Project Leader (France)

Project Leader

Your role:

This Position is based in Paris (France) on a day to day basis, and might require a few travels in Europe.

We are currently looking for a Project Leader
You will work in a challenging environment, taking full ownership of his/her initiatives and committing on the quality of the production.

You are responsible for the end to end delivery of your projects, including:
Writing of comprehensive project memos and reporting, allowing the management to take relevant decisions
Delivery of the project scope on time, on budget, and with the expected quality
Monitoring of the expected benefits approved in the business cases

To be successful, you:
Manage virtual teams across various divisions and entities
Build and maintain strong working relationships with your customers, providing advice, guidance and options with regards IT investments
Develop and maintain project plans and forecasts, including resource requirements, costs, risks and their mitigations and dependencies with other projects
Define deliverables, assign their production to project team members and monitor progress and quality of those deliverables
monitor budget spent
Lead the risk, issue and change control processes for assigned projects and track action items
Control and monitor the progress of projects, reporting to the Roadmap Manager and the Sponsorship Committee in the required format and the provision of other reporting as required
Manage the project according to the internal standards (methodology & tools)

Your Profile:

You have 2-5 years in a project management role or have an equivalent experience in the core activities of the function (ie plan, control and monitor a project execution)
Experience in managing software developments within the financial sector is a strong asset
Experience with outsourcing project is a strong asset

Interpersonal skills :
Strong leadership skills with the ability to adapt the leadership style according to the situation and to the different stakeholders
Excellent communication skills (listening, writing and presenting) at all levels, from staff members to senior management level
Learn quickly in a complex environment and to synthesize the situation
Strong negotiation skills, conflict management and influencing skills at different levels of management.
Effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities while maintaining overall control and being persistent and assertive in driving tasks to completion.
Manage changes and conflicting priorities.
Experience with people management, providing objectives, coaching, evaluations, and motivating team members.
Speak/write English and French fluently knowledge of financial markets and custody is an asset.
TOOLS:
Experience of a planning tool such as MSP
Quality Center: Mandatory. Currently QC-ALM.
Mega (Modelling tool): Appreciated