Senior Project Manager - Spain

BMC Software, Inc.; España; On-site; EUR 52,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

BMC Software, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager to lead complex customer engagements focused on Mainframe and Control-M modernization and SaaS migrations.

You will serve as the primary customer-facing delivery leader, coordinating with executive sponsors, technical stakeholders, consultants, architects, and cross-functional teams to ensure successful outcomes. The ideal candidate combines strong program management with experience in enterprise infrastructure, mainframe technologies, workload

Qualifications

• Strong project management and leadership capabilities across complex programs.
• Experience delivering enterprise software/infrastructure modernization projects.
• Proven ability to manage large, multi-stakeholder engagements with senior executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Mainframe and Control-M modernization and SaaS migrations.
• Act as the primary customer-facing project leader with governance at executive, business and technical levels.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, budgets, resources and risk registers.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Professional Services, Sales, Customer Success and Engineering.
• Drive governance with status reports, steering committees and risk reviews.
• Manage scope, timelines, budgets, resources and dependencies to meet business outcomes.
• Oversee deployment readiness, testing, knowledge transfer and transition-to-support.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder mgmt

Executive governance

Cross-functional teams

Education

BS in CS/IS/Engineering

Job description

You may occasionally be required to travel for business

This role can be based remotely in Spain

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Description and Requirements

BMC empowers nearly 80% of the Forbes Global 100 to accelerate business value, faster than humanly possible. Our industry-leading portfolio unlocks human and machine potential to drive business growth, innovation, and sustainable success. BMC does this in a simple and optimized way by connecting people, systems, and data that power the world’s largest organizations so they can seize a competitive advantage.

BMC empowers nearly 80% of the Forbes Global 100 to accelerate business value faster than humanly possible. Our industry-leading portfolio unlocks human and machine potential to drive business growth, innovation, and sustainable success. BMC does this in a simple and optimized way by connecting people, systems, and data that power the world's largest organizations so they can seize a competitive advantage.

Professional Services plays a critical role in helping customers realize the value of their BMC investments through successful implementation, modernization, migration, and transformation programs. Our team partners with customers to deliver measurable business outcomes while ensuring successful adoption of BMC solutions and best practices.

Role Overview

The Project Manager is responsible for leading complex customer engagements focused on Mainframe and Control‑M modernization and SaaS migrations. This role serves as the primary customer‑facing delivery leader, partnering with executive sponsors, technical stakeholders, consultants, architects, and cross‑functional teams to ensure projects are delivered successfully and customers achieve their desired business outcomes.

The ideal candidate combines strong project and program management capabilities with experience in enterprise infrastructure, mainframe technologies, workload automation, and digital transformation initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of Mainframe and Control‑M modernization and Saas migrations projects.
• Act as the primary customer-facing project leader, providing exceptional project governance and stakeholder management at executive, business, and technical levels.
• Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, resource requirements, communication plans, and governance frameworks.
• Ensure successful project execution by coordinating cross‑functional teams across Professional Services, Sales, Customer Success Management, Support, Product Management, Engineering, and customer organizations.
• Drive project governance through regular status reporting, steering committee meetings, risk reviews, executive briefings, and customer workshops.
• Identify, manage, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and scope changes while ensuring alignment to business objectives.
• Manage customer expectations regarding project scope, deliverables, timelines, risks, and business outcomes.
• Coordinate deployment readiness, testing, knowledge transfer, and transition‑to‑support activities to ensure successful project completion.
• Track project financial performance, forecasts, change requests, and resource utilization.
• Drive customer satisfaction and successful realization of business value throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Promote delivery excellence, continuous improvement, and adoption of Professional Services best practices.
• As a BMC employee, leverage opportunities to participate in global initiatives, expand your expertise, and help drive innovation across the organization.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) with strong customer‑facing and stakeholder management abilities.
• Fluent English and Spanish language skills are required. French language proficiency is a strong plus.
• Proven project management, leadership, consulting, analytical, organizational, and time management skills with the ability to successfully manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing large and complex enterprise accounts while interacting with senior IT and business executives.
• Strong experience leading cross‑functional teams and aligning stakeholders across Professional Services, Sales, Customer Success Management, Support, Product Management, Engineering.
• Proven experience facilitating executive governance meetings, steering committees, workshops, and strategic planning sessions.
• Ability to manage project scope, schedules, budgets, resources, risks, and dependencies while maintaining customer satisfaction.
• Strong problem‑solving skills with a proactive and customer‑centric approach to delivery.
• Ability to learn and effectively utilize BMC delivery tools, methodologies, and emerging technologies.
• Experience working within global, geographically distributed, and multicultural teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of project or program management experience delivering enterprise software, infrastructure, automation, or modernization projects.
• PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum Master, or equivalent project management certification.
• Experience leading Mainframe modernization or Control‑M SaaS migration programs.
• Experience delivering Professional Services projects within Banking, Financial Services, Insurance, Retail, Telecommunications, Manufacturing, or Public Sector organizations.
• Familiarity with BMC's Mainframe and Digital Business Automation portfolios.
• BS degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering, Business, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience managing projects involving application migration, workload automation transformation, infrastructure modernization, or operational automation programs.

Our commitment to you!

BMC’s culture is built around its people. We have 6000+ brilliant minds working together across the globe. You won’t be known just by your employee number, but for your true authentic self. BMC lets you be YOU!

BMC is committed to equal opportunity employment regardless of race, age, sex, creed, color, religion, citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, disability, marital status, pregnancy, disabled veteran or status as a protected veteran. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application and hiring process, visit the accommodation request page.

BMC Software maintains a strict policy of not requesting any form of payment in exchange for employment opportunities, upholding a fair and ethical hiring process.

The annual base salary range represents the low and high end of the BMC salary range for this position. Actual salaries depend on a wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to skill sets; experience and training, licensure, and certifications; and other business and organizational needs.

The range listed is just one component of BMC's employee compensation package. Other rewards may include a variable plan and country specific benefits.

At BMC, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at /near the top of the range. A reasonable estimate of the current range is €51,975 - €86,625

We use AI technology to support parts of our recruitment process, but people—not algorithms—make all final hiring decisions. AI may assist with tasks like scheduling, screening for role alignment, or helping us manage large volumes of applications more efficiently. However, candidates are reviewed by a member of our recruitment team, and interviews and hiring decisions are always made by people. We’re committed to ensuring that technology enhances fairness, efficiency, and the candidate experience—never replaces genuine human judgment.