IT Project Manager

Country: Netherlands

IT Project Manager | Santander Consumer Finance

Your role and the team

As an IT Project Manager you are responsible for managing the internal IT Projects making sure that they are implemented according to the expectations of the senior management. You are responsible for gathering the requirements and analysis and bringing value to the project scope. Also generating the right documentation and making sure there is a so-called scope definition. Based on different variables like project scope, complexity, teams involved, context of the organization, etc you create a challenging schedule and make agreements on the approach. You give updates on the status of the projects and provide full facilitation from definition, through execution until final implementation and project aftercare.

We are a multi-skilled and multicultural team of project managers, testers, analysts and developers who take on many different initiatives, varying from large IT projects to smaller requirements from all different areas, for Consumer Lending, Automotive & Leasing for Santander in Benelux. The team consists of very capable members from all over the world!

We strive to give as much as possible, in order to deliver quality in a timely manner and in line with the expectations of both internal and external stakeholders.

We are currently looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to strengthen our IT-team. This will be based on a 40-hour employment contract

You are

• You are an energetic leader who loves challenges!
• You love international settings and the cultural and multidisciplinary ideas it brings along;
• Your excellent analytic and listening skills make you a perfect translator from technical topics to functionalities and a-z processes;
• Quick shifts and responses are thriving you, instead of tiring you;
• With your excellent communication skills, you are not only more than capable of informing internal and external stakeholders successfully (NL, ENG and preferably also ES) but also facilitating the project execution in a complex context of multidisciplinary local and global teams;
• You know how to prevent scope creeps, even if the environment is swiftly changing continuously;
• Generally speaking, you understand and know how to deal with business users, developers, technicians, in addition to being an IT savvy;
• You’re a team-player and you understand that projects are run by teams, not by single individuals;
• You have the capability of understanding and diving into details for a full understanding, while maintaining a helicopter overview at the same time.

You have

• You have at least a completed HBO Bachelor’s Degree or demonstrable several years of work and thinking level at HBO - Bachelor’s Degree/ WO - Master’s Degree;

• Preferably – you possess project management certification (IPMA, PRINCE II, Agile etc.);
• You have several years of experience in project management in large organizations preferably in the finance or insurance sector.

About us

We are
Santander Consumer Finance. We have been active in the consumer finance market in the Netherlands since 1985 (car financing, personal loans and stock financing). In the Netherlands, we serve our customers from our office in Utrecht, and since 1992 also in Belgium from our office in Merelbeke (near Ghent). The leasing company Santander Leasing is also part of Santander (in the Netherlands with offices in Den Bosch, and in Belgium from Merelbeke). Our Benelux team consists of approximately 350 colleagues. Together, we are part of the Santander Group, one of the largest financial institutions in the world.

What makes Santander Santander?
We work with many different nationalities. Showing initiative is appreciated by us, just like humor. We stimulate creativity and spar with each other about new ideas. We have an open corporate culture with an informal working atmosphere.

What sets us apart:

• We have an open-plan office with several bigger or smaller meeting rooms and focus rooms if you have the need for more privacy and focus.
• We know how important mobile work is. Where it can be reconciled with the job, employees can work from home two or three days a week and are still connected to colleagues and customers via MS Teams.
• For 7 years, we have been receiving the Top Employer Netherlands, Belgium and  Europe award.
• The health and wellbeing of our professionals are a priority and a fundamental pillar of Santander's value proposition, which is communicated internally and globally under the name Behealthy. At Santander, we believe that the wellbeing of our employees is key to creating a positive, dynamic and innovative work environment. When people feel good, they have greater energy, creativity, and commitment, thus driving the success of the entire organization. In times of change and great challenges to achieve together, it is even more important to adopt healthy habits that help us prevent diseases and maintain physical and mental balance.
• Our employees can get a sports subscription and Bicycle plan via our FiscFree offer.
• Our Evermood programme offers a platform free of charge for employees about various matters – from support in the form of tips on financial problems to advice on childcare issues and help with conflict resolution at work.

Enthusiastic?

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* Screening is part of the application process. We check, based on the screening procedures in place within Santander, whether new employees are sufficiently reliable to perform work at Santander.

* We have a strong risk culture and expect all our professionals, regardless of their position, to have a proactive and responsible attitude towards risk management.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not desired.