Project Manager
Apply NowCompany: CERES Group
Location: Boston, MA 02115
Description:
Are you a project manager that is interested in implementing future state technology initiatives that have a substantive impact on the overall progression of the firm?
The Project Manager is a presenting member of the Project Review and Prioritization Committee, and therefore must be able to present complex data/concepts in a simplified, understandable, and meaningful way.
As Project Manager you will manage a set of projects (including new application acquisitions, business process improvements and technology utilization enhancement initiatives). Your role includes resource allocation, tracking project plans and timelines, preparing environment strategy for development & testing, risk and issue management, status reporting and design of and transition to a steady-state support model.
You will collaborate with a team of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Subject Matter Experts, vendors, etc. to effectively deliver projects/initiatives. This requires the capability to work in large cross-functional teams and may include establishing vendor relationships, if vendor selection is a component of the project. It also requires strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities, Duties, and Accountabilities:
The Project Manager is a presenting member of the Project Review and Prioritization Committee, and therefore must be able to present complex data/concepts in a simplified, understandable, and meaningful way.
As Project Manager you will manage a set of projects (including new application acquisitions, business process improvements and technology utilization enhancement initiatives). Your role includes resource allocation, tracking project plans and timelines, preparing environment strategy for development & testing, risk and issue management, status reporting and design of and transition to a steady-state support model.
You will collaborate with a team of Project Managers, Business Analysts, Subject Matter Experts, vendors, etc. to effectively deliver projects/initiatives. This requires the capability to work in large cross-functional teams and may include establishing vendor relationships, if vendor selection is a component of the project. It also requires strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities, Duties, and Accountabilities:
- Proficient at structuring a project, performing the detailed planning, and managing project execution and completion of moderate or large projects.
- Skilled at defining the phase deliverables, tracking milestones and incurred expenses versus planned expenses, scheduling roles and resources, evaluating risks and recommending contingency plans.
- Business process analysis experience
- Excellent documentation skills using tools like Visio and PowerPoint
- Experience charting/graphing and documenting process and data flow
- Excellent problem solving and analysis skills
- Skilled at consensus building and conflict management
- Knowledge of corporate infrastructure
- Knowledge of Microsoft technologies and other platforms
- Comfortable with rapid pace and with ambiguity
- 7+ Years of IT project management experience in financial services (preferably banking) required
- Experience leading complex and/or client-facing projects required
- Business Process Analysis experience recommended
- MBA or Master's Degree required
- PMI or other project management certification required