Julius Baer

Senior IT Project Manager - Pricing 100% (f/m/d) - (Contract through our external payroll partner with immediate start until 31.12.2026 with possible extension)

Zurich Full time

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together.

The Senior IT Project Manager for Pricing leads the end-to-end delivery of Julius Baer’s strategic core system replacement, focusing on the Pricing Portal and Cost Simulation solutions. Acting as a senior leader, they coordinate cross-functional teams globally, manage timelines and risks, ensure alignment with business and technical goals, and drive delivery through hybrid project management methods. Serving as a key integrator between technology, product, and business units, the role promotes collaboration, transparency, and accountability to ensure high-quality, on-schedule outcomes.

YOUR CHALLENGE

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of Pricing related workstreams in close alignment with the Pricing Programme, encompassing scope, timeline, budget, and quality management

  • Define and maintain integrated project plans, track milestones, manage dependencies, and coordinate activities across distributed development and support teams

  • Organise and chair regular delivery meetings, status reviews, and steering committee sessions to ensure alignment and transparency

  • Implement risk and issue management processes to proactively identify, escalate, and resolve blockers impacting delivery timelines or quality

  • Prepare and present comprehensive progress reports, dashboards, and financial overviews for governance forums and senior leadership

  • Coordinate integration efforts across domains, particularly regarding data flows, API contracts, and shared components impacting pricing calculations and simulations in close collaboration with the agile Pricing ART and application owners

  • Facilitate change control processes and ensure proper impact assessment for scope adjustments or technical deviations

  • Support business acceptance testing and transition-to-operations activities, ensuring readiness and sustainability

  • Supervise iterative development cycles executed by agile teams, ensuring consistency with release goals, compliance standards, and architectural guidelines

  • Ensure traceability from business requirements through to delivered features, especially for components tied to cost modelling and simulation logic

YOUR PROFILE

  • 3+ years experience as Senior IT Project Manager with proven experience within IT/software development environments

  • Banking, in particular Pricing & Revenue experience would be a huge plus

  • ​Readiness and motivation to learn about the Pricing solution

  • Classic project and program lead experience mandatory with good understanding of Agile, Scrum, Kanban, and SAFe methodologies

  • Ability to operate effectively at both tactical (team-level) and strategic (programme-level) layers

  • Proficiency with agile tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, Azure DevOps)

  • A self-motivated, communicative personality with great interest in new challenges with independent and responsible working attitude

  • Excellent facilitation, communication, and conflict-resolution skills

  • Analytical mindset with attention to detail and commitment to continuous improvement

  • High emotional intelligence and ability to influence without authority

  • Good communicator in English, German is a plus

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