JOB DESCRIPTION
Project Director (M/F)
The company
Vermeg delivers trusted financial software that allows its clients to focus on their core competencies without worrying about their IT solutions.
Passionate about asset servicing, portfolio management, private banking and life & health insurance, they are the partner of choice of European bankers and insurers. Vermeg is committed to delivering effective solutions, on time and on budget, for each market they operate in. With the peace of mind of their clients and the respect of their employees at the heart of their strategy, they bring to this market not only their expertise but also a refreshing touch of humanity and humility.
With more than 150 clients in 20 countries, and more than 700 employees, Vermeg is the European leader in insurance management solutions and a global leading finance software provider, resulting in a revenue of €55M in 2016.
Vermeg covers the whole Value chain through 4 Business Lines:
• Pension & Insurance
• Wealth & Asset Management
• Financial Markets & Securities Services
• Digital Financial Services
Position overview
Vermeg is currently looking for a strong Project Manager / Project Director for its life insurance activities. As a Project Director, you will join a team of highly-skilled professionals dedicated to helping Vermeg’s clients achieve their IT objectives. You will have the opportunity to work on, and lead stimulating projects in major companies of the insurance and financial industry. Creating partnerships with clients and identifying opportunities that add value for Vermeg and these clients are part of this challenging position.
Reporting
You report to the Director Professional Services and will be part of the Vermeg Life Professional Services Department.
Role and Responsibilities
- Estimate, execute and monitor projects from initiation to delivery
- Ensure projects are completed within a certain set of constraints (quality, time, budget,
people and materials) - Build and get validation of timeline, project plan against requirements and
constraints - Closely follow the project timing, budget and scope throughout the project life cycle
- Manage, coordinate, coach and motivate the Project Team
- Conduct regular steering committees
- Have ability to structure and write meeting minutes
- Resolve issues and solve problems throughout the project life cycle
- Develop and do the follow-up of the documentation relating to the project
- Assess project related risk issues
- Act as a mediator between stakeholders and team members
- Ensure efficient and pro-active resource allocation
- Coordinate and ensure efficient communication between departments
- Ensure effective post-go live transition
- Participate to pre-sales activity (project dimensioning and presentation)
Ideal candidate profile
Training
A University degree or equivalent
Languages
Fluent in English and in Dutch
Specific Experience
- 5 years in Project Management
- Strong Capacity to identify areas of improvement in proposed solutions
- Strong interest in insurance and financial industry
Soft Skills
- Effective problem solving skills
- Quick self-starter, pro-active attitude, excellent business sense
- Strong interest in IT solutions designed for the life and health insurance industry
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
- Well-developed oral and written communication skills
- Well-developed people skills and relationship management, including negotiation capability, conflict resolution and consensus building
- High degree of autonomy
- Strong presentation skills
- Flexibility
- Local & international mobility
- Customer focused and commercial mindset
- Honest and can-do mentality
- Ability to interact with customers at all levels of the organization
- Ability to facilitate meetings with customers
- Ability to work with technical and business departments
- Strong team leading/coaching/teaching skills
- Pre-sales skills
Our client offers
- A very challenging and professional work environment
- A fun working atmosphere where team spirit is the real deal
- A clear dual career path (Management/Expertise)
- Exciting, diverse and challenging projects
- The opportunity to develop your knowledge in the insurance/financial industry
- A direct contact with the client
Contact:
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