SIT/UAT processes, release management, and production deployments.
• Proven track record of delivering projects in fast-paced environments with competing priorities and challenging timelines.
• Excellent problem-solving, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence and build consensus across diverse stakeholder groups.
• Experience in Wealth Management / Private Banking / Investment Platforms

Benefits

• Attractive fringe benefits and salary structures in line with the market
• Modern and central office space with good public transport connections
• Can-do mentality and one-spirit culture
• Varied events and employee initiatives