Principal Launch Manager (f/m/d)

At Upvest, we are on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. Upvest empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best experience in the field of capital market investment and retirement planning. As Principal Launch Manager, you’ll lead Upvest’s most complex, high-stakes launches with established banks in Germany and across Europe. You’ll own end-to-end delivery for full launch programs - spanning scoping, implementation, and (where possible) migration - while serving as the executive-facing driver of the project. Additionally, you will support / drive asset migrations from incumbent custodians to Upvest, ensuring continuity of service, data integrity, and zero-defect go-lives.

Responsibilities

Own bank-grade programs end-to-end; Support or own custody asset migrations from the client's previous custodian to Upvest; Ensure all projects are meticulously planned, executed, and tested; Create first-class, repeatable enterprise client launch and migration experiences; Drive day-to-day execution with Engineering, Product, Operations, and Compliance; Set new standards in client collaboration and communication; Run steering sessions with senior stakeholders at established banks; 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; Executive communication, decision-log discipline, and calm leadership under pressure; Expert in end-to-end project management; Superb project and communication skills, with a hands-on attitude; A client-first mindset and a pragmatic approach to solving problems; A willingness to dive into the deep end, be challenged and learn at a rapid pace; Risk Management focus; Capable of defining and aligning technical and business requirements for seamless migration processes; Experience in managing the custody transfer of financial instruments, like equities, ETFs and mutual funds; Passionate about improving tools and processes; Proactive in coming up with an informed hypothesis, planning with foresight, and addressing questions or issues early; Fluent in English and German; Strong domain fluency across post-trade and custody; Deep migrations experience; Regulatory and risk acumen; Skilled in handling migrations across a range of system architectures; Oversight in managing post-migration reconciliation to guarantee consistency across systems

Nice to have

Ideally experience in management consulting; Ideally covering custody, brokerage, post-trade, or securities operations

Benefits

Impact-driven work; 30 days annual leave; sports benefits; confidential professional coaching; remote work abroad up to 183 days/year; UpRest sabbatical; personal development budget; flexible work environment; competitive above-market salary; employee equity program; company-wide events; Employee Resources Groups