Santander Alternative Investments is looking for a IT Projects, Security & Product Manager based in our Boadilla del Monte office.

WHY YOU SHOULD CONSIDER THIS OPPORTUNITY

Santander Asset Management is a global structure with strong local roots in Europe and Latin America. With presence in 11 countries, we have assets of more than €175 billion* working for institutional clients, individual clients, and intermediaries such as Santander banks in all geographies. Our knowledge in Latin America makes us real experts on the region, allowing us to provide you with unique opportunities to invest. Our philosophy is to manage our investments to capture maximum upside but also downside protection. We offer a comprehensive range of investment solutions, from investment funds to illiquid assets, to provide right answers to your needs.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

Santander is proud of being an organization where there are equal opportunities regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

We are an alternative fund manager with an innovative mindset, where technology is a key lever for efficiency, security, and scalability. We want to add a transversal figure to the team that connects strategy, execution, vision, and action.

As IT Projects, Security & Product Manager, you will join SAM´s global Technology team, within the Alternative Products area, with the aim of leading and accelerating the technological transformation necessary to achieve the business´s strategic objectives.

We need someone like you to help us in different fronts:

- Lead technological projects transversally: from cybersecurity to internal tools, infrastructure, or digital product. Understand risks, timelines, priorities, and know how to move pieces to make progress.
- Design, coordinate, and implement technological improvement, automation, and efficiency initiatives.
- Manage corporate cybersecurity (policies, risks, controls, compliance).
- Coordinate with technology providers (infrastructure, SaaS, cybersecurity).
- Translate business needs into viable and secure technological solutions.
- Analyze and define KPI processes and their impact on business objectives.

EXPERIENCE
- + 10 years of experience in business projects in large and complex organizations, leading the interaction with various business stakeholders.
- + 5 years of experience managing technology teams in projects related to software development, infrastructure, and architecture.
- Proven experience in the banking sector (IT consulting, fund managers, financial entities...).

EDUCATION

- Bachelor´s Degree. Preferably technical or higher engineering, Computer Science, or professionals with proven experience in the aforementioned areas.

SKILLS & KNOWLEDGE

- Fluent English for meetings.
- Ability to communicate fluently with both technical profiles and business stakeholders.
- High analytical and conceptualization skills to design process proposals and manage their implementation.
- Proactivity, autonomy in work, and a results-oriented problem-solving mindset.
- Ability to work in an agile format, manage multiple projects simultaneously, and propose innovative solutions.
- Solid knowledge in systems, networks, cybersecurity, and cloud environments, preferably AWS.
- Good judgment, common sense, and resilience to controlled chaos