IT Project Manager

Baxter Planning

Senior Technical Project Manager driving software development initiatives at Baxter Planning, ensuring predictive delivery and clear problem framing.

Posted 5/12/2026full-time🇪🇸 SpainMid-LevelSenior💰 €50,000 - €60,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

SDLC

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own Delivery of Complex Technical Programs: Lead end-to-end execution of software initiatives involving multiple development teams.
Project Planning: Build realistic and structured project plans in collaboration with Engineering and Product, ensuring alignment on scope, timelines, dependencies, and technical constraints.
Problem Framing & Outcome Definition: Partner with Product, Engineering, and key project stakeholders to structure ambiguous initiatives.
Cross-Team Coordination & Dependency Management: Orchestrate delivery across multiple teams (2+), actively managing cross-team dependencies, risks, and blockers to ensure smooth execution and alignment on commitments.
Execution Cadence & Governance: Establish and run execution cadence (status reviews, stakeholder updates, follow-ups).
Risk Management & Decision Making: Anticipate risks early, assess impact, and drive mitigation strategies.
Delivery Visibility & Forecasting: Provide clear and predictive visibility into delivery health through dashboards, KPIs, and reporting (progress, risks, blockers, planning accuracy, milestone variance).
Process Definition & Continuous Improvement: Define and standardize ways of working (WoW) across Product & Technology in collaboration with key stakeholders across workstreams.
Documentation & Operational Clarity: Ensure high-quality, structured documentation of scope, decisions, and processes.

Requirements

What you’ll need

4+ years of experience in project/program management within software development environments.
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or other quantitative field.
Proven experience managing complex, multi-team technical initiatives.
Strong understanding of software development lifecycle (SDLC) and engineering workflows.
Demonstrated ability to manage dependencies across teams and drive execution in ambiguous environments.
Ability to translate ambiguous problem spaces into clearly defined objectives, outcomes, and success measures.
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to make data-driven decisions and trade-offs.
Experience building and managing project plans including critical path and sequencing.
Proven ability to anticipate and manage risks proactively.
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including senior leadership interaction.
Strong organizational skills with ability to bring structure to complex, evolving environments.
Experience with Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and hybrid delivery models.
Ability to operate in fast-paced, data-driven environments, leveraging metrics and KPIs to improve delivery performance, predictability, and continuous improvement.
Background working closely with Engineering teams (understanding of architecture, APIs, integrations, etc.).
Fluency in English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

private medical insurance
gym membership
flexible benefits
free coffee and snacks in the office

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementsoftware development lifecycle (SDLC)Agile methodologiesScrumKanbanrisk managementdata-driven decision makingproject planningdependency managementprocess definition

Soft Skills

analytical skillsproblem-solving skillsstakeholder managementcommunication skillsorganizational skillscross-team coordinationexecution governanceadaptabilityleadershipcollaboration