Senior Project Manager - OP01971

🟢 At Dev.Pro, we work on projects that impact millions of people around the world — but we know it’s the people behind the tech who make it all happen. We truly value what makes each person unique and are building a workplace that’s inclusive, friendly, and supportive.

We invite a Senior Project Manager based in Zagreb to join our highly specialized engineering team working on a critical financial transaction platform. In this role, you’ll drive project planning and cross-team coordination, ensuring the reliable and timely delivery of a high-volume, high-performance payment orchestration system. You’ll also build strong relationships with the client onsite, helping the team execute strategic initiatives successfully.

🟩 What's in it for you:

• Drive a strategic initiative for a major fintech client scaling a mission-critical payment orchestration platform
• Partner closely onsite with the client, shaping priorities, aligning expectations, and building trust
• Mentor and guide the team, promoting best practices and ensuring smooth, high-quality delivery

✅ Is that you?

• 5+ years of project management experience in software development or fintech
• Strong skills in project planning, coordination, and delivery management
• Experience managing high-volume, high-performance backend or financial systems
• Risk, issue, and change management experience
• Agile/Scrum and continuous delivery experience
• Effective cross-functional collaboration with engineering, QA, and product teams
• Experience building strong client relationships onsite
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience with reporting, metrics, and tracking project progress
• Strong organizational, analytical, and problem-solving abilities
• Upper-Intermediate+ English level
• Location in Zagreb or ability to commute to the office daily

Desirable:

• Background in Payments, FinTech, or Financial Services
• Fluency in Croatian or Ukrainian
• Experience with project management tools (Jira, Confluence, or similar)
• Leadership experience for mentoring/guiding junior PMs or team members

🧩Key responsibilities and your contribution

In this role, you’ll manage planning, coordination, and delivery of a high-volume payment orchestration platform while collaborating with cross-functional teams and working closely with the client onsite.

• Lead planning, coordination, and delivery of mission-critical cross-team projects
• Collaborate with stakeholders to define goals, priorities, and timelines
• Facilitate communication and alignment across engineering, QA, and product teams
• Track progress, manage risks and dependencies, and resolve blockers or escalations to ensure timely delivery
• Communicate project progress and critical updates clearly to stakeholders
• Mentor and guide team members, promoting best practices and accountability
• Support Agile/Scrum ceremonies and continuous delivery processes, optimizing workflows
• Build and maintain strong relationships with the client onsite to foster trust and alignment

🎾 What's working at Dev.Pro like?

✔️ 30 paid days off per year — take them whenever you want for vacation, holidays, or personal time
✔️ 5 paid sick days, up to 60 days of medical leave, and 6 paid days off per year for major family events like weddings, funerals, or the birth of a child
✔️ Partially covered health insurance after the probation, plus a wellness bonus for gym memberships, sports nutrition, and similar needs after 6 months
✔️ Grow your skills with English lessons, online training, conferences, and the option to explore new career paths

Our next steps:

✅ Submit a CV in English — ✅ Intro call with a Recruiter — ✅ Internal interview — ✅ Client interview — ✅ Offer

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