Senior IT Project Manager with French

Societe Generale Global Solution Centre (SG GSC) acts as a business solutions center for Société Générale, one of the largest European financial groups. We provide high quality professional services in over 35 countries in various business areas - Finance & Accounting, HR, IT and Corporate Operations. Our mission is to be a partner of choice, valued for owning, transforming and innovating with best-in-class talent.

We offer a dynamic, collaborative, and international environment where you can build a meaningful career and contribute to impactful projects shaping the future.

Role Overview

As a Senior IT Project Manager, you will lead end-to-end delivery of complex IT initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives, governance standards, and operational excellence. You will coordinate cross-functional teams, manage risks and budgets, and drive continuous improvement across project delivery processes.

Key Responsibilities

Project Leadership & Delivery

• Lead IT projects from initiation to closure, ensuring alignment with business goals and strategic priorities
• Define project scope, objectives, roadmap, and delivery strategy in collaboration with stakeholders
• Ensure timely, cost-efficient, and high-quality delivery of projects

Project Planning & Execution

• Develop detailed project plans including work breakdown structures, timelines, resource allocation, and cost estimates
• Coordinate technical teams, vendors, and business stakeholders across multiple locations (e.g., RO, IN, Paris)
• Manage backlog prioritization, requirements clarification, and delivery alignment

Stakeholder & Communication Management

• Engage with senior stakeholders and executives, ensuring clear communication and expectation management
• Provide regular status updates, reports, and project analyses to support decision-making
• Organize and lead governance forums (Steering Committees, Operational Committees, Scrum ceremonies)

Risk, Budget & Governance Management

• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and dependencies
• Manage project budgets, forecasts, and financial tracking
• Ensure compliance with IT governance, security, and regulatory standards

Cross-Functional Coordination

• Facilitate collaboration between technical teams, business units, and external partners
• Align diverse stakeholders towards shared project outcomes
• Ensure consistency of processes, tools, and deliverables across teams

Quality & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure quality of deliverables and adherence to standards and best practices
• Conduct post-implementation reviews and lessons learned sessions
• Identify and implement process improvements and efficiency enhancements

Documentation & Reporting

• Produce and maintain comprehensive project documentation (business requirements, process maps, governance materials, forecasts)
• Track and report project progress, milestones, and KPIs

• Experience & Knowledge
• Minimum 5 years of experience in IT Project Management / Business Analysis
• Proven experience delivering complex international IT projects, ideally in banking or financial services
• Strong knowledge of project and process management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, PMI, Prince2, ITIL, Lean Six Sigma)
• Solid understanding of IT systems, applications, and support processes

Core Competencies

• Strong leadership, planning, and prioritization skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation abilities
• Effective problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Ability to structure complex topics and drive clarity

Behavioral Skills

• Adaptability and resilience in dynamic environments
• Accountability and ownership mindset
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills in multicultural environments
• Proactive approach to identifying improvements and solving recurring issues

Language Skills

• Fluent in English and French (written and spoken)

Plus, you will enjoy all our benefits:

• competitive compensation & remuneration, including annual performance bonus;

• preventive healthcare plan, and group health & life insurance;

• wide range of flexible benefits within a monthly budget;

• office perks, wellbeing and mental health programs;

• various social benefits and bonuses for personal or family events;

• 9-to-5 workday and flexible work from home/office environment;

• additional paid and unpaid time off, including Sabbatical leave;

• learning and growth opportunities based on individual development and career plans;

• unlimited access to various eLearning resources.

We are convinced that people are drivers of change, and that the world of tomorrow will be shaped by all their initiatives, from the smallest to the most ambitious. Whether you’re joining us for a period of months, years, or your entire career, together we can have a positive impact on the future. Creating, daring, innovating, and taking action are part of our DNA.

If you too want to be directly involved, grow in a stimulating and caring environment, feel useful daily and develop or strengthen your expertise, you will feel right at home with us!

Still hesitating?

You should know that our employees can dedicate several days per year to solidarity actions during their working hours, including sponsoring people struggling with their orientation or professional integration, participating in the financial education of young apprentices, and sharing their skills with charities. There are many ways to get involved.

We are an equal opportunities employer, and we are proud to make diversity a strength for our company. Societe Generale is committed to recognizing and promoting all talents, regardless of their beliefs, age, disability, parental status, ethnic origin, nationality, sexual or gender identity, sexual orientation, membership of a political, religious, trade union or minority organisation, or any other characteristic that could be subject to discrimination.