Senior Project Manager

workatbackbase · Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Hybrid role. As a Senior Project Manager, you are accountable for the successful delivery of large projects. They are more complex than you are required to lead as a Project Manager. Making sure the customers' needs are met. You manage the entire project lifecycle, from planning to go-live, tracking budget, risks, and scope. You keep all processes efficient and clear for the team and customer while adhering to the Backbase way of working applied in a practical way. You can handle the project yourself and exception based ask for help.  You create a seamless environment where every single player, both on the customer and Backbase side, understands their role and is empowered to excel. While you maintain oversight on deadlines and key dates, you take care of three main areas; You ensure that  the BA lead secures necessary sign-offs (BSDs), runs a crystal clear jira admin with one source of truth You ensure that the Engineering Manager with his team focus on delivering the BSD’s. You control the customer on scope and agreements made to deliver items from their end. You are a coordinator in all aspects: Governance, facilitate administration, reporting, meeting setup, steerco’s, stakeholder management (internally and externally), budget, payments, team planning and all other elements the team need to be taken away from them, to work in focus on their task. You are able to do that in a way you disturb the teams as little as possible yet are in good contact.  And you know how to make use of AI as much as possible in your project management tasks. <div class="_3iDTPbvLZJ renderer-heading-wrapper" data-testid="renderer-heading-wrapper" data-level="2"> <h2 id="Qualifications" data-local-id="2d7eccfa74a7" data-renderer-start-pos="1559">Qualifications</h2> </div> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="d3074761-22d7-4def-a128-bf9c78198dee" data-indent-level="1"> <li> Experience: 10 years experience. Experience in the financial sector preferred. Managed large & complex projects. Experienced with successful distributed delivery.  </li> <li> Banking Experience:. 2-4 years of experience. </li> <li> Domain Knowledge:  Experience in a startup / scale-up environment.  </li> <li> Methodology: Can handle fixed price and Time and Material. Focussed on fixed price. and kanban. Knows Agile / SCRUM. You optimize your work with AI. </li> <li> Tooling: Proficient in Jira, Google suite, Gemini and ideally familiar with Productive. </li> <li> Education: Bachelor's degree or higher. </li> <li> Language: Professional working proficiency in English and local language. </li> </ul> <div class="_3iDTPbvLZJ renderer-heading-wrapper" data-testid="renderer-heading-wrapper" data-level="2"> <h2 id="Competencies-/-skills" data-local-id="2ae5ecda4254" data-renderer-start-pos="2457">Competencies / skills</h2> </div> Result Driven  <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="965aee94-55db-4f87-96ed-cbca98645f52" data-indent-level="1"> <li> Responsible for delivering a complex project to a go-live. In most cases 2 or more lines of Business per customer. Fixed price or time and material. </li> <li> Leads project planning and execution, driving the team to achieve milestones. </li> <li> Accountable for project tracking, risk identification, and mitigation.  </li> </ul> <ul class="ak-ul" data-local-id="bdbed6b3-6232-4f3c-84bd-d52fb031cff5" data-indent-level="1"> <li> Accountable for setting up and maintaining project administration structure and templates. </li> <li> Ensures zero surprise delivery through risk mitigation plans. </li> <li> Ensures adherence to quality framework alo

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