The Project Management Office plays a crucial role within Van Lanschot Kempen and accelerates the company’s strategy as a trusted partner, seamlessly delivering material projects by connecting people & expertise.

By following best practices and via close involvement with the detailed implementation of each project, the team coordinates business initiatives across multiple functional domains, to a large extent in the area of Investment Management.

That is what you will use your talents for as a Project Manager at Van Lanschot Kempen. You coordinate, lead and plan various projects related to our institutional and private banking client value chains, including strategic organizational improvements and the implementation of new legislation and/or regulation.

You provide an active contribution on various themes, encompassing organizational, process, operational, legal and investment related activities. Together with a team of internal and external experts, you guide the project to the finish line. You also have the following tasks:

• Facilitate the impact assessment for new value chain initiatives
• Creating project plans to execute initiatives
• Formulating and steering the project team along the lines of the project plan
• Coordinate the execution together with the project team
• Monitoring the progress of relevant activities and escalation to stakeholders
• Provide content-related contributions’

Investing in a more future-oriented, sustainable, and data-driven way with various clients. Both nationally and internationally. With nearly 300 years of experience, we make this ambition a reality at Van Lanschot Kempen. We do this with some 2000 colleagues in various fields of expertise.

You will be joining an ambitious team of 8 people with different cultural and professional backgrounds, who share a passion to excel by connecting people & expertise.

A day in the life of a Project Manager

As a Project Manager no two days are the same. I often start the day by reading my email. Is there anything specific I need to attend to? Is immediate action required? This doesn’t appear to be the case today. At 10 a.m. I have a video conference with our colleagues in London. The company has won a new mandate in the UK, so we can welcome a new client! We discuss the timetables and services for the onboarding of this new client so we can prepare for the start of a new project. I then start working on the project documentation. This includes a project plan and an action list after which I schedule the kick-off meeting with representatives of the various internal teams involved in the onboarding.

After lunch, I chair a project meeting. We are about to launch a new fund. Those involved are updated on the status and outstanding challenges are discussed. Throughout the day, I am in touch with various colleagues as we deal with outstanding issues on projects. The day ends with a video conference with my contact at one of our service providers, where some of the business processes are not yet operating as intended after a recent migration, so we discuss potential improvements. At 6 p.m. it's time for a boot camp session in the park.

An organisation's degree of innovation and agility also depends on the diversity of its workforce. Our differences make us stronger together. We promote an inclusive work environment where all colleagues feel at home. With us, you can be yourself. And we are proud of that.

Curious about the stories of colleagues and how they experience working at Van Lanschot Kempen? Go to People & Projects and find out more!