Professional Services Project Manager

Finastra; O Chazo; Híbrido; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Finastra seeks a Professional Services Project Manager for its Madrid hub to lead end-to-end core banking delivery across SaaS, cloud, and on-premise environments. You will coordinate cross-functional teams and serve as the primary customer contact to ensure successful outcomes.

Ideal candidates have banking/fintech project experience, familiarity with core platforms like Finacle/Temenos/Oracle, and strong leadership plus communication skills in a hybrid work setting.

Formación

• Experience managing IT projects in banking/fintech environments.
• Core banking implementation projects (Finacle, Temenos, Oracle) experience.
• Knowledge of SaaS, cloud, data migration and integrations; digital banking delivery.

Responsabilidades

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

Conocimientos

Stakeholder management

Project leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Decision making

Risk management

Educación

Project Management Certification (PMP/PRINCE2/PgMP)

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.