Job Description
Who we are looking for
The ideal candidate will have predominantly project management skills with technical background implementing banking software applications, preferably within a cloud deployment environment. They will also have a good understanding of the fund management and/or front-office terminology and operations.
Why this role is important to us
The team you will be joining is a part of Charles River Development (or CRD), that became a part of State Street in 2018. CRD helps create enterprise investment management software solutions for large institutions in the areas of institutional investment, wealth management and hedge funds. Together we have created first open front-to-back platform - State Street Alpha, that was launched in 2019.
Join us if delivering next generation infrastructure, using emerging technologies like AI and Blockchain sounds like a challenge you are up for.
What you will be responsible for
As Senior Project manager you will:
- Assist, from a planning standpoint, in the implementation of a sophisticated trade order management and compliance monitoring systems to the fund management industry
- Plan, track and report on the deployment of infrastructure for a SaaS solution as a new region
- Plan the delivery of a BAU team to support SaaS deployment
- Resource planning
- Program Management for the region projects and SaaS conversions
- Track Billing and Invoicing
- Staff Visas acquisition support planning
What we value
- Good knowledge and experience of Program and Project management
- Understand of cloud infrastructure deployment process
- Microsoft project and planning
- Exposure to working in Financial services; front- or middle-office, or fund management business areas ideal
- Experience dealing with users or clients from either a technical or business area.
- Comfortable making presentations covering business, technical or sales.
Education & Preferred Qualifications
- Third level qualification essential ideally a Information technology digress.
- Fluency in a English language highly desirable.
- Minimum 15 years financial services experience including project/program management experience.
- PMP Certification and/or consulting experience a plus.
Additional requirements
- A natural desire to bring order to IT systems and to automate processes
- A positive, customer-oriented, and energetic attitude
- An analytical, creative, and innovative approach to solving problems
- A desire to work hard, be challenged in a fast-paced environment, and have fun while doing it.
- Assisting with the creation of project plans
- Collaborating with State Street project technology leadership on solution designs
- Reporting status of tasks to State Street and CRD client’s project management, including updated target completion dates, issues and risks
- Completion of all due diligence requirements as may be identified by State Street for this engagement
- Excellent presentation skills and able to create & maintain project management artifacts i.e. Change Management, SoW, Scope document, RAID log, RACI Matrix, Risk registry etc.
- Good experience on MS project plan, MS Visio, Confluence and JIRA
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