Implementations Project Manager
Apply NowCompany: CERES Group
Location: Burlington, MA 01803
Description:
The Implementations Project Manager of financial service software has a diverse range of responsibilities, including defining project scope, creating detailed implementation plans with internal, client, and third-party resources, and ensuring successful, on-time project completion. They provide regular status updates through reports and meetings, lead high-level steering committee meetings, and act as a trusted client relationship manager.
Additionally, they own a client's Operational readiness, ensuring a smooth transition to BAU.
Responsibilities:
REQUIREMENTS
Required Experience and Education:
Additionally, they own a client's Operational readiness, ensuring a smooth transition to BAU.
Responsibilities:
- Create and manage detailed project plans
- Generate PMO dashboard on a periodic basis
- Chair steering committee meetings with C-level client decision-makers
- Generate key project artifacts: project charter, change controls, sign-offs
- Manage and report on resource allocation for assigned projects
- Serve as a trusted client relationship manager, ensuring timely and accurate responses to client inquiries.
- Ensure execution of operational readiness in the transition from implementation to BAU
REQUIREMENTS
Required Experience and Education:
- 5+ years' relevant experience as financial services software implementation
- Financial Services Experience (Investment, Banking, Insurance, FinTech, etc).
- Consulting experience.
- Securities or financial markets experience.
- Bachelor's or master's in finance or accounting
- Prior experience implementing large scale programs
- Project management and planning
- Track record of delivering projects on time and on budget.
- Ability to seek out, recommend and implement continuous service improvements within the project timeline (and future projects).
- Exposure to investment accounting software solutions.
- Expert Technical skills in project management tools.
- Familiarity with Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) platforms and Fintech solutions.
- Outstanding verbal and written communication skills.
- Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
- Exceptional problem-solving abilities.
- Proven experience implementing software solutions in Asset Management and/or Insurance space.