Deputy Project Manager

ITConnect; Polska; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

ITConnect is seeking a Project Manager to support the RACF Access Control, Onboarding & Clean-up track. You will oversee day-to-day delivery, collaborate with the RACF Integration Team and IAM experts, and drive milestones in a regulated banking environment.

You will lead cross-functional teams, maintain governance and risk controls, and identify automation opportunities to accelerate delivery while ensuring stakeholder engagement and compliance.

Qualifications

• Experience managing or coordinating projects in banking or regulated environments.
• Strong governance, reporting, and risk management skills.
• Familiarity with IAM/RACF or mainframe security is desirable.

Responsibilities

• Support Deputy RACF Project Leader in planning, coordinating and executing activities.
• Drive progress across business delivery teams to meet milestones.
• Facilitate daily standups, workshops, and stakeholder meetings.
• Maintain action logs, project docs, and status reports.
• Track risks, issues, dependencies, and actions with escalation as needed.
• Prepare management-ready status updates and governance materials.
• Identify and implement automation opportunities to improve delivery efficiency.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance & risk

IAM & RACF knowledge

Mainframe security

Automation opportunities

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulated environments

Planning & coordination

Analytical thinking

Communication

Job description

The Project Manager will support the Project Lead in the execution of the RACF Access Control, Onboarding & Clean-up track. The role will be responsible for day-to-day delivery activities and management of project delivery teams (14 FTE in total), driving progress, defining approaches and processes in close collaboration with the RACF Integration Team and other IAM/Mainframe experts, facilitate effective stakeholder engagement with business and line organization, all to ensure timely delivery of key milestones. The position will also play a central role in identifying, qualifying, and implementing automation opportunities that improve the project delivery efficiency and accelerate time to completion.

• Support and act as an Deputy of the RACF Project Leader in planning, coordinating, and executing project activities.
• Drive progress across Business Delivery (BD) teams and ensure delivery against agreed timelines and milestones.
• Facilitate daily project team standups, focused (virtual) workshops, and ad-hoc stakeholder meetings.
• Maintain action and decision logs and project documentation
• Drive accountability for actions and commitments across participating project stakeholders
• Track project risks, issues, dependencies, and actions, escalating where appropriate.
• Maintain project progress trackers for and prepare status reports, presentations for management
• Support project governance processes and reporting requirements
• Develop recommendations for automation opportunities and manage implementation activities
• Proven experience managing or coordinating projects within banking, financial services, or other regulated environments.
• Experience working with cross-functional teams and multiple stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to drive delivery, manage priorities, and resolve obstacles in complex projects.
• Experience identifying and implementing process improvement and automation opportunities.
• Strong understanding of project governance, reporting, and risk management practices.
• Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) and access control processes.
• Familiarity with RACF or mainframe security environments is highly desirable.
• Understanding of regulatory, audit, and risk management requirements within financial institutions.
• Experience with process analysis, automation, and operational efficiency initiatives.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Excellent planning, organizational, and coordination capabilities.
• Analytical and problem-solving mindset.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and drive accountability across teams.
• Results-oriented with strong attention to detail and execution discipline.