Project Manager (12-month contract)

The EMS Issuers Services Operations (ISO) department orchestrates and manages corporate actions and referential updates globally for all products listed on Euronext’s cash, derivatives, index markets, spanning locations such as Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo, and Paris. Our teams collaborate across these locations, leveraging common tools to ensure timely information dissemination and efficient processing

Role Summary

For an initial duration of 12 months, we are seeking a Project Manager to support our transformation journey, aiding different teams in achieving their digital transformation goals. This role is pivotal in coordinating and delivering a dedicated EMS ISO project portfolio, leading several transformation streams. Part of this will be facilitating our Index Corporate Action team by supporting their automation needs to onboard the operational activities for accommodating new business initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Coordinate and secure project delivery within set deadlines, promoting harmonization and streamlining of operations across Euronext countries.
• Identify and escalate project-related risks, suggesting mitigation measures.
• Monitor project progress, facilitate decision-making, and formalize project status.
• Ensure all team members are informed of projects impacting production tasks, updating relevant documents (procedures, guidelines, user guides) before project deliveries.
• Prioritize and manage the Development Team's backlog, ensuring items are understood, sized, specified, and have a release date.
• Act as a liaison between local managers, stakeholders, and project participants.

Candidate profile

• Pursuing a Master's degree, ideally in Business Administration, with a solid 3-5 years of experience in project management.
• Excellent communication skills for clear documentation. Use to working in team
• Strong analytical and leadership skills. Skilled in preparing reports and analyses.
• Proficient in English; additional languages advantageous.
• Autonomous in managing tasks and decision-making.
• Organised, able to meet tight deadlines.
• Adaptable and flexible, embracing changing priorities with ease.
• Highly motivated, eager to learn, and quick to adapt, maintaining a positive attitude

Join us in driving transformation and innovation within Euronext's dynamic environment. Apply today to be part of a forward-thinking team committed to excellence and growth.

About the Company

Euronext N.V. is a listed, high-tech company with strong European roots. It is the leading European stock exchange, with listing venues in Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Milan, Oslo and Paris. Our mission is to build the leading European market infrastructure, shaping the capital markets for future generations by making an impact on our industry and our ecosystem. Euronext connects local European economies to the global capital markets, to accelerate innovation and sustainable growth.

There are almost 2,000 companies listed on the Euronext exchanges, including national and international blue-chip companies such as AMSL, Unilever, Philips, Heineken and Just Eat Takeaway, with a total worth of almost €6.2 trillion. It is also the leading exchange for derivatives, with on average 3.3 million transactions per day with a transaction value of €11.26 billion, and is home to more than 500 indices, including the AEX, the Dutch flagship index. With four central securities depository (CSDs) and one clearing house in Europe, Euronext manages the entire capital markets value chain.

Euronext Amsterdam, oldest stock exchange in the world

The origin of Euronext can be traced to the founding of the Amsterdam Stock Exchange in the 16th century, the oldest stock exchange in the world. In 2000 Euronext was founded by the strategic merger of exchanges in Amsterdam, Paris and Brussels.

Euronext nowadays is an international, intercultural company, which provides its more than 2,200 employees in more than 20 countries worldwide with a dynamic work environment at a high-tech company. In the Netherlands a total of 200 professionals help build the future of our fast-growing company.

Heart of the Dutch financial capital market

Euronext Amsterdam is located in the lively city center of Amsterdam at the historical exchange building at Beursplein 5. This historical building is the heart of the Dutch financial capital market. With around 35 tenant companies all active in the ecosystem of the Amsterdam stock exchange, our building functions as a trading, knowledge and network center in Amsterdam and the Netherlands.