Senior Project Manager

Senior Project Manager

About FactSet:

FactSet Research Systems Inc. is a global provider of integrated financial information, analytical applications and industry-leading services for the investment and corporate communities. As a publicly traded company (NYSE:FDS | NASDAQ:FDS) recently added to the S&P 500 index, FactSet delivers superior content, analytics, and flexible technology to help more than 162,000 users see and seize opportunity sooner. For over 40 years, the company has served financial professionals, which include portfolio managers, investment research professionals, investment bankers, risk and performance analysts, wealth advisors and corporate clients.  FactSet gives our clients the edge to outperform with informed insights, workflow solutions across the portfolio lifecycle, and industry-leading support from dedicated specialists.

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Department Description:

The team is responsible for providing FactSet’s real-time market data to internal and external endpoints, as quickly and efficiently as possible. You will get the opportunity to be an integral part of the market data team providing expertise on structuring project plans, actively managing stakeholders, RAID logs, key milestones, procurement, communications, time, cost, scope, quality management and value add in terms of the outcomes of the department. The role will report to the US-based Principal Program Manger for Real-Time and will matrix report to the India-based Associate Director of Engineering for Real-Time

The Real-Time Project Management team is seeking to hire a Senior Project Manager to be the first Hyderabad based Project Manager to support the Real-Time Data Solutions Engineering team. There is a mature Real-Time engineering organization in India that drives core development of several aspects of the Real-Time products and that has experience working with project management in the US which is seeking local support to drive outcomes for the Real-Time business. .

Job Responsibilities:

• Creates project plans cooperatively with the engineering and product development stakeholders.
• Establishes and consistently maintains a productive environment for successful cross-functional collaboration.
• Actively manages project plans, including but not limited to, definition and maintenance of work breakdown structures, OKRs, RAID logs, key milestones, internal/external communications, procurement management.
• Effective, self-starter in managing key project management areas such as, requirements gathering and articulation, quality measures, scope management, time management, cost management, risk management, quality management, communications management and stakeholder management.
• Proactively assist and value add for local India based Real-Time engineering projects. A successful candidate will carve out a global presence for themselves.
• Collect and analyze feedback from customers, stakeholders and other teams to shape requirements, evaluate business benefits/costs and drive business meaningful outcomes
• Clearly communicate project execution plan and development status with key stakeholders in a visible and consistent fashion.
• Establish transparent, consistent, low bureaucracy and repeatable project management best practices for engineering and product development resources.
• Other duties as assigned

Job Requirements:

• At least 7 years of experience in project, program or portfolio management
• At least 7 years working directly with engineers.
• At least 5 years working directly with product development and senior stakeholders
• Basic knowledge of financial traded instruments
• Bachelor’s degree required
• Demonstrable leadership skills and ability to influence stakeholders/colleagues directly and indirectly.
• Practitioner of Servant-Leadership.
• Desire for on-going challenges and interest in continuously learning about new business practices, technologies and financial instruments.
• Demonstrated, strong verbal and written communications skills and ability to translate technical features into business benefits
   

Nice to Have's:

• Advanced degree
• PMI's CAPM and/or PMP Certifications

Diversity:

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