Senior IT Project Manager - SDLC

 ICT Project Manager Skill level: Level 3 (Senior) 7 and more years of experience Utilization in %: 100 Location: Zurich Remote ratio:
 
 You lead a high-impact transformation project that is reshaping a major finacial exchanges software development lifecycle (SDLC) across the enterprise, accelerating our journey into an AI-enabled future. Working with international, cross-functional teams, you act as the strategic connector between business and technology, driving modern software engineering practices and enable the organization to transition.
If you thrive on complex change, executive stakeholder management, and building momentum across diverse teams, this role offers the mandate and visibility to create lasting, enterprise-wide impact.
 
 
What You Will Do:

• Lead a CHF 15m transformational project reshaping and harmonizing the SDLC across SIX
• Orchestrate cross-functional teams (engineering, architecture, security, risk, compliance, operations, data/AI) across locations and entities to deliver expected outcomes
• Drive executive stakeholder management, shaping decisions in governance forums, and ensuring measurable business outcomes (time-to-market, quality, resilience) • Plan and execute standards adoption and AI-readiness together with the SDLC Change Leads in the different organizational units,
• Create momentum, inspire and foster engagement through clever communication, branding and events
• Own end-to-end project controls: deliverables, scope, budget, dependencies, risks, reporting

Required skills: Training & Certificates: - Studies (UNI, University of Applied Sciences, Master) —
Required - PRINCE2 (PMP, IPMA) — Required Work Experience: - Leading transformational and software delivery projects — 7 years - Banking practice — 4–6 years Skills in General: -
Relationship Management Skills — Very well - Marketing and Sales Skills — Very well –
Coordination and Organizational Skills — Very well - Problem-Solving Skills — Very well –
Stakeholder Management & Executive Level Communication — Very well - Cross-functional and international project leadership — Very well - Presentation and moderation skills — Well
Business Skills: - Software Development Lifecycle — Very well - Organizational Transformation — Very well Technical Skills: - Project Management — Very well - Business Intelligence/Analytics — Well - Programming/Application Development — Well - Agile Frameworks & Modern SDLC (SAFe, SCRUM, DevSecOps, CI/CD) — Well Social Skills: Teamwork and Cooperation — 6 years Communicative Competence — 6 years Organizational Skills — 6 years Mental Agility — 6 years Emotional Intelligence and Empathy — 6 years Self-Innovation and Motivation —