Corporate IT Project Manager

IPC is a fintech company that focuses on the human element. With a global presence, we support local markets with our advanced cloud-based trading communications and managed connectivity solutions.

Through our portfolio of communications and connectivity solutions, we focus on solving business challenges and adapting to regulatory changes in the fast-paced global financial markets. This enables our clients to maintain consistent market access, a strong competitive advantage, and enhanced operational efficiency.

Join a team that is dedicated to delivering groundbreaking products and making a significant impact on our clients' success.

**TITLE**:**Corporate IT Project Manager**

**DEPARTMENT**:**Corporate IT**

**REPORTING TO: Director, Corporate IT Technical Services and Support**

**OFFICE LOCATION: Madrid, Spain**

**ROLE TYPE: Hybrid, Full-time**

**Overview of the Team**

The IPC Corporate IT is made up of Desktop Support, Network, Server, Business Systems and Integrations/Data Management teams along with managed services that support the variety of systems and services IT provides. The IT and Security Teams sit under the CISO and VP of IT that in turn reports to the CTO.

**Role Overview**:
The Corp IT Project Manager is responsible for the successful delivery of programs and projects through an IT project management process in close collaboration with business partners, team members and various IT functions. This individual will assume end-to-end accountability for multiple concurrent projects and large programs consisting of multiple projects.

**Responsibilities**:

- Validate business cases, define scope and success metrics, create project charters, RACI, and governance.

- Lead workshops; translate needs into clear functional/non-functional requirements and user stories; maintain requirements traceability.

- Run RFI/RFPs, coordinate demos/POCs, score options, and negotiate SOWs/SLAs in partnership with Procurement, Legal, and Security.

- Build integrated plans and WBS; sequence dependencies; manage CapEx/OpEx, forecasts, and variance with corrective actions.

- Orchestrate day-to-day execution (Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid); run standups, backlog/milestone tracking; unblock cross-team dependencies.

- Own RAID logs; perform risk assessments; manage change control/CAB; ensure adherence to InfoSec, data privacy, audit/SOX, and SDLC/ITIL controls.

- Define test strategies (unit, system, SIT, UAT, performance, security); drive defect triage and readiness gates.

- Lead migration and cutover planning, dry runs, runbooks, rollback, go/no-go, and hypercare.

- Execute comms and training plans; enable champions; measure adoption and address feedback.

- Transition to Support with runbooks/KT; capture lessons learned and standardize best practices across the portfolio.

- Provide transparent weekly status, dashboards, and exec summaries; facilitate decision-making and escalations.
- Align interdependent projects, shared resources, and sequencing across roadmaps and OKRs.

**How You Will Make an Impact**:
The Corporate IT Project Manager will be integral in increasing the IT teams capabilities in enabling the Business. Primarily supporting the deployment and enhancement of business systems but will be supporting projects across the entire IT spectrum.

- Standardize intake, charters, gating, and schedules to reduce cycle time from request to go-live across multiple concurrent projects.

- Embed InfoSec/SOX/privacy controls, change control/CAB, and audit-ready artifacts into every phase to lower risk and speed audits.

- Pair releases with change management, targeted comms, and training so teams use the right tools—and retire legacy paths.

- Establish test strategies (SIT/UAT/performance/security), rehearse cutovers, and run hypercare to cut change failures and incidents.

- Lead RFI/RFPs, negotiate SOWs/SLAs, right-size licenses, and consolidate duplicative tools to reduce total cost of ownership.
- Provide clear status dashboards and concise readouts with options, trade-offs, and recommendations for faster decisions.

**Essential Skills and Experience to be Successful in this Role**:

- 5+ years managing IT and/or software projects with on-time, on-budget delivery.

- Proven delivery across SaaS and hybrid solutions (e.g., M365, identity/access, security tools, enterprise apps, data/integration, networks).

- Vendor management experience (RFPs/RFIs, SOWs, SLAs) and budget ownership.

- Hands-on with Jira/Confluence and MS Project/Smartsheet; familiarity with ServiceNow (or similar).

- Solid grasp of SDLC/ITIL, change control/CAB, risk/RAID practices.

- Information security awareness; able to incorporate security/privacy requirements into plans.

- Strong communication and facilitation skills—technical and executive audiences.

- Ability to coordinate/prioritize multiple projects, operate in ambiguity, and maintain high attention to detail while seeing the big picture.
- Customer-service mindset and