GROUP BNP PARIBAS

BNP Paribas is an international bank with leading positions in the European market. It is present in 74 countries and employs more than 192,000 people, 146,000 of whom are in Europe. The Group holds key positions in its three main areas of activity: Domestic Markets and International Financial Services (whose retail banking and financial services network is part of Retail Banking & Services), as well as Corporate & Institutional Banking, which offers services to corporate and institutional clients. The Group supports its customers (individuals, entrepreneurs, SMEs, large companies and institutions) to help them carrying out their projects by providing financing, investment, savings and insurance services. In Spain we are more than 5,100 employees within 13 business lines.

CIB

BNP Paribas Corporate & Institutional Banking provides large companies, multinationals and financial institutions with various solutions in the areas of advisory, financing, transactional banking, capital markets, settlement, clearing and custody of securities, asset and fund management services and solutions for corporate issuers. It has 620 professionals in Spain with offices in Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao and Coruña. The entity has a network present in 56 countries.

ABOUT THE JOB

MISSION

From the 19 European branches of BNP Paribas CIB, there are 15 countries (Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Spain, Portugal, Ireland, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Germany-Austria and Belgium) whose local IT activity is managed by CIB IT Spain. The others locations keeps a local IT teams (UK, Russia, Italy, Luxembourg).

CIB IT Spain is responsible for providing ADM (Application Development and Maintenance) and APS (Application Production Support) services to its internal clients. Its main responsibility is the planning and execution of BAU activities, initiatives and projects for all local BNPP applications within the European territories, delivering those with the respect of CIB IT rules, regulatory standards and compliance guidelines, implementing the overall strategy of CIB IT Clusters for developing and technology initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES

- Lead and manage multiple IT projects from inception to completion, ensuring successful delivery within scope, budget, and timeline, taking an end to end responsibility on the different steps of IT Governance procedures for projects
- Plan and carry out actions
- Participate in the detailed planning of project tasks
- Ensure ownership exists at each project tasks and actions
- Carry out assigned activities in accordance with the project plan
- Solve issues and report bottlenecks as needed
- Ensure the completion of each step within the timeframe and budget originally planned
- Track the progress of tasks and update monitoring indicators and KPIs
- Conduct the project in such a way as to achieve the defined key indicators and project milestones as defined upstream
- Coordinate and lead the project
- Contribute on the identification of Risks, issues and dependencies and follow-up of the remediation and mitigation plans
- Facilitate meetings with the project team
- Contribute to the coordination of activities to achieve the objectives, understand the business/IT/sponsor needs and support the different stakeholders of the project
- Regularly exchange with stakeholders, ensure their understanding of the subject, and inform them of the overall progress of the project, particularly during dedicated committees
- Organize dedicated committees, prioritization, and "escalation points"
- Produce communications, documentation, and reports
- Design the various communication materials useful to the project (presentation, brochure, deliverable...)
- Maintain up-to-date project documentation, including reports and tracking records
- Prepare meeting´s minutes and task status reports
- Carry out change management
- Assess training needs
- As a Senior Project manager, mentor and guide junior project managers, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and professional development.

REQUIREMENTS

- Studies

- Bachelor´s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field
- Master´s degree in Project Management or Software engineering preferred
- Any Project Management certification (PMP, etc) is a plus.

- Experience

- Minimum of 5 years of experience in IT project management and +10 years in IT department, with a focus on development projects, combining experience in an internal or external client-facing role.
- Proven ability to manage complex projects and deliver results in a dynamic environment.
- Strong experience of software development methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, and Waterfall.
- Proven experience on the whole live cycle of a development, from the requirements analysis to the development and release on Production environments, support on testing phases.
- Experience in designing databases and data processing systems, with a strong understanding of data management principles.

- Languages

English (fluent). Spanish (fluent).

SKILLS

- Technical

- Business/IT Relationship (Proficient).
- Risk Knowledge & Awareness (Proficient).
- Budget Steering (Proficient).
- SCRUM/Agile methodologies and practices (Proficient).

- Transversal & Behavioral

- - Ability to setup relevant performance indicators (Expert)
- Ability to manage a project (Expert)
- Ability to manage/facilitate a meeting, seminar, committee, training...(Expert)
- Ability to collaborate/Teamwork (Proficient)
- Ability to deliver/Results driven (Proficient)
- Attention to detail/rigor (Proficient)

BENEFITS

• Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities, national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.

• Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).

• Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.

• Flexible compensation plan.

• Hybrid telecommuting model (50%).

• 32 vacation days.

Diversity and inclusion commitment

BNP Paribas Group in Spain is an equal opportunity employer and proud to provide equal employment opportunity to all job seekers. We are actively committed to ensuring that no individual is discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity/paternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. Equity and diversity are at the core of our recruitment policy because we believe that they foster creativity and efficiency, which in turn increase performance and productivity. We strive to reflect the society we live in, while keeping with the image of our clients.