Project Manager
Responsibilities
- Develop, track and manage project budget, project plans, timelines and scope
- Manage project resources including procuring project staff, developing, motivating, coaching and advising
- Partner closely with other members of functional teams to define business requirements
- Lead teams of developers in the delivery of high-quality software solutions that meet business needs
- Define test plans and ensure that products are defect free before User Acceptance Testing
- Facilitate the User Acceptance Testing process, developing rollout plans and procedures
- Prepare and present cost-benefit analyses
- Ensure appropriate systems development and project management processes are being utilized
- Make presentations to steering committees or project sponsors
- Communicating with project team and vendors
Requirements/Must Have Skills
- 8+ years experience in SDLC or Security projects within the banking/financial industries. Ensuring that software upgrade projects across the company is running smoothly
- Prior PM experience managing a project upwards of $2 Million Dollars
- People Management Project Scope of at least 30 people.
- Proven ability to learn business processes quickly and to work well with business partners at different levels within the organization
- Strong ability to assess risk and apply management principles to technology applications/products and business functions
- Experience delivering security and/or cloud technology in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment
Nice-To-Have Skills
- Previous bank Experience an asset
Soft Skills
- Demonstrated ability to be flexible/ adaptable in exercising judgment in a changing environment and to manage competing priorities
- Great communication skills are required, as they will regularly be communicating internally and externally
Best vs Average: The ideal candidate would have a PMP/PMI and would have a technology PM background having delivered security and cloud solutions in the financial industry.
Degrees or certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in a related field required (Technical fields preferred, although experience is more important)