Project Manager
12 month contract
€400 - €500 per day
Description:
Our clients are looking for a qualified, versatile project/program manager to manage a diversified series of projects and assist application development teams in adopting new technology and plan ongoing maintenance and enhancements for existing systems and frameworks.
Responsibilities: Manage multiple complex technology projects through the full development life cycle; Plan, coordinate and report project status from delivery teams during all project lifecycle phases, particularly in design and development;
Individual responsibilities include: project estimation, budget management, project planning strategies, establishing milestones and schedules, maintaining and reporting project status, issue tracking, risk management, change control, and monitoring activities of all team members.
To be successful, the candidate must possess the following skills/qualities: Commanding project leadership and follow-through with delivery team resources, including Product Management, Operations and QA;
Strong customer focused, team-oriented communication skills with emphasis on building lasting, trusted partnerships through written and verbal communications, presentations to management;
Deep project management practice experience & discipline with adherence to process in an agile/rapid development methodology;
Usage of agile-based (SCRUM) project management tools is highly desirable (e.g. JIRA); Proven ability to deliver on time and on budget with a high level of integrity;
Knowledge of building applications for the Financial Services sector is very helpful; Knowledge with Application Monitoring Tools and Platform Enablers is helpful, but not required. Examples of these products include UDeploy, Docker, Dynetrace and SPLUNK;
Experience managing vendor relationships, including product upgrades and licensing is helpful, but not required.
Additional Qualifications: Strong Project Management experience; Agile experience; Strong communications skills; Strong team-oriented skills; Proven ability to deliver on time and on budget; PMP certification highly desirable but not absolutely necessary; Prior Fidelity experience highly desirable but not absolutely necessary.
