Professional Services Project Manager

Finastra; Arbo; Híbrido; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Finastra is seeking a Professional Services Project Manager to lead end-to-end core banking delivery across SaaS, cloud and on-premise environments in Madrid. You will serve as the primary client contact, ensuring strong stakeholder alignment and successful project outcomes.

You will define scope, timelines and resources, coordinate cross-functional teams, and drive delivery activities from requirements to deployment, while reporting progress to senior leadership.

Formación

• Experience managing IT projects or programmes within banking, financial services, fintech or enterprise software environments.
• Background delivering core banking implementation projects with platforms like Finacle or Temenos.
• Good understanding of SaaS, cloud, APIs, middleware, data migration and digital banking delivery.
• Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• PM certifications such as PMP, Prince2, PgMP or ITIL would be advantageous but are not essential.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end implementation projects for Finastra’s core banking solutions, from planning and scoping through to deployment and post-implementation review.
• Act as the main point of contact for customers, ensuring clear communication, strong stakeholder alignment and successful delivery outcomes.
• Define project scope, timelines, resources, success measures, risks and dependencies in collaboration with customer and internal teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across product, technology, operations, customers, partners and third-party vendors.
• Oversee key delivery activities including requirements, configuration, data migration, integration, testing, deployment and change control.
• Track progress, manage RAID items and provide clear reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to proposals, estimates and project planning for new and existing customers.

Conocimientos

Banking sector experience

Core banking delivery

SaaS cloud

Stakeholder management

Leadership

PM certifications

Communication

Herramientas

Finacle

Temenos

Oracle

Descripción del empleo

Professional Services Project Manager – Core Banking | Madrid

Location: Madrid, Spain | Hybrid

Are you an experienced Project Manager with a background in core banking transformation? This is an opportunity to lead complex, customer-facing implementation projects with a global financial technology leader.

At Finastra, our solutions power banks and financial institutions around the world. We are looking for a Professional Services Project Manager to join our Universal Banking team in Madrid and take ownership of end-to-end core banking delivery across SaaS, cloud and on-premise environments.

What you’ll be doing

• Lead end-to-end implementation projects for Finastra’s core banking solutions, from planning and scoping through to deployment and post-implementation review.
• Act as the main point of contact for customers, ensuring clear communication, strong stakeholder alignment and successful delivery outcomes.
• Define project scope, timelines, resources, success measures, risks and dependencies in collaboration with customer and internal teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across product, technology, operations, customers, partners and third-party vendors.
• Oversee key delivery activities including requirements, configuration, data migration, integration, testing, deployment and change control.
• Track progress, manage RAID items and provide clear reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Contribute to proposals, estimates and project planning for new and existing customers.

What you’ll bring

• Experience managing IT projects or programmes within banking, financial services, fintech or enterprise software environments.
• A background delivering core banking implementation projects, ideally involving platforms such as Finacle, Temenos, Oracle or equivalent solutions.
• Good understanding of SaaS, cloud, APIs, middleware, data migration, integrations and digital banking delivery.
• Confidence managing complex customer relationships, influencing stakeholders and keeping delivery teams aligned.
• Strong communication, leadership, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Project management certifications such as PMP, Prince2, PgMP or ITIL would be advantageous but are not essential.

Why this role?

• Play a visible role in major banking transformation projects with leading financial institutions.
• Join a collaborative global team working on mission-critical technology at the centre of core banking.
• Be part of a growing Madrid presence with hybrid working, international exposure and opportunities to develop your career.