Senior Project Leader: Complex Software Delivery Recovery

Vincit; Oulu; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Lunch benefit

Healthcare

Dental services

Insurance

Childcare services

High-quality equipment

Job summary

Vincit is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its Custom Software business to lead demanding customer projects where stakeholder complexity, commercial pressure and delivery challenges require seasoned leadership.

You’ll own delivery, forecast profitability and shape clear decision authority, balancing customer relationships with commercial reality. Strong consultancy background and Finnish/English proficiency are essential.

Qualifications

• Strong experience managing customer-facing software projects, preferably in custom software, digital services or a consulting environment.
• Demonstrated experience recovering a troubled project, re-establishing governance or taking control of a deteriorating delivery or commercial position.
• Experience owning project budgets, Estimate at Completion, revenue, delivery costs, scope, resourcing and forecasting.
• Practical understanding of customer rates, staffing mix, varying cost of work, utilisation, subcontracting margin and unbilled work.
• Experience interpreting agreements and translating contractual responsibilities into project governance and customer discussions.
• Commercial confidence to negotiate scope changes, additional work, delayed customer decisions, acceptance and project re-baselining.
• Ability to work with conflicting stakeholders, unclear decision authority and complex formal and informal customer structures.
• Ability to identify material portfolio risks, challenge forecasts and define proportionate interventions.
• A good understanding of modern software delivery, cloud environments, integrations and multidisciplinary development teams.
• Full professional proficiency in Finnish and English.

Responsibilities

• Complex project delivery & profitability – Own demanding software projects, keeping scope, forecasts, timelines, risks and profitability under control.
• Project recovery – Assess deliveries under pressure, reconstruct the facts, establish a credible recovery plan and lead execution until control has been restored.
• Customer leadership – Work with fragmented customer organisations, align stakeholders, clarify decision authority and reset expectations when necessary.
• Commercial ownership & negotiation – Handle estimates, scope changes, additional work, customer responsibilities, contract discussions and project re-baselining.
• Portfolio control – Identify projects requiring intervention, challenge forecasts and help distinguish genuine escalation from normal delivery noise.
• Teams & collaboration – Protect delivery teams from unresolved stakeholder conflict, remove blockers and create a clear path for executable work.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Delivery ownership

Commercial judgement

Negotiation

Forecasting

Governance

Risk management

Finnish language

English language

Customer-facing software projects

Tools

Azure integration

Enterprise platform

Multi-vendor deliveries

Job description

Vincit is seeking a Senior Project Manager for its Custom Software business to lead demanding customer projects where stakeholder complexity, commercial pressure and delivery challenges require seasoned leadership.

You’ll own delivery, forecast profitability and shape clear decision authority, balancing customer relationships with commercial reality. Strong consultancy background and Finnish/English proficiency are essential.