Initiative Manager

vor 2 Wochen


Zürich, Schweiz Hays Vollzeit

The successful candidate is experienced in agile delivery approaches, has a sound understanding of data & analytics and/or technology implementation at enterprise scale, and masters the translation between Business and IT (and vice versa).

Key activities include:

  • Support the expected implementation in close alignment with your IT delivery team, product management, software architects, etc. in an agile setup.
  • Work with agile teams on a regular basis, clarify requirements, co-author features and stories.
  • Engage with various stakeholders with different backgrounds to sound and consolidate business requirements and manage business verification.
  • Ensure end-to-end requirements are captured and clarified.
  • Support the crew product lead of the analytics platform in managing the crew of 50 people (e.g., reportings, making the crew more efficient).

You are expected to have:

  • Sound understanding of sales, data & analytics and/or IT implementation. Knowledge of wealth management and retail banking is a plus.
  • Preferably a university degree or comparable with a technical background or banking/finance.
  • Previous experience in a role where you had to act as a translator between business functions and technology.
  • Business analysis capabilities to understand and clarify end-to-end processes.
  • Analytical problem-solving capabilities.
  • Familiar with agile methodology, preferably experience with ADO.
  • Practical and theoretical understanding of agile working methodologies.
  • At least 2 years of experience in project management, product management, or as a product owner.
  • A blend of strategic and tactical thinking, creative and analytic reasoning.
  • Good interpersonal skills across various management levels, ability to successfully influence and align stakeholders.
  • Good skills in MS Office tools (e.g., PowerPoint), knowledge of Jira, GitLab, and Confluence is a plus.

You are expected to be:

  • An open communicator who is passionate about engaging with stakeholders.
  • Genuinely interested in technology and its impact on businesses.
  • Willing to own topics front to back.
  • Highly engaged and able to prioritize own workload on a daily basis and work under pressure.
  • Business fluent in English and German.
Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Contract

Job function

Project Management

Industries

Banking

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