Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The company is seeking an experienced Technology Project Manager to support high-visibility technology initiatives in a large, complex financial services environment. The role will develop and maintain project plans, manage dependencies and risks, coordinate business and technology resources, and lead projects through implementation, testing, release, and delivery.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, milestones, scope, resource requirements, and critical-path activities
- Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, actions, and dependencies
- Lead technology projects through planning, implementation, testing, release, and delivery
- Coordinate business and technology resources within a highly matrixed environment
- Proactively identify cross-project dependencies and develop appropriate mitigation strategies
- Manage project status, metrics, change control, QA/testing coordination, and implementation activities
- Partner with business leaders, technology teams, project managers, and other stakeholders to ensure project objectives are achieved
- Facilitate project meetings and communicate status, risks, issues, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership
- Adapt project plans and priorities as business and technology requirements evolve
- Build strong relationships across project teams and create a collaborative working environment
Skills
- Bachelor's degree required
- 5–7+ years of technology project management experience
- More senior Project Managers with 10+ years of relevant experience are also encouraged to apply
- Experience managing technology and/or cloud-related projects
- Proven experience managing project schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, scope, and resources
- Experience successfully delivering complex, full lifecycle technology projects
- Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies
- Proficiency with tools such as MS Project, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Excel
- Strong experience working within matrixed organizations involving multiple business and technology teams
- Excellent organizational, prioritization, and time-management skills
- Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to communicate effectively across technical, business, and leadership audiences
- Ability to work independently while also operating effectively as part of a collaborative team
- Comfortable facilitating meetings and leading discussions with large groups
- Candidates must meet applicable U.S. work authorization and residency requirements for the engagement
- Financial services experience strongly preferred and considered a key qualification
- Experience supporting technology initiatives within banking, payments, capital markets, or another financial services environment
- Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure and cloud transformation initiatives
- Understanding of DevOps and continuous testing concepts
- PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, or similar project management/Agile certification
Benefits
- Remote work arrangement
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