Technology Modernization Project Manager - Officer

Job description: 

The Technology Modernization Project Manager supports and guides program activities, and advances the development and execution of a future state design including operating model and transformation reporting.  Serve as a liaison between technical and non-technical teams, and be responsible for understanding and translating complex technical concepts into language that is easily understood by stakeholders. The successful candidate will take initiative, exercise independent thinking, multi-task activities, set priorities, and meet aggressive deadlines in a fast paced environment. Must have strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills and be interested in working in a professional and team-oriented environment.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Leads the end-to-end planning and management of a small to medium cross technology team initiatives.
• Plans, organizes and controls the activities of cross-functional project teams
• Develops and maintains an end-to-end project plan (preferably in Jira), maintains project level RAID log, manages resource forecasts and cost plans.
• Provided updates on OKRs, project execution metrics and outcomes, including project ROI.
• Provided updates to be included in Monthly Tech Mod SteerCo material.
• Coordinates communication across the multiple project stakeholders with ability to translate from granular technical level to an executive consumable level.
• Identifies and uses best practices for project management
• Demonstrates an understanding of the impact of problems across the organization and facilitates a collaborative solution
• Coordinate across many teams with different responsibilities and goals to communicate, negotiate, and manage tasks

Requirements:

10 + years of experience working in IT preferably within the Financial Services industry. Strong Project Management skill set. Manage Clarity projects – budget, resources, idea creation, reporting etc Interact with Project SMEs to understand the project status and help log the details in Clarity Complete Project status reporting for Senior management reporting and alignment with Program objectives Drives project escalations to closure and maintain project reporting for agreed cadence Self-starter who can reach out to teams to understand details of projects, identify issues and propose and lead the implementation of solutions. Outstanding communication skills with confidence to deliver difficult messages to senior and executive management when necessary. Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Project, Excel, and Word required

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