Principal Project Manager

What makes us, us

Join some of the most innovative thinkers in FinTech as we lead the evolution of financial technology. If you are an innovative, curious, collaborative person who embraces challenges and wants to grow, learn and pursue outcomes with our prestigious financial clients, say Hello to SimCorp! 

At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

If you like what we’re saying, keep reading!

Why this role is important to us

At SimCorp, we enable some of the biggest financial institutions in the world by simplifying their accounting, operations, and investments. High quality, performing, secure, and cost-effective software and professional project delivery are at the core of what we do.

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead complex and strategic client projects. This role will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including sales, product development, and customer support, to ensure a seamless transition from sales to implementation.

What you will be responsible for

• Leading high complexity SimCorp implementation projects: client engagement, resourcing, financial management, and stakeholder management
• Providing greater customer value and outcomes while better measuring and reducing risk for SimCorp
• Overseeing requirements and configuration builds
• Managing implementation-related workstreams: identifying all required tasks and dependencies, working with business consultants to time/resource estimate for inclusion in the overall program plan, as well as providing regular status updates
• Collaborating with internal implementation teams and individual contributors, as well as other Engineering and Product management roles
• Contributing to improvement and documentation of best practices for implementation projects globally in collaboration with Global PMO
• Creating and maintaining required project artefacts such as project plans, reports and RAID change requests
• Establishing and managing transparent project governance structure and adhesion to standard project management processes and procedures
• Managing delivery on time, budget, and quality relative to the baseline project plan and associated financials and in accordance with the Statement of Work
• Communicating business risks and issues to our customers, putting the customer in a position to make informed decisions using data and metrics
• Displaying confidence in presenting to all levels in an organization and understanding an audience when communicating
• Acting as a mentor and coach to less experienced colleagues

What we value

You understand business processes across asset managers, fund managers, banks, insurance companies and pension plans. You have experience in delivering multi-stream projects in complex business environments.

We would additionally expect you to be proficient in several of the following skills:

• SimCorp One (or similar platform) implementation experience
• PMI/PMP/Prince 2 or equivalent certification
• Solid understanding of investment operations
• Familiarity with implementation focused projects in the Financial Technology sector
• Leadership, communication and presentation skills
• Negotiation and conflict management skills
• Ability to work on projects across different time zones
• Readiness to travel to customer sites or hybrid out of an office 2x/week

For San Francisco, CA only: The salary range for this position is $195,495 - 245,000 USD/yr. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

Next steps 

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway. SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks. 

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated.

Who we are

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 3,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds. 

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients. 

SimCorp is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients

#LI-Hybrid