Professional Services Project Manager

Finastra; As Catro Rúas; Híbrido; EUR 55.000 - 75.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Finastra in Madrid seeks a Professional Services Project Manager to lead end-to-end core banking delivery across SaaS, cloud and on-premise environments. You will be the main customer contact, driving scope, timelines, risks and cross-functional collaboration for complex implementations.

You will coordinate product, technology, operations, customers, partners and vendors to ensure successful delivery and post-implementation review. PM experience in banking/fintech preferred.

Formación

• Experience delivering IT projects or programmes in banking, fintech, or enterprise software.
• Background implementing core banking platforms (e.g., Finacle, Temenos, Oracle).
• Understanding of SaaS, cloud, APIs, data migration, integrations, and digital banking delivery.
• Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management abilities.
• PM certs such as PMP, PRINCE2, PgMP or ITIL are advantageous but not required.

Responsabilidades

• Lead end-to-end implementation projects for core banking solutions from planning to deployment and post-review.
• Be the main customer contact, ensuring clear communication and strong stakeholder alignment.
• Define scope, timelines, resources, success measures, risks and dependencies with customers and teams.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across product, technology, operations, customers, partners and vendors.
• Oversee activities including requirements, configuration, data migration, integration, testing, deployment and change control.
• Track progress, manage RAID items and report to senior stakeholders clearly.
• Contribute to proposals, estimates and project planning for new and existing customers.

Conocimientos

Project management

Stakeholder management

Core banking delivery

IT project delivery

SaaS/cloud delivery

Data migration

Requirements gathering

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Decision making

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.