Project Manager II - Professional Services

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About the role: 

About the team: 

 We are a team of around 200 Project Managers who support the Professional Services team for Capital Markets. We are committed to consistently improving the way we do things and challenging the status quo.  

We're looking for a passionate Project Manager to join our team and be committed to our mission of Project Delivery Excellence! 

What you will be doing: 

•  Accountable for all aspects of end-to-end project delivery. 
• Managing project initiation activities including identifying contractual obligations, client needs and goals, existing situation, and necessary contacts.
• Translating business scope and objectives into an overall project plan. 
• Executing project plans, project scope, activities, schedules, budgets and deliverables. 
• Working with product development, sales, client relationship teams, technology solutions, service delivery and/or other cross-functional teams. 
• Coordinating activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments and client organizations to meet project goals and ensure project completion is on schedule, within budget constraints and of the appropriate quality standards for the project scope. 
• Managing project budgets, implementing financial management processes needed.  
• Developing mitigation strategies for risks and issues, translate into concrete steps and assign responsibilities to various team members and/or other project managers.  
• Advising clients on the best course of action while considering cost, effort, risk and potential outcomes. 

What you must bring: 

• A Bachelor’s degree in computer science, management information systems, business administration or similar. 
• CAPM, PMP, Prince or similar Project Manager certification.
• 3+ years of project management experience in delivering software implementations, leading 200+ days projects successfully.
• Proficiency in industry-standard process methodologies (e.g., Agile) is required. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills to audiences of various levels in the organization (e.g., executive, management, individual contributors). 
• Excellent analytical, decision-making, problem-solving, interpersonal, team, customer service, negotiation, conflict management and time management skills. 
• Knowledge of the Financial Services industry. 
• Experience with Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint) 
• Extensive knowledge of project management standards, processes, procedures and guidelines as well as various IT project methodologies and life cycles. 
• Experience in a Professional Services or Consulting Practice is preferred but not required.