Senior Analyst, Project Management

Senior Analyst, Project Management, Pune, MH

Are you ready to join a global organization that helps diverse teams stay at the forefront of technology and innovation? Then it’s time to join Western Union as a Senior Analyst, Project Management.

Western Union powers your pursuit

As a Senior Analyst you will facilitate collaboration across various cross-functional technical and non-technical agile teams to drive the delivery of high-quality software solutions and new products that bring business value.

Role Responsibilities

• Works with the Project Managers, SCRUM Masters, Technology, Operations, Care, GTM to define E2E delivery milestones and drive value delivery for our customers.
• Own and drive PI Planning for a specific function with partnership from Product, Technology, Marketing, and other cross-functional leaders.
• Partner with Product team ensuring a backlog is built.
• Own and drive end-to-end delivery of large-scale initiatives, build roadmaps, project plans with dependencies, Track progress, identify and resolve dependencies, proactively identify and mitigate risks, escalate in timely manner eliminating issues by managing systemic impediments.
• Ensure Project status is up to date in the system of recording, communicate the status at regular intervals to all stakeholders.
• Identify communication gaps, handle issues, and provide support to teams balancing opposing priorities.
• Monitor Testing progress ensuring results are reviewed and Facilitate the User Acceptance Testing process, developing rollout plans and procedures.
• Coordinate major feature releases and ongoing delivery of value to customers where multiple teams, are involved in development.
• Responsible for Product Launch approval, ensures each product release has mandatory approval from including Engineering, Product, Global Compliance, Legal, Privacy, Marketing, and business stakeholders.
• Communicate role up of project issues and status in a concise, accurate, and professional manner for senior leadership consumption, escalating blocking issues risking milestone delivery.

Role Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in technical fields such as computer science, computer engineering or related field, MBA or other related advanced degree preferred.
• Jira, Jira Align and Confluence experience a plus.
• Overall, 5+ Years of Experience with proven 3+ years of project management experience
• Experience working in Agile, waterfall and hybrid environment.
• Experience delivering technology and business application solutions in a large-scale, multi-platform systems environment.
• Agile, SAFE certifications preferred.

We make financial services accessible to humans everywhere. Join us for what’s next.

Western Union is positioned to become the world’s most accessible financial services company —transforming lives and communities. We’re a diverse and passionate customer-centric team of over 8,000 employees serving 200 countries and territories, reaching customers and receivers around the globe. More than moving money, we design easy-to-use products and services for our digital and physical financial ecosystem that help our customers move forward.

Just as we help our global customers prosper, we support our employees in achieving their professional aspirations. You’ll have plenty of opportunities to learn new skills and build a career, as well as receive a great compensation package. If you’re ready to help drive the future of financial services, it’s time for Western Union. Learn more about our purpose and people at https://careers.westernunion.com/.

Benefits

You will also have access to short-term incentives, multiple health insurance options, accident and life insurance, and access to best-in-class development platforms, to name a few(https://careers.westernunion.com/global-benefits/). Please see the location-specific benefits below and note that your Recruiter may share additional role-specific benefits during your interview process or in an offer of employment.

Your India specific benefits include:

·       Employees Provident Fund [EPF]

·       Gratuity Payment

·       Public holidays

·       Annual Leave, Sick leave, Compensatory leave, and Maternity / Paternity leave

·       Annual Health Check up

·       Hospitalization Insurance Coverage (Mediclaim)

·       Group Life Insurance, Group Personal Accident Insurance Coverage, Business Travel Insurance

·       Cab Facility

·       Relocation Benefit

Western Union values in-person collaboration, learning, and ideation whenever possible. We believe this creates value through common ways of working and supports the execution of enterprise objectives which will ultimately help us achieve our strategic goals. By connecting face-to-face, we are better able to learn from our peers, problem-solve together, and innovate. 

Our Hybrid Work Model categorizes each role into one of three categories. Western Union has determined the category of this role to be Hybrid. This is defined as a flexible working arrangement that enables employees to divide their time between working from home and working from an office location. The expectation for Hybrid roles in the Philippines is to work from the office at least 70% of the employee’s working days per month.

We are passionate about diversity. Our commitment is to provide an inclusive culture that celebrates the unique backgrounds and perspectives of our global teams while reflecting the communities we serve. We do not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, religion, political affiliation, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, or veteran status. The company will provide accommodation to applicants, including those with disabilities, during the recruitment process, following applicable laws.

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