Business Project Manager

At a glance

ICS is the market leader in credit cards and a 100% subsidiary of ABN AMRO. We do everything we can to offer our customers the best service and we work every day to develop suitable (digital) products for them. In order to align this even better with the needs and wishes of our customers, we are looking for a Business Project Manager, also called Process & Project Enabler. In this position it is important that you are curious and constantly looking for improvements. You keep focus and know how to design and implement (change) processes/projects together with different teams.

Are you in for some change? Do you have the can-do mentality? Yes, yes, let's get in touch!

Your job

The Business Project Manager oversees the project and ensures that deadlines are met. They manage all of the cross-functional work that is required to deliver a Complete Product Experience. This role is mainly internally focused, coordinating complex work across many and or various teams/dependencies.

As a Business Project Manager you make the difference. You see where there are opportunities for efficiency improvements, and you come up with solutions. For example, one of your responsibilities is to successfully onboard a new partner. You make agreements with e.g., the Product Manager and Product Owner about the planning, budget, and results. The integrator is a guardian of the process, makes sure there is a consistent way of working and is able to take the lead to ensure that the overall implementation is a success. Despite the wide variety of activities, you maintain a clear overview.

Mainly you will work as an Integrator, but also a part of your job is managing the portfolio of the department Customer & Business Solutions. You have an overview of the planning, the budget and the (to be) achieved results. You keep track of and discuss the progress with relevant stakeholders for example by doing sync sessions.

As a Business Project Manager your main activities are:
- Leading strategic and commercial implementations;
- Manage projects from the planning phase to delivery according to clear and well-maintained project plans;
- Keep track of the various activities and give status updates;
- Control the project in all aspects (scope, time, costs, risks, quality, etc.);
- Act as a point of contact for both partners and colleagues;
- Promote a productive and collaborative environment;
- Is responsible for producing a Project Plan;

• Managing the demand and portfolio management processes as well as the benefit tracking and ensuring that this is continuously up to date;
• Responsible for the project roadmap of C&BS and the performance of it;
• Responsible for executing the portfolio management process within the C&BS domain.

Working environment

You will join the Business Change Centre department. We are part of the Customer & Business Solutions department, which is the commercial part of ICS. We support C&BS by executing the strategy. To remain the market leader, ICS is constantly changing. You contribute to this by acting proactively and entering the organization with a critical and open mind. This means that you prefer to create new paths instead of walking existing ones.

Within Business Change Centre there are four focus areas: 1. Integration Management 2. Data analytics 3. Portfolio Management and 4. 1st line risk management. The team works in an agile way. There is an informal atmosphere with plenty of room for fun. We believe that the impact of the team is greater than the sum of individuals and that is why we help each other and give trust. In our environment, giving and receiving feedback is valued. We strive to become T-shaped professionals with a specialism and the opportunity to continuously learn new skills.

Your profile

You enjoy encouraging and motivate the team you work with. Effective stakeholder management is important and you feel comfortable by keeping relevant stakeholders up to date. You have a versatile, valuable network that you positively exploit to achieve goals. And beside this:

• You have a Masters/HBO degree;
• You have experience with Project management techniques;
• You have experience with Process management, Agile and Lean techniques;
• You have experience in Agile Portfolio Management;
• You have good analytical skills;
• You have good written and oral communication skills in English and Dutch is a plus;
• You have strong communication skills;
• You have a pragmatic approach towards various issues, enthusiastic to solve complex problems in a structured manner and able to share findings with the team;
• You have great planning and organizing skills;
• You are a team player and customer-oriented;
• You are data-driven and fact-based;
• You are a strategic thinker with strong problem-solving skills;
• And obviously you do your work with great enthusiasm :D

We are offering

ICS wants to be a good employer for our employees. Because excellent service is required of you, you can expect a lot from us. Employees within ICS experience a very pleasant working atmosphere and feel strongly connected to the organisation. If you come to work for us, we offer you:

• A gross annual salary between € 42.732,- and € 69.874,- (salary scale 09 or 10) based on 36 hours per week, depending on your relevant work experience;
• The gross annual salary excludes Benefit Budget (11%) and includes holiday allowance and 13th month;
• Time to spend on your personal development;
• The freedom and flexibility to get the best out of yourself and your working day;
• Working from home is an option and is part of the new hybrid way of working;
• The option to choose between reimbursement of travel expenses or an NS Business Card;
• You will receive a laptop when you start within ICS;
• Our pension scheme is affiliated with the ABN AMRO Pension Fund.

Interested?

Do not hesitate to approach us for more details, or apply directly! Please contact D'Jody van Knegsel at djody.vanknegsel@icscards.nl.

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

Disclaimer external recruitment agencies

External recruitment agencies need to have a signed agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., executed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, when submitting a resume to a vacancy. In addition, a recruitment agency can only submit a resume when invited by a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the search for a right candidate. All unsolicited resumes sent to us will be considered property of ABN AMRO BANK N.V. In this case, ABN AMRO will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.