# Senior Project Manager

**Company**: Deutsche Bank
**Location**: Bucharest, 6A Dimitrie Pompeiu Blvd
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

DB Global Technology is Deutsche Bank’s technology centre in Central and Eastern Europe. Since its set-up in 2013, Bucharest Technology Centre (BEX) has constantly proven its capacity to deliver global technology products and services, playing a dynamic role in the Bank’s technology transformation.

Third Party Management (TPM), part of Deutsche Bank’s Global Procurement function, is responsible for the processes that manage risks related to the engagement of third party vendors and outsourcing. TPM has been through a large-scale transformation program to change the approach, process and technology used for the vendor risk management process.

This senior project manager role is responsible for driving the strategic execution of transformation initiatives across Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) and Resilience, ensuring alignment with regulatory expectations from the PRA, FCA, EBA, and DORA. The role will drive cross-functional delivery, embed resilience into business operations, and oversee the successful implementation of strategic programs that enhance risk posture and regulatory compliance.

**Responsibilities**

- Strategic Program Management: Lead large-scale, multi-year programs across TPRM, applying structured project management methodologies (agile/waterfall/hybrid) to drive execution of the strategic roadmap and ensure alignment with PRA, FCA, EBA, and DORA expectations.

- Risk Frameworks & Integration: Bring strong consulting-style expertise to assess, enhance, and operationalize TPRM frameworks,including due diligence, control assessments, risk concentration, and lifecycle processes,while embedding them holistically into enterprise risk and supply chain strategies.

- Regulatory Remediation & Compliance: Oversee complex remediation programs, coordinating cross-functional teams to close regulatory gaps related to ICT service identification, contractual uplift, register accuracy, and alignment to Critical and Important Functions (CIFs), ensuring audit-ready evidence and traceability.

- Cross-Functional Delivery & Governance: Establish and manage program governance, RAID processes, executive reporting, and dependency management while steering diverse stakeholder groups and ensuring timely delivery of program milestones and KPIs.

- Change Enablement & Innovation: Drive organizational change, process redesign, and continuous improvement using structured change-management approaches, while incorporating enabling technologies (Power Apps, Copilot, AI analytics) to enhance transparency, efficiency, and program control.

**Skills**

- Extensive Financial Services Experience: 15+ years’ experience in financial services and consulting, with senior leadership roles delivering complex, multi-workstream transformation programs across risk, resilience, operations, or technology.

- Expertise in TPRM & Operational Resilience: Deep knowledge of third‑party risk practices,due diligence, control assessments, monitoring, exit strategies,and comprehensive familiarity with PRA SS2/21, FCA PS21/3, EBA Guidelines, and DORA requirements.

- Strategic & Governance Capabilities: Proven ability to translate executive strategy into actionable program plans, build robust governance models, manage escalations, and ensure high‑quality regulatory and Board‑level reporting.

- Stakeholder & Team Leadership: Strong leadership presence with the ability to influence senior executives, navigate complex stakeholder landscapes, and lead cross‑functional teams across the three lines of defense.

- Technology & Innovation Proficiency: Experience delivering large-scale remediation or change programs involving contract remediation, ICT register uplift, and the use of enabling technologies such as Power Apps, Microsoft Copilot, Power BI, and AI-driven analytics to improve risk monitoring and program execution.

**Well-being & Benefits**

- Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health.

- Physically thriving: We support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive.

- Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being.

- Financially secure: We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future.

## Skills

### Required
- Financial Services Experience
- TPRM & Operational Resilience
- Strategic & Governance Capabilities
- Stakeholder & Team Leadership
- Technology & Innovation Proficiency

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