IT Project Manager (File Transfer & Middleware)

Every moment counts. Especially those you live to the fullest. Welcome to Consort Group.

For over 30 years, Consort Group has been helping companies leverage their data and infrastructure. It is backed by two leaders, Consortis and Consortia, and places people and social responsibility at the heart of its values.

This is your future team

Established in 2021, Consort Portugal supports the strategic offshoring choices of our clients, particularly in Europe, and brings our expertise in infrastructure services to the Portuguese market. With a team of around 45 employees, our Service Center based in Porto is developing a dynamic nearshore business, offering the French and European markets an environment of excellence and high potential.

This is your mission

Are you passionate about technical project coordination, infrastructure, and secure data exchanges? Then this position is for you.

As a Project Coordinator : File Transfer Server Infrastructure Migration, you will coordinate technical projects involving the implementation and migration of file transfer and messaging solutions between internal entities and external partners. You will work closely with infrastructure, middleware, network, and security teams to ensure that technical solutions are delivered securely, efficiently, and within agreed deadlines.

Build side:

• Coordinate projects involving the implementation and migration of file transfer and messaging solutions.

• Define project scope, planning, milestones, and deliverables.

• Organize and lead technical meetings with internal teams and external stakeholders.

• Coordinate infrastructure, middleware, network, and security teams throughout project delivery.

• Review and challenge technical proposals related to file transfers, messaging, and network connectivity.

• Ensure that proposed solutions comply with technical architecture and security requirements.

• Coordinate the implementation of secure data exchange solutions using appropriate transfer protocols and middleware.

• Manage change requests and assess their potential impact on production environments.

Run side:

• Monitor project progress, deliverables, risks, and deadlines.

• Coordinate stakeholders to resolve technical issues and unblock project activities.

• Support middleware administration teams during technical implementation without directly administering the systems.

• Ensure effective communication between technical teams, business stakeholders, customers, and external service providers.

• Monitor the impact of changes on production environments and help coordinate appropriate actions.

• Support incident management and escalation in the event of data flow interruptions.

• Maintain project documentation and provide regular progress updates.

• Ensure compliance with agreed quality standards, security guidelines, and project commitments.

This is your background

You have more than 6 years of experience in technical project coordination, infrastructure projects, or a similar IT environment. You understand the challenges of secure data exchanges and technical infrastructure migrations, ideally within financial services or another business-critical environment.

You are comfortable coordinating multidisciplinary teams, following project milestones, and communicating technical requirements to stakeholders with different levels of technical expertise. You can manage competing priorities, anticipate risks, and keep projects moving forward in complex environments.

This is your expertise:

• Understanding of file transfer protocols: PeSIT, SFTP, FTPS, and HTTPS.

• Knowledge of middleware solutions such as Axway CFT, Axway Secure Transport, and IBM MQ.

• Understanding of data encryption technologies, including PGP/GPG.

• Knowledge of channel encryption protocols such as TLS and SSH.

• Understanding of network topologies, firewalls, IP ranges, and leased lines.

• Familiarity with API-based data exchange is a plus.

• Experience with project tracking and service management tools such as Jira and ServiceNow.

• Understanding of infrastructure, network, security, and middleware environments.

• Knowledge of technical project management, risk monitoring, and change management practices

This is how you work as part of a team:

• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Strong coordination skills and experience working with multidisciplinary technical teams.

• Ability to lead meetings involving technical, security, business, and external stakeholders.

• Strong analytical skills and the ability to prioritize effectively.

• Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

• Proactive approach to problem-solving and incident coordination.

• Strong customer-service mindset and ability to manage stakeholder expectations.

• Ability to negotiate, resolve disagreements, and move projects forward.

• Organization, rigor, and a strong sense of responsibility.

• Reactivity when dealing with technical issues or interruptions to critical data flows.

Language Skills :

• English: Fluent

• French: A plus

This is our commitment

At Consort Group, you are an expert who we support so that every assignment becomes a step that counts.

• Attentive and human onboarding

• A truly hands-on management style

• Continuous training opportunities

• Concrete commitments: inclusion, equality, solidarity

• A comprehensive HR package: health insurance, TR card, CSE

• A culture of feedback and meaningful projects

The recruitment process:

1. An initial phone call with our recruitment team

2. An HR interview and a job interview with a business engineer

3. A test or technical interview with one of our experts

4. A final meeting with your future manager or project manager

5. And if we're a good fit, we'll get started together

Good to know

Location: Lisbon

Contract: Permanent contract

Remote work: Hybrid

Job category: IT Project Coordination / Infrastructure / Middleware.

Expected start date: February 2027

What you will do here, you won't do anywhere else.

This moment is yours.