Project Manager Financial Services

Projective Group; Brussel; Hybrid; EUR 45,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Gross monthly salary €4,000–€5,500

Meal vouchers

Eco vouchers

Bike/mobility budget

Company car with charging setup

Mobility budget

€5,000 training budget annually

Yearly bonus & incentives

Hybrid work with remote options

Group offsite abroad

Job summary

Projective Group is seeking a Project Manager to lead transformation initiatives for top financial institutions. The role combines consulting mindset with delivery ownership in regulated environments, covering core banking, insurance transformations, and regulatory programmes.

You will guide end-to-end projects, coordinate cross-functional teams and facilitate governance while ensuring alignment with strategy and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in consulting, project management, or transformation in financial services.
• Master's degree in business, economics, engineering, finance, or related field.
• Experience leading complex projects in banking, insurance, payments, or asset management.
• Familiarity with operating model change, digital transformation, regulatory programmes.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Guide and manage transformation projects from mobilisation through delivery and closure.
• Translate strategy into concrete roadmaps, milestones and outcomes.
• Manage governance, planning, budgets, risks and stakeholder communications.
• Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams across business, IT, risk, compliance and vendors.
• Facilitate workshops and steering committees at senior management level.
• Ensure alignment of business objectives, regulatory requirements and execution.
• Contribute to internal methodologies and thought leadership in transformation.

Skills

Consulting experience

Project management

Transformation experience

FSI domain knowledge

Education

Master's degree

Tools

Agile

SAFe

Prince2

PMP

Job description

Interested in helping top-tier leading financial institutions such as Belfius, ING, P&V, Euroclear and SWIFT resolve their transformation challenges?

Join our Transformation team as a Project Manager and help deliver complex transformation programmes. Think core banking and insurance transformations, digital customer journeys, target operating model redesigns, regulatory initiatives, and much more.

We are Projective Group, we help some of the world's leading financial institutions solve their most complex challenges across Payments, Risk & Compliance, Data and Transformation. We deliver complex transformation programmes while retaining the entrepreneurial culture that empowers our consultants to make a genuine impact.

What will you do?

In this role, you act as both consultant and project manager, owning transformation initiatives end-to-end within a regulated FSI environment.

• Guide and manage transformation projects for financial institutions, from mobilisation through delivery and closure.
• Translate strategy and regulatory objectives into concrete delivery roadmaps, milestones, and measurable outcomes.
• Manage project governance, planning, dependencies, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across business, IT, risk, compliance, and external vendors.
• Facilitate workshops, steering committees, and decision-making forums at senior management level.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives, regulatory requirements, and execution realities.
• Contribute to Projective Group's internal methodologies, delivery standards, and thought leadership in transformation and change.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for a transformation professional who combines consulting mindset with delivery ownership.

• Fluency in English and Dutch or French
• +5 years of experience in consulting, project management, or transformation roles within the Financial Services Industry.
• Master's degree in Business, Economics, Engineering, Finance, or a related field.
• Proven experience managing complex projects or workstreams in banking, insurance, payments, or asset management.
• Background in transformation domains such as operating model change, digital transformation, regulatory programmes, or large-scale process optimisation.
• Familiarity with project management methodologies (Agile, SAFe, Prince2, PMP, or equivalent) is an advantage, but practical delivery experience matters most.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills; comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders.

What can you expect from us?

At Projective Group, we believe in recognising contribution and supporting growth, both professionally and personally. From a competitive benefits package to a vibrant company culture, we make sure you have everything you need to thrive.

• A competitive gross monthly salary between €4,000 and €5,500, depending on your relevant experience and expertise.
• Your package is complemented by a daily net allowance, meal vouchers and eco vouchers.
• A flexible FIP budget for bike leasing, multimedia, or mobility expenses.
• A company car with charging setup. Prefer something else? Switch it up with a mobility budget, your call.
• €5.000 annual training budget to boost your growth. You choose how to invest it.
• A yearly contribution-based bonus, with additional referral and sales incentives.
• A hybrid work setup with flexible hours and part-time remote options.
• Regular fun events (from game nights to padel tournaments and everything in between) and a yearly group offsite abroad.
• An international setting with plenty of growth opportunities, collaboration with the other 7 offices around Europe, serving top clients in the financial sector.
• An entrepreneurial scale up spirit with a pragmatic can-do mentality, all within a collaborative and solid corporate framework

For more information, visit projectivegroup.com or read our Journal of Financial Services (JoFS), published by the Projective Group Institute (download it for free).

At Projective Group, we celebrate diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer and welcome candidates of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions, and abilities.