Principal/ Senior Launch Manager (Fintech)

TL;DR

Principal/Senior Launch Manager (Fintech): Leading complex, high-stakes launches with established banks, owning end-to-end delivery for full launch programs spanning scoping, implementation, and migration. Focus on operational excellence, running steering committees with executives, and aligning legal, compliance, and technology streams to ensure seamless integrations and client satisfaction.

Location: Work from any of our hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn hybrid or remotely across Europe, depending on the role.

Company

hirify.global is building the first European Investment API that empowers businesses to offer seamless investment experiences to their users.

What you will do

• Own bank-grade programs end-to-end, ensuring meticulous planning, execution, and testing.
• Support custody asset migrations, such as equities, ETFs, and Mutual Funds, from the client’s previous custodian to hirify.global.
• Lead and standardize securities integration and migration projects, enabling clients to build investment products on the API.
• Drive day-to-day execution with Engineering, Product, Operations, and Compliance, removing blockers and negotiating trade-offs.
• Run steering sessions with senior stakeholders at established banks, securing decisions and maintaining a crisp narrative of progress and risk.
• Build trusted client relationships and foster cross-functional collaboration with a partnership mindset.

Requirements

• Proven track record leading complex, multi-entity programs for tier-1 banks or large financial institutions, ideally covering custody, brokerage, post-trade, or securities operations.
• Expert in end-to-end project management with the ability to design, plan, and execute large-scale projects.
• Superb project and communication skills, with a hands-on attitude.
• Risk Management focus - Ability to identify risks associated with migrations and implement effective mitigation strategies.
• Capable of defining and aligning technical and business requirements for seamless migration processes.
• You are fluent in English and German (both written and verbal).

Nice to have

• Strong domain fluency across post-trade and custody (settlement, corporate actions, reconciliations, tax/cost basis, reporting) and familiarity with standards (e.g., SWIFT MT/MX/ISO 20022).
• Deep migrations experience: in-specie/on-book transfers, large-scale data & asset moves, reconciliation at scale, and structured cutovers with dry-runs and rollback.
• Regulatory and risk acumen (e.g., MiFID II, CSDR, AML/KYC, outsourcing guidelines) and the ability to embed controls and evidence into the delivery plan.

Culture & Benefits

• Work with experts, solving complex problems and fixing the European securities financial infrastructure.
• Access an annual budget of €1,500 for personal and professional training.
• Recharge with 30 days of annual leave and maintain a healthy lifestyle with sports benefits.
• Access confidential professional coaching and enjoy the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year.
• Competitive, above-market salary and a participation in our employee equity program.
• Participate in company-wide events to connect with colleagues and celebrate achievements.