IT Project Manager Entry level position

Rotterdam - Netherlands

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 10 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Department

The Junior IT Project Manager is part of the department IT Project & Portfolio Management within the Robeco IT organization. The IT Project & Portfolio Management team consists of the Head of IT Project & Portfolio Management and 4 IT Project Managers (including this vacancy).

The team is responsible for both IT portfolio management as managing strategic multidisciplinary (international) IT projects. We do this in close collaboration with departments across Robeco including Sales & Marketing Investments Product Management Operations Compliance Legal and Risk next to our IT teams.

IT portfolio management is responsible for defining managing and monitoring the 3 years IT roadmap. We safeguard the prioritizing of projects based on strategic goals ensuring alignment with business goals allocating resources monitoring progress and ensure that the portfolio delivers value to the business. We report on status to strategic tactical and operational levels. Stimulate the usage of standardized methodologies & principles maintaining hygiene and focusing on transparency in metrics to gain insights into progress and predictability are core to the success of IT portfolio management.

IT project management: We are responsible for managing large and complex cross value stream IT programs/projects and herewith contribute to delivering technological excellence and innovation to support our asset management operations.

Position & Requirements

As a Junior IT Project Manager within Robeco you will support the IT Project & Portfolio Management team in both portfolio management as project management activities.

IT portfolio management

Contribute to / manage reporting to project SteerCo and or Value streams.
Connect with Product Owners to ensure up to date IT portfolio management data.
Facilitates Agile Scrum processes within the organization.
Understands sprint planning backlog grooming and estimation techniques like story points.
Remove impediments that hinder team progress.
Support Scrum teams in the usage of standardized methodologies and principles enhance system observability maintain security hygiene and focus on transparency in metrics to gain insights into progress and to identify gaps.

IT project management

Support in significant multi-disciplinary IT projects (e.g. change management new business and product initiatives process re-engineering establishment of control procedures etc.) that require knowledge of the firm and its functions.
Engage with the team to coordinate tasks and address blockers; developing awareness of team dynamics.
Apply basic templates or frameworks (e.g. RAID logs status reporting).
Develop dashboards reports and basic data models to support decision-making.

Requirements

Max 2 years of relevant experience as a project manager in financial services ideally with a consulting background.
Masters degree in Business Administration Economics or equivalent.
Affinity with and understanding of the asset management industry IT or project management.
Strong analytical skills; highly organized pragmatic proactive and results-driven.
Proficiency in project management tools and methodologies (e.g. PMI Prince2) next to Agile knowledge.
Fluent in English (spoken and written); Dutch is a plus.

Other considerations

The position is for a minimum of 32 hours per week.
This is a hybrid role requiring the candidate to work in office (Rotterdam based) for 60% of the time.
Working permit for working in the Netherlands

Youll work at the intersection of finance technology and innovation. We foster a culture of collaboration adaptability and inclusion where your voice matters.

All applications will be treated with the utmost confidentiality. An assessment and integrity test may be used in the selection procedure.

Robeco Recruiting Team

Required Experience:

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DepartmentThe Junior IT Project Manager is part of the department IT Project & Portfolio Management within the Robeco IT organization. The IT Project & Portfolio Management team consists of the Head of IT Project & Portfolio Management and 4 IT Project Managers (including this vacancy).The team is r...