Risk Management Consultant

We are seeking a highly capable Product Management Consultant to join our team delivering next-generation retail payment infrastructure for European financial institutions. You will translate institutional requirements into executable work, coordinate development across multiple agile teams, manage the product backlog, and ensure seamless delivery of one of Europe's most strategic financial infrastructure initiatives.The Project This platform represents a historic shift: enabling central bank money to operate alongside retail digital payment rails, enhancing monetary sovereignty, payment resilience, and financial inclusion across the eurozone.The infrastructure operates under strict central bank oversight and must meet the highest standards of security, scalability, and interoperability.Laminar works alongside a consortium of European national central banks through a collaborative development process. Coordinate the delivery cycle across Program Increments (PI): PI Planning, tracking, QA, dependency management, Inspect & Adapt and reporting. Participate in agile ceremonies across development sprints. Quality & Validation Support integration, acceptance, end-to-end, and functional testing. Drive continuous improvement in functionality, performance, and operations. Risk & Stakeholder Management Identify, analyze, mitigate, and escalate project and operational risks. Communicate status, blockers, decisions, and escalations to senior stakeholders. Coordinate with the Client, Solution Architecture, Functional Certification and Operations Management teams.4-6 years of experience in product management or technical project delivery in agile environments · University degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or related field · English C1 level (working language of the project) · Proven experience translating business requirements into executable work in Scrum/Kanban environments · Technical fluency to interface effectively with software development teams · Experience in stakeholder communication, risk management, quality assurance, and backlog prioritization Knowledge of payment systems, payment infrastructure, or central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) · Process improvement mindset (deliver faster, smoother, higher quality) · Proficiency with Jira and Confluence (backlog management, reporting, documentation) · Experience in international projects or working with cross-border stakeholdersWe are a financial technology company providing software products and services to financial institutions worldwide. Specialized in digital currencies and tokenized assets, we work across payments, capital markets, and lending with central banks, commercial banks, investment banks, and financial market participants. To build a world where assets flow as data to anyone, anywhere, anytime. We aim to make financial value flow as predictably and efficiently as data in a connected world. Institutional Validation: Working hand-in-hand with central banks grants our solutions both institutional credibility and a gold standard of quality and interoperability. ·Strategic Impact: The infrastructure we build today will underpin the next era of global finance, impacting hundreds of millions of citizens. ·Compensation: Competitive package including salary and flexible benefits (meal vouchers, health insurance, training budget). Location: Madrid (hybrid model) with occasional travel within the Eurozone. Contract: Permanent. Agile, cross-functional teams. We optimize for quality and delivery speed, not approval chains. Continuous professional development and personal brand building.