ICT Project Manager

Objectway Limited; Milano; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meal vouchers

Company welfare

Company performance bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

A leading fintech software provider is looking for an ICT Project Manager in Milan. The role involves full management of complex technology projects, ensuring effective planning and communication with stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have over 7 years of experience in managing ICT projects, strong leadership, and excellent knowledge of project management methodologies. The position offers hybrid working, meal vouchers, and a performance bonus among other benefits.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in managing complex ICT projects.
• Excellent knowledge of both traditional and agile project management methodologies.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary and multicultural teams.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Independent management of priorities and deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Manage complex technology projects ensuring timely and budget-compliant delivery.
• Define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and plans.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to ensure alignment on objectives.
• Monitor technical aspects and ensure alignment with standards; define solutions with technical teams.
• Manage resources and workloads; ensure adequate coverage of skills.
• Maintain relationships with stakeholders; conduct meetings and progress reporting.
• Identify risks and issues; implement mitigation plans; ensure quality standards.
• Oversee delivery, testing, go-live and handover to operations; ensure customer satisfaction.

Skills

Project management methodologies

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Problem-solving skills

Knowledge of PM tools

Education

PMP certification

Tools

MS Project

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Building on more than 30 years of business expertise, Objectway is an international wealth, banking and asset management software provider empowering clients to embrace their future challenges while providing great performance today. The Group is a future-proof technology player with a well-established track record in the financial services industry and over €120 million of consolidated revenue. The Group is a global Top 100 fintech provider (IDC ranking), whose clients include 250+ leading Wealth Managers, Banks, Asset Managers, Fund Managers, Insurers and Outsourcers in more than 15 countries. With over 800 professionals operating from Italy, UK, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland and Canada, the Group serves clients in 4 continents, supporting approximately 100,000 investment professionals to manage more than €1 trillion in assets.

We are seeking a ICT Project Manager for our Milan office.

The ICT Project Manager is responsible for the complete management of complex technology projects, ensuring effective planning, technical coordination, resource management and communication with stakeholders. The role ensures that projects are delivered on time, within budget and to the agreed quality standards, in line with the organisation's strategic objectives.

Main Activities

• Project Planning
• Define the scope of the project, objectives, deliverables and roadmap.
• Develop detailed project plans, including activities, milestones, effort estimates and budgets.
• Coordinate kick‑off and planning activities with internal and external teams.

• Technical Oversight
• Monitor the technical aspects of the project, ensuring consistency with company architectural and technological standards.
• Collaborate with technical teams to define solutions.
• Validate technical analyses, designs, test plans and technological deliverables.

• Capacity Management
• Plan and manage the necessary resources, ensuring adequate coverage of skills.
• Monitor team workloads, availability, and performance.
• Collaborate with department managers to define requirements.

• Stakeholder Management
• Manage relationships with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring alignment on objectives, progress, and critical issues.
• Conduct meetings, steering committee meetings, and periodic communication activities.
• Facilitate collaboration between business, IT, and vendors.

• Risk & Quality Management
• Identify risks, dependencies and problems in a timely manner, defining effective mitigation plans.
• Ensure compliance with project quality standards and company policies.
• Monitor project KPIs and take corrective action when necessary.

• Delivery & Closure
• Supervise the delivery, testing, go-live and handover phases to the operations teams.
• Coordinate project closure activities, lessons learned and final reporting.
• Ensure customer satisfaction and compliance with contractual requirements.

Required Skills

• Proven experience (7+ years) in managing complex ICT projects.
• Excellent knowledge of project management methodologies (traditional and agile).
• PMP certification (Project Management Professional).
• Skills in infrastructure, applications and systems integration.
• Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary, multicultural and multi‑supplier teams.
• Knowledge of PM tools (MS Project, JIRA, Confluence, etc.).
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Strong problem‑solving and decision‑making skills.
• Ability to work in complex and structured environments.
• Independent management of priorities and deadlines.

Contract & Compensation

• Salary commensurate with experience.
• Hybrid working.
• Meal vouchers.
• Company welfare and company performance bonus.
• Health insurance.