- MUST HAVE 5+ years' experience in project or program management in the financial services industry in IT specifically in selection through onboarding of IT vendors
- Experience implementing new technologies from the ground up (end-to-end).
- Experience with JIRA
- Strong familiarity with Waterfall and Agile delivery methods
- Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented collaborative environment
- Ability to conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines
- Ability to elicit cooperation from several sources, including senior management, internal clients, and other departments
Responsibilities:
- Manage all phases of the program or project from discovery through deployment, by driving accountability, structure and transparency
- Define program or project scope, goals, deliverables, and a value-driven roadmap in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
- Work closely with the project teams to identify, understand and track key risks and issues for the program that need to be escalated
- Assess the health and status of the project or program, and highlight opportunities for improvement to stakeholders and senior management
- Make recommendations to management regarding solutions to resolve business problems and drive execution of those solutions
- Assess requirements to deliver program or project components and sub-components, which may include implementation of solution, staffing, timelines, etc.
- Coordinate all departments related to the program or project which may include IT, Finance, Third-party Vendors and Business Users
- Work with Business Analysts and Project Managers to evaluate current business processes and requirements
- Identify and manage program and project dependencies
- Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise team members and consultants
- Influence teams to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work
- Develop best practices and tools for program or project execution and management
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