Senior Hands-On IT Project Manager - Integration

About

Our client is seeking a Senior Hands-On IT Project Manager to lead and deliver complex IT integration projects, with a strong focus on ESB and enterprise system integrations. The role combines full project accountability with active, hands-on involvement in delivery and execution.

Our client operates within a large, international corporate environment with a complex enterprise IT landscape. The organization runs business-critical systems and delivers large-scale transformation and integration initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end IT projects focused on system integration and ESB platforms
• Take direct ownership of project execution beyond coordination and governance
• Drive integration initiatives involving ESB, middleware, APIs, and data flows
• Build and maintain detailed project plans, RAID logs, and delivery dashboards
• Manage dependencies across multiple enterprise applications and teams
• Facilitate functional and technical workshops with business and IT stakeholders
• Translate business needs into clear, actionable IT and integration requirements
• Coordinate internal teams, external vendors, and system integrators
• Actively challenge technical designs, estimates, and delivery assumptions
• Ensure delivery meets agreed scope, quality, timeline, and budget

Qualifications

Candidates must meet all criteria below.

• Minimum 8 years of IT project management experience in complex environments
• Proven, hands-on delivery experience on ESB or enterprise integration projects
• Strong understanding of system integration concepts (middleware, APIs, data flows)
• Demonstrated ability to personally produce project artifacts (plans, RAID, specs)
• Experience managing multi-application, interdependent IT landscapes
• Ability to operate at execution level (not PMO or steering-only roles)
• Comfortable working closely with architects, developers, and integrators
• Strong ownership mindset with accountability for delivery outcomes
• String communication skills

Job Offer

• Location: Geneva, Switzerland
• Contract type: 6-month mission via Michael Page, with potential internalisation
• Workload: 40 hours per week
• Remote work: 1 day per week possible
• Holidays: 25 days per year