Senior Project Manager Technology

nnAs a Senior Project manager, you will manage large and/or multiple projects with significant impact on business processes and technology used firm wide.

You will also influence strategic direction and develop tactical plans with substantial latitude.

Our vision in Information Technology is in parallel with the firm’s vision.

We strive to be the premier provider of financial services technology and support through innovative solutions, reliable performance and a Service 1st culture.Responsibilities:
• Conducts preliminary investigation for complex project requests.

Reviews requirements, specifications and testing.

Ensures training plans are aligned with organizational priorities, business plans and objectives.
• Provides a proactive interface for project stakeholders and senior management teams to ensure business requirements are completely and accurately defined.

Ensures business applications are delivered.
• Refines and implements project management methodologies, tools and practices to provide continuous process improvement.
• Selects and manages project teams.

Manages such teams throughout the project lifecycle including planning, assigning, scheduling, monitoring and reviewing project activities, as well as evaluating individual performance upon project completion.
• Conducts interviews, compiles and analyzes responses, and creates business cases for projects.
• Participates in root cause analysis in order to recommend appropriate actions to improve productivity and efficiency.
• Identifies, defines and documents complex business and technical requirements, processes and deliverables.
• Develops, prepares, presents and maintains project plans including staffing requirements, cost estimates, detailed budgets and work breakdown structures and schedules.
• Performs project risk assessments by identifying key risk factors, providing effective mitigation strategies and assigning contingency action plans to both schedules and budgets.
• Applies established project methodologies to manage projects: uses change control templates and processes, manages time and recording activities using defined scheduling tools, monitors budgets, and coordinates resource acquisition and utilization.
• Serves as the liaison between internal customers and external suppliers.

Communicates regularly with project stakeholders.
• Delivers systems on appropriate platforms in compliance with established technology standards.

Monitors testing and executes quality assurance checks to ensure the system meets information technology acceptance criteria prior to implementation.
• Performs project evaluations and participates in post-project quality monitoring.
• Performs other duties and responsibilities as assigned.Qualifications 
• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or applicable degree and eight years of experience including:  project management, enterprise implementation, leadership experience, strategic planning, business acumen, change management or combination of education, training and experience.
• Experiencing managing projects building public-facing websites.
• Experience in managing inter-connected projects with complex dependencies.
• High level of proficiency with tools like MS Project, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Experience with an enterprise PPM (Project Portfolio Management) tool to manage resource plans and budgets.
• Experience with Azure DevOps is a plus.
• Ability to create and track detailed, multiyear, multi-function project plans.
• Experience working on projects that have detailed complex business requirement.
• Experience in communicating across all levels of the organization; specifically with executive management
• Proficiency in managing teams with a diverse array of skills, talents and responsibilities.
• Strong communication (both written and verbal) and presentation skills.Licenses/Certifications:
• None required.

PMP or Scrum Master certification is a plus. nn