Senior Project Manager ICSD Custody (f/m/x) financial area Luxembourg -

On behalf of our client, an international financial service provider located in Luxembourg, we are looking for an external resource with skills and abilities as stated below:

Senior Project Manager ICSD Custody (f/m/x) financial area Luxembourg -

Description:

The Experienced Project Manager is responsible and fully accountable for identifying and managing the resources to successfully carry out multiple small to medium-sized, complex projects including individual systems development projects
Responsible and accountable for the delivery of agreed project outputs to the agreed time, cost and quality parameters within the agreed scope
Manages and coordinates the activity of specialists, technicians and analysts to ensure that tasks are performed that result in the project deliverable
Ensure the project and associated business case are scoped, initiated and approved according to required procedures
Ensure the project is planned in a manner that delivers to the required cost and quality and within the agreed scope, including appropriate milestone definition, work breakdown structure, dependencies, and assumptions
Ensure the project is resourced appropriately
Ensure the project work is executed and implemented according to the plan or any agreed changes to the plan and according to agreed project management standards
Ensure that requirements, plans, risks, issues, actions, costs, schedules, benefits, and other related project artefacts are documented, tracked and followed-up on
Ensure that the project work is compliant with documented standards, templates, and frameworks, and captured in agreed toolsets
Ensure project stakeholder awareness, engagement, and communication
Manage and lead project team members
Ensure the project closes according to required procedures
In general, 3-5 years of experience in managing multiple small to medium sized complex projects
Demonstrable experience in leading projects to successful conclusions
Experience in developing and tracking financial business cases
Relevant experience working in the capital markets industry
Proven ability to effectively assess and mitigate project risks and dependencies
Experienced in effectively communicating with and positively influencing project stakeholders and team members
Appropriate domain expertise

Task and responsibilities:

• Maintain and manage the Work Plan & Milestones (WPM) and ensure project governance documentation is up to date.
• Own the RAID log and drive mitigation, escalation, and dependency tracking.
• Organise and facilitate internal and external Steering Committees, including preparation of agendas, packs, and action tracking.
• Coordinate collection and validation of final business and technical requirements with Business, IT, Legal, and Compliance.
• Collaborate closely with IT teams to align requirements, technical delivery, and testing plans.
• Follow up on legal, regulatory, compliance, and data protection impacts, ensuring timely sign-offs and integration into planning.
• Lead coordination of the internal project team, ensuring clarity of roles, milestones, and deliverables.
• Provide weekly progress, risk, and dependency reporting to project leadership.

Mandatory skills and experiences

• Senior Project management - 10 years experience (able to manage at least 2 projects at the same time)
• Manage stakeholders (internal/external) in multi-location
• Communication: Able to report to senior management
• Be based in Lux (No remote job)
• Proficiency in written and spoken English

Optional skills:

• Expertise in ICSD - Custody
• Expertise in collateral management
• French and German language skills are an asset

Additional Information:

• Start date of assignment: 16.03.2026
• Initial contract duration: 31.12.2026
• Degree of employment: Full-time
• Location: Luxembourg (ONSITE)

3 Key questions to the candidates:

• Please describe a project where you were responsible for maintaining a detailed work plan and RAID log? How did you use these tools to drive delivery and stakeholder alignment?
• Please describe How do you manage situations where business, IT, legal, and external partners (eg, vendors, regulators, customers) have diverging timelines or priorities?
• Please describe an objective where you gathered and validated business + technical requirements in a regulated or compliance heavy context. What was your approach to ensuring accuracy and sign-off?

Please let us know if this position is of interest to you. We will be happy to send you further information and look forward to hearing from you!

Best regards,

Andy

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