Project Manager

This is an excellent opportunity to held define the direction of your career as well as that of a new group. My client needs a dynamic self-starter who can take the bull by the horns. This PM will have a unique opportunity to carve out his/her work load and career path. They will essentially choose and assume ownership of 5 of 28 lines of business. The PM will establish rapport with the executives, set up processes and own net-new projects. Out of the 28 lines of business, the team is lacking in Fixed Income knowledge, so candidates with FI will have an advantage.

Job Description IT Project Manager/Business Analyst

As the IT Project Manager/Business Analyst the ideal candidate should have at least 5 years of combined business, project management, team leadership and IT experience. Specific experience in the investment banking industry is a major plus. The candidate will:
?Take the lead in gathering user/client requirements and will be responsible for writing/producing clear project documentation such as: business requirements, scope documents, project risk assessments, project status reports, risk logs, project plans, etc.
? Be responsible for engaging the various technology groups for the appropriate project resource allocations.
?Conduct project kick-off meetings to communicate individual roles and project expectations to the team to ensure that all project team members understand the project scope.
?Monitor projects throughout the project life cycle on an ongoing basis, evaluate progress and quality, manage the issue resolution process and take corrective action as necessary.
?Work proactively by analyzing existing business processes, identifying client issues associated with these processes and matching these issues to available technologies effectively, in effect, generating their own project work load.
?The ideal candidate will be a self-starter, resourceful and a persistent person who is skilled at getting results, often from senior colleagues or from project team members who do not work directly for the PM.
?The person should be comfortable working in a virtual environment with vendors, clients, & technical colleagues based in other locations around the world.
?The candidate should be a team player with excellent communication skills and have the ability to explain complex technical issues and risks to non-technical people.
?In addition, the candidate will need to be able to translate business requirements to technical colleagues who will need to understand them well enough to know how to meet them.
The successful candidate should have:
?A college degree, as well as specialized training or equivalent work experience
?Minimum five years of combined business, project management, team leadership and IT experience
? Experience with projects in multiple technologies, functions (e.g. compliance, risk management etc.) and industries.
?Knowledge and experience using multiple software packages such as Microsoft Project, MS Visio, MS Office, etc.
?Experience managing geographically distributed functional teams with strong team management, leadership and coaching skills
?Excellent written and verbal communication skills A demonstrated ability to develop strong client relationships
?Knowledge of reporting tools such as Crystal Reports is a plus.
?Project Management Certification a plus
REQUIREMENTS
The successful candidate should have:
?A college degree, as well as specialized training or equivalent work experience
?Minimum five years of combined business, project management, team leadership and IT experience
? Experience with projects in multiple technologies, functions (e.g. compliance, risk management etc.) and industries.
?Knowledge and experience using multiple software packages such as Microsoft Project, MS Visio, MS Office, etc.
?Experience managing geographically distributed functional teams with strong team management, leadership and coaching skills
?Excellent written and verbal communication skills A demonstrated ability to develop strong client relationships
?Knowledge of reporting tools such as Crystal Reports is a plus.
?Project Management Certification a plus