IT Project Manager at Axians Portugal Group in Porto, PT

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IT Project Manager

What We Are Looking For

We are looking for an experienced IT Project Manager to join a strategic project within the banking sector. This role combines technical project leadership with production support activities, requiring a strong infrastructure background and the ability to coordinate complex IT initiatives in an international environment. You will be responsible for driving infrastructure and application production projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives, governance standards, security requirements, and operational excellence. Working closely with business stakeholders, technical teams, and production support entities, you will contribute to the delivery of resilient, scalable, and cloud-enabled solutions while supporting the organization's ongoing transformation initiatives focused on DevOps, Agile practices, and Cloud adoption. This is an excellent opportunity to work in a highly regulated international environment where technology plays a critical role in business success.

What You Will Do on a Daily Basis

• Lead infrastructure and production-related IT projects from initiation through delivery, ensuring objectives, timelines, budget, and quality targets are achieved.

• Coordinate technical teams and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

• Act as the main point of contact for project governance, reporting, and communication.

• Ensure compliance with IT governance frameworks, architecture standards, security requirements, and resilience objectives.

• Manage project planning, risks, dependencies, costs, and resource allocation.

• Work closely with Business Project Managers and Application Production Support teams.

• Support cloud-based initiatives and ensure alignment with modern infrastructure architectures.

• Coordinate production deployment activities and transition processes to operational teams.

• Define, validate, and monitor SLAs and KPIs for production support activities.

• Contribute to infrastructure modernization, obsolescence management, decommissioning initiatives, and FinOps governance.

• Collaborate with technical teams involved in Linux, middleware, cloud platforms, automation, and container-based environments.

• Ensure operational readiness and knowledge transfer to support teams.

• Participate in critical production activities when required, including out-of-hours interventions for major project deployments.

Your Key Skills

• IT Project Management.

• Infrastructure and Production Support Management.

• DevOps and CI/CD Practices.

Your Main Qualifications

• Proven experience as an IT Project Manager in enterprise-scale environments.

• Strong background in infrastructure, production environments, and application support.

• Experience with monitoring and observability tools, particularly Dynatrace or similar platforms.

• Understanding of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines.

• Familiarity with technologies such as Jenkins, GitLab CI, Azure Pipelines, Docker, and Kubernetes.

• Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.

• Knowledge of project management tools including Microsoft Project, Jira Portfolio, Smartsheet, Asana, or Monday.com

• Exposure to infrastructure and legacy technologies such as WebSphere, Autosys, and CFT File Transfer.

• Strong understanding of IT governance, risk management, and regulatory environments.

• Ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions.

• Excellent planning, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.

• Fluency in English.

What We Offer

Stable professional career

Working with Axians projects becomes an asset to those of us who want to offer stability through a secure career.

Prospects for career advancement

You can access training and new certifications that will further elevate your skills. The 360° evaluation from managers and peers will also allow you to evolve.

Work Life Balance

By collaborating with Axians, you will be able to reconcile work and family requirements without neglecting either area.

Attractive, evolving compensation

When working with Axians, you will have access to performance bonuses in addition to an attractive salary pack (base salary + benefits). You are also entitled to health insurance and an employee assistance program for you and your family (Psychological, Legal, Psychosocial, and Financial support).

Axians is the VINCI Energies brand dedicated to Information Technology and Digital Transformation. With an international presence and a people-to-people approach, we combine technology, innovation, and proximity to create real impact for organizations and society.

Join Axians

At Axians, we believe that talent does not fit a single profile. We value diversity and promote an inclusive environment where everyone has the opportunity to grow and contribute. If you have a disability or impairment, we are committed to ensuring equal opportunities throughout the recruitment and onboarding process. Whenever needed, we provide reasonable accommodations so that you can participate on an equal basis. If you require any accommodation, please let us know by contacting us at recrutamento.axianspt@axians.com.