Senior IT Project Manager – Liquidity Risk / Treasury / Banking 100%

For our client, a leading financial institution in Zurich, we are looking for an experienced Senior IT Project Manager to support a strategic and regulatory-driven project in the area of Liquidity Risk Management.

• Take full responsibility for the successful delivery of a complex IT project within Liquidity Risk Management, Treasury and Banking
• Gather, analyse and document business and technical requirements in close collaboration with stakeholders from Risk, Treasury, Compliance, Finance and regional business units
• Ensure delivery in line with agreed scope, timeline, budget, quality standards and regulatory objectives
• Manage all project phases, including planning, reporting, budget tracking, financial controlling, resource planning, forecasting, risk management and issue management
• Prepare and deliver high-quality presentations for steering committees, executive sponsors and operational project teams
• Ensure compliance with internal project governance, stage-gate processes, milestone approvals, security standards and control requirements
• Coordinate internal and external project stakeholders in a global, matrix-oriented environment
• Support the smooth transition and sustainable handover of delivered solutions to Operations, including documentation and change enablement activities
• Apply agile project management principles and use tools such as Jira and Confluence for backlog management, task tracking and documentation

In this role, you will take full ownership of the end-to-end delivery of a complex IT project focused on enhancing internal liquidity controls, tools and processes in line with regulatory requirements. You will work closely with stakeholders across IT, Risk, Treasury, Finance, Compliance and Operations and ensure structured, transparent and governance-compliant project execution.

Start: Immediately or by arrangement

Duration: 12 months with possibility of extension

Workload: 100%

Location: Zurich

Contract type: Payrolling through Swisslinx

• Several years of experience as a Senior IT Project Manager within the financial services industry, ideally in private banking, investment banking or wealth management
• Proven experience managing large-scale IT projects with change-the-bank budgets above CHF 1 million
• Strong understanding of regulatory-driven projects in a banking environment
• Experience or strong exposure to Liquidity Risk Management, Treasury Operations, Regulatory Reporting or Risk Management
• Strong project governance skills, including budget tracking, financial controlling, resource planning, reporting and milestone forecasting
• Experience working in international, matrixed project environments involving Business, IT and vendor stakeholders
• Solid knowledge of Jira and Confluence
• Project management certification such as PMP, PRINCE2, PMI-ACP or equivalent is an advantage
• Excellent communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills
• Structured, proactive and solution-oriented working style with a high level of ownership
• Fluent English skills are required; German language skills are an advantage

• Strategic project within a leading financial institution
• Regulatory-relevant banking environment with high business visibility
• Collaboration with senior stakeholders across IT, Risk, Treasury, Finance and Compliance
• International project setup with regional business exposure
• Opportunity to contribute to a business-critical liquidity risk management initiative