Trade Project Manager - More Complex Programme

Overview:
We are seeking an experienced Trade Project Manager to support a complex, cross-border transformation programme focused on the migration of trade applications and supporting capabilities into France, alongside the decommissioning of legacy platforms across Europe and the Americas. This is a high-impact role within a regulated financial services environment, requiring strong Trade domain expertise and a deep understanding of Finance and Markets operations.

What we offer:

• Long Term B2B Contract

• Rate: 150-180 PLN/ H + VAT

• Remote role( visit Cracow 1 time per month )

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of trade application migration and demise activities as part of a strategic consolidation into the French operating model.

• Manage the transition of applications, data, and processes from multiple European and American entities into France.

• Oversee complex cutover planning, ensuring minimal disruption to trading, risk, and operational processes during migration.

• Coordinate across business, technology, operations, risk, legal, and compliance teams to ensure alignment with French target-state requirements.

• Support detailed impact assessments, including regulatory, tax, data residency, and operational constraints linked to cross-border migration.

• Drive integration of legacy platforms into target French infrastructure while managing concurrent application decommissioning in source regions.

• Ensure all migration and demise activities comply with European and French regulatory expectations, including data retention and audit requirements.

• Manage risks, dependencies, and issues across multiple jurisdictions and workstreams.

• Produce clear governance reporting and executive-level updates for senior stakeholders across regions.

• Partner with architecture and engineering teams to define target-state solutions and execution roadmaps.

Key Requirements:

• Strong experience in Trade / Markets / Investment Banking environments.

• Proven track record delivering large-scale cross-border transformation or migration programmes.

• Deep understanding of trade lifecycle, financial products, and front-to-back trade processing.

• Experience with application migration, legacy system retirement, or operating model consolidation.

• Exposure to France-based regulatory, operational, or infrastructure environments is highly desirable.

• Strong stakeholder management across multiple geographies (Europe and Americas).

• Experience working in highly regulated financial services environments.

• Strong delivery, governance, and risk management capability across complex programmes.

• Ability to operate effectively in matrixed, multi-jurisdictional organisations.

Other Details:
This position involves considerable collaboration with various teams across Europe and the Americas. The role is critical to strategic efforts in a fast-paced financial services environment, focusing on regulatory compliance and operational excellence.