Mastery Project Manager - Axelon Services Corporation

This role is currently work-from-home and will move to the office environment after the COVID-19 restrictions are lifted.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead project teams during all phases of the development life cycle including requirements gathering and analysis, design, build, pilot, implementation and continuous service
• Develop project plans, manage, monitor and report on all project tasks, activities, expectations, controls and deliverables
• Supply accurate project estimates and tightly manage project budget, approved funding, forecasts and actuals
• Secure and maintain project resources and actively manage resource plans
• Work with architects, developers, and others to plan, develop and document scope of work, and manage the execution of projects/product changes in response to requirements from stakeholders
• Remain focused on big picture and prioritize competing responsibilities
• Gain recognition as a trusted advisor with customers and stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Listen and effectively communicate with clarity, precision and transparency
• Naturally lead and command authority; influence and inspire across a matrixed organization (i.e. without control or positional authority)
• Anticipate and head off problems that can jeopardize delivery, budget or customer acceptance
• Exercise independent and fair consensus-building skills when conflicts arise
• Hold self and project team accountable for outcomes
• Motivate teams to work together, communicate, and deliver
• Remove barriers to enable project team to complete objectives no matter how difficult; drive and influence decisions
• Actively coach and mentor members of the organization
• Effectively operate with limited information and ambiguity
• Effectively negotiate priorities and solutions
• Manage vendor relationships as required
• Drive lessons learned and knowledge retention for future use
  QUALIFICATIONS
• Minimum of 8 years relevant Program/Project Management experience; driving execution of large complex projects
• Previous experience with delivering projects involving financial services products , preferably asset and wealth management products, processes (e.g Fixed Income, Equity, OTC, Alternatives, Trust Services, Trade Order Management, Execution Management, CRM, Onboarding, Financial and Regulatory reporting for Client, OCC regulators etc.) and Broker Dealer
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies
• Proven ability to apply advanced project and program management skills, tools and techniques to project deliverables, processes, communications and presentations
• Advanced knowledge of project lifecycle
• Effectively utilize current project planning, reporting and support tools (e.g. MS project, JIRA, Confluence, Clarity)
• Experience with managing vendor relationships
• Excellent interpersonal communication, conflict management, coordination, and planning skills with cross-functional teams
• Ability to assess a project's scope and the team's ability to execute
• Ability to collaborate across diverse teams and organization
• Strong organization skills and detail oriented
• PM Certification (PMP and/or Agile Scrum Master) preferred
• Business Analyst experience preferred