Project Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Responsibilities & Skills required
The ideal candidate for this position will have at least 8 years of program and project management experience with an ability to think tactically as well as strategically while coordinating cross functional teams in a matrixed environment.
Demonstrated capabilities in successfully leading enterprise wide programs and projects.
Experience Scrum Master with successful delivery experience.
High degree of business acumen and technical competency; ability to balance and bridge technology and business needs; project and program management
Management of core functions including business requirements elaboration systems and process flow analysis meeting critical milestones and deliverables that are time and scope bound.
Collaboration across technology organization providing sound business analysis process and change leadership within a maturing Agile PDLC framework.
Develop and continually revise (in partnership with other teams where necessary) suitable processes and guidelines to ensure appropriate application development standards are available to guide all the participant teams.
Provide thought leadership and recommendations to management based on best practices and experience working in a global and diverse environment.
Build program and project status reporting aligned with enterprise project portfolios.
Provide transparency to Senior Management with respect to Portfolio issues risks and recommend/implement strategies for effective and efficient operations.
Conduct project or program audits to ensure standards and scopes are being met and achieved.
Responsible for maintaining and growing a body of knowledge that is accessible to all team members. Ensure information regarding any program and project related activities or issues are available and easily accessible.
Communicate effectively and proactively with management ideas and recommendations for optimizing business operations resources and fixed capacity.
Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and to resolve scheduling and other conflicts in order to meet all deadlines.
Experience in working with agile lifecycle and/or tracking and process management tools e.g. JIRA
Identify and analyze opportunities and make tactical/strategic recommendations
Deep skills in program management tools including Microsoft Project Access Word Excel Visio and SharePoint.
Hands on project management approach that includes a proven track record of project/program execution
Plan and conduct relevant meetings with key stakeholders.
Selfmotivated with exceptional oral and written communication skills ability to communicate clearly and concisely

Desired Skills
Experience in working on Technology projects related to Financial Services domain.
Knowledge of Wealth Management Banking technology & related applications
Familiarity with Agile scrum methodology preferred. Kanban is also a plus.

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Ztek Consulting Inc is a minority and womanowned business enterprise that leverages a unique blend of human talent machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence to provide customized talent management solutions for clients. Zteks diversityfocused hiring models have proven successful particularly in hiring veterans. The companys veteranfocused hiring and deployment program ZV.E.T matches skilled veterans with clients needs in various areas.

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