Senior Project Manager

Your role

In the role of Senior Project Manager you will have a leading role in the successful execution of a multi year program to seriously improve the Finance landscape through wide variety of projects. Moving project teams and the organization forward and let team members thrive in their ability to deliver change and ensure successful implementation of the projects into the organization.

Apart from your work in finance projects the working environment at FMO is a challenging one, in different areas like Risk, ESG, Impact, Admin/ Operations and Investment. Our projects usually have a high degree of Finance, IT and Data Management complexity.

We like to see independency, self-starting and a hands-on mentality. When you thrive in a very structured project management environment, FMO might not be the place for you. FMO has a flexible approach and is working towards a hybrid project governance structure with both more traditional and Agile way of working. A project manager must have the ability to adapt the set-up of the project to the characteristics of the project and the maturity of the stakeholders.

As you need to involve a broad set of stakeholders, you need to find your way within this organization in a swift and personal manner. Working with colleagues from many different nationalities, you need to bring along cultural sensitivity. Relationship capabilities and pro-activeness are key to be successful as a project manager.

FMO proofs to be a challenging, dynamic environment, therefor you need to be a candidate, with a proven track record of successful completion of projects as a project manager.

Our offer

We offer a competitive salary range of around 100K based on your experience and qualifications. 

Besides that, we offer you an excellent package of other well-being benefits, amongst others:

• Yearly individual development budget for EUR 2,700.
• Flexible working hours, hybrid way of working (50/50) Mobility allowance.
• 31 holidays and the opportunity to working remotely abroad for 60 working days in a rolling period of 12 months.
• A warm, modern and sustainable working premises, nearby the station of Laan van Noi.

For more information, please visit our website Secondary Benefits - FMO. 

Please note that for this position you need to be living currently in the Netherlands.

Your team

The Portfolio Management Office (PMO) team monitors, advises and reports on the performance of FMO’s portfolio of projects and aligning with the Agile domains and teams. It supports project owners and project managers in the planning and delivery of projects, addressing issues and risks and providing insights on interdependencies and synergies across projects. The PMO leads the (quarterly) selection process of new projects and enables informed decision making by the Managing Board.

FMO has an ambitious (digitalization) project portfolio requiring strengthening of internal project management/change capabilities. The PMO will support this by adding internal project managers to its team. This will enable project managers to build upon previous experience and knowledge of the organization, improving their effectiveness and increase their impact on the success of projects.

You will be part of the PMO team (10 FTE), consisting of 4 project managers 3 portfolio officers, 2 project officers and a manager.

The PMO team is part of the Strategy department. The department holds, next to the PMO team, Strategic Planning, Evaluations and Knowledge Management and Sustainability Strategy and Policy.

Your background

You are Independent and self-starting with a hands-on mentality and result oriented mindset.  You have 
Relationship capabilities, cultural sensitivity and pro-activeness are keys to be successful as a Project Manager. You have the ability to adapt the set-up of the project to the characteristics of the project and the maturity of the stakeholders. You are able to influence and have analytical skills with attention to structure and detail.

You also have:

• a HBO / University level.
• More than 7 years of relevant work experience in finance project / program management, preferably of which 3+ years in an Agile environment.
• Affinity with banking / finance / risk and related functions.
• Business oriented and strong affinity with IT development, Data Management, and change &
  maintenance methodologies.
• Knowledge of finance process/data/system architectures and design principles, application of frameworks.
• Embodies project delivery excellence (get things organized, make people deliver, able to deliver under pressure whilst ensuring quality).
• Ability to connect and bring together diverse stakeholder interests (internal) without necessarily having formal authority. Preferably experience in customer interaction and working across different cultures
• Experience in building Business cases.
• Strong command of English, both verbally and in writing.
• Preferably experience and affinity with impact related topics

Excited about the role and fitting the criteria? Please send your application. We are eager to know what you will contribute to us and what we can contribute to your professional life!

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Please note, if we make you an offer to join FMO, you will need to work through the screening process with our screening partner. The process is designed to check your integrity and reliability.