Permanent | Hybrid (Head Office + Remote)
Location : (Madrid, London, Lausanne, Amsterdam or Paris)
Industry : Financial Services / Broking
We are seeking a highly capable and structured Senior Project Manager to join our Head Office and lead a portfolio of complex, interrelated data initiatives at the Group level . This permanent, hybrid role offers a unique opportunity to drive strategic transformation within a leading financial broking firm .
The successful candidate will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of projects spanning data platform architecture, data governance frameworks , and enterprise data management processes . Operating at the heart of the organisation’s data strategy, you will coordinate across regional project managers, cross-functional teams, and senior executive stakeholders to ensure timely, aligned, and value-driven execution.
Essential Experience and Skills
- Minimum 10 years of project / program management with at least 3 years in Senior Leadership role
- Demonstrated success in data-centric projects
- Experience working within matrix and / or decentralized organizational structures
- Strong organizational and executive communication skills — both verbal and written — with a track record of influencing senior stakeholders
- Proven ability to develop and present executive dashboards and reporting packs
- Familiarity with data governance and cataloging tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation), and cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Azure, Databricks)
- Strong interpersonal skills, cultural awareness, and ability to work across geographies and time zones
- Experience within financial services, ideally in brokerage, trading, or investment banking
- Experience with data lakes / platforms, governance frameworks, master data, metadata, data quality
- Understanding of regulatory requirements in financial services
- Background in managing cross-border, multi-cultural teams
Skills
- PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification required; Agile experience a plus
- Experience in both waterfall and agile delivery methodologies
- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to translate between technical and business languages
- Fluent in English; fluency in French is a plus
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority
- Political astuteness and diplomatic approach
- Comfort with ambiguity and complexity
- Results-oriented mindset with attention to detail
Education
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Technology, Finance, or a related discipline
What we offer
- A strategic role reporting directly to the Group CIO
- Opportunity to lead data transformation at the core of the organization
- Exposure to executive leadership and high-impact decision-making
- International working environment with global exposure
- Collaborative and dynamic international environment
- Location flexibility across our European offices (Madrid, London, Lausanne or Paris)
- Competitive compensation package including performance bonuses
Senior Project Manager • Madrid, Community of Madrid, Spain