IT Program Manager, hibrido

IT Program Manager

Join Finance Risk IT and work on applications at the core of the BNP Paribas Groups financial steering and risk management.

Finance Risk IT is a unique organization within the BNP PARIBAS IT Group part of IT Transversal and Functions. Finance Risk IT is responsible for the alignment of IT programs with the strategy and objectives of Finance and Risk.

With more than 200 team members located in Spain and Portugal, the hub operates as a platform providing resources and expertise to deliver on tasks and projects in all areas of Finance and supporting also Risk Function and beyond. This landscape is constantly growing due to major regulatory reforms including the implementation of ESG commitments, digital transformation with the accelerated switch towards cloud technologies, and major global projects that will shape the transformation of BNP Paribas.

Our mission is to lead the implementation of the Finance and Risk strategic IT plans. We guarantee the execution of technological roadmaps and contingency plans as well as the alignment and delivery of all solutions and services to meet IT Finance and Risk performance criteria and internal service levels.

Report to

The position is under the local supervision of the Head of ITTF HUB in Madrid with a functional link to the Global Head of FRS.

Main responsibilities

1. Design and development of IT solutions.
2. The IT program manager/Tech lead will be responsible to contribute to the technical design of the products in accordance with operational and technical requirements.
3. As an agent of change, he/she will also contribute to agile transformation and the roll out of methods and practices within the platform including Test and Learn.
4. He/she can act as a coach with a view to improving technical skills of the teams.
5. He/she will have a comprehensive view on the technological choices and the strategy implementation across the various activities and projects performed in the platform.
6. Developing assumptions, designing operational and technical macro-solutions, facilitating discussions and simulating teams creativity.
7. In coordination with architects, guiding technical and application solutions and proposing the most appropriate technical choices factoring in integration constraints and non-operational requirements (standards and rules, IT security, IT continuity, performance, obsolescence).
8. Ensuring the quality of solutions, measuring the quality, issuing alerts in non-conformity and approving final solutions.
9. Identifying the tools required to rapidly and effectively carry out components (tools, frameworks).
10. Measure performance by setting and tracking relevant indicators while promoting technological innovation.
11. Sharing knowledge to improve collective efficiency.
12. Holding discussions with partners and contributing to entity level communities of IT Technical leaders.

1. Decision Making
2. Ability to deliver / Results driven
3. Personal Impact / ability to influence
4. Communication skills (oral, written)

1. Ability to manage a project
2. Ability to understand, explain and support change
3. Ability to develop and leverage networks
4. Ability to inspire others, generate peoples commitment
5. Conduct a negotiation

1. IT knowledge and digital culture
2. BNP Paribas Organization knowledge
3. Business Organization
4. IT Architecture
5. IT security
6. Data knowledge

1. English
2. Spanish or Portuguese is a plus

1. Design thinking
2. Agile

1. Training programs, career plans and internal mobility opportunities national and international thanks to our presence in different countries.
2. Diversity and Inclusion Committee that ensures an inclusive work environment. In recent years, several employee communities have been created to organize diversity and inclusion awareness actions (PRIDE, We Generations and MixCity).
3. Corporate volunteering program (1 Million Hours 2 Help) in which employees can dedicate time out of their working hours to volunteer activities.
4. Flexible compensation plan.
5. Hybrid telecommuting model (50%).
6. 31 vacation days.