PROJECT MANAGER, INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Summary
Oversee IT projects in banking, coordinating teams, budgets, and vendors to deliver compliant systems while managing risks and stakeholder expectations.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare project feasibility studies, cost-benefit analysis and proposals and obtain required approvals from appropriate IT management and project sponsors
- Establish project plans, resources, budgets and time-frames, and assign tasks
- Identify, track and communicate project progress, milestones, deliverables changes and dependencies within the schedule, costs, issues and risks
- Manage project team's performance of project tasks, provide technical advice and guidance, schedule assignments and training for development, prepare performance appraisals
- Coordinate project activities across multiple development, product management, user experience and QA teams in a matrix organization
- Secure acceptance and approval of deliverables or revisions to the project from the project sponsor and stakeholders
- Manage vendor relationship and deliverables
- Evaluate and recommend purchases of software packages, hardware and service vendors where appropriate
- Ensure work deliverables are in compliance with bank policies and regulatory requirements
- Plan for and oversee preparation of documentation of each project phase (business requirements, functional specification, project plan, test strategy, test plan, etc), training and support in new/modified applications
Domain Knowledge:
- Banking Project management experience is a must
- Understanding of technical aspects of system integration in a mix technology environment
- Good understanding of project financials, risk and issues management in ensuring project delivery
Qualifications/Experience:
- 8+ years in project management in IT in banking industry
- Certification or formal training in project management is an advantage
- Self-starter with excellent leadership and team building skills
- Ability to resolve complex problems creatively
- Solid experience in managing senior stakeholders