Our client is looking for an experienced, detail-oriented and proactive Project Manager to join the Enterprise Project Management Office (PMO) team. In this position, you will focus on project planning and executing while interacting with business stakeholders including Investments, Operations, Product, Distribution, Finance, Legal & Compliance, Marketing and Information Technology and oversee product development, process improvement workflows and leverage solutions which support the organizational goals and objectives. The Project Manager must be extremely organized, proactive, collaborative, an innovative thinker and problem solver. The ideal candidate will have demonstrated success in translating business requirements into technical deliverables.

Key Responsibilities and Related Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

Project Estimation

Facilitate scope definition, high-level planning and estimation of projects with cross-functional teams

Document key assumptions and dependencies

Develop and present high-level project plan with cost benefit analysis for key stakeholders

Where required, work with SMEs to quantify cost factors to deliver project deliverables including resources, project oversight, objective risk and related contingency

Project Planning Development

Develop detailed project plans with multiple milestones and phases which align resources, costs, and schedules to maximize performance, minimize cost overruns and ensure on-time delivery

Create a project plan and schedule to include:

o Key Deliverables

o Key Milestones

o Project Related Tasks

o Communication Plan

Develop a project plan and schedule with cross discipline/functional leads input

Ensure necessary steps and dependencies to deliver projects and components are documented and included in the plan

Assist in the definition of the project scope and validate the project can be completed on time and within budget

Manage project management tool

Project Delivery

Lead and drive enterprise & business division projects and business initiatives through a full delivery life cycle ensuring project is delivered on-time and on-budget

Demonstrate an understanding of the business environment and overall project scope

Manage project scope, matrixed/team resource assignments, budget, scheduling and change requests

Validate project assumptions and review project plans with project stakeholders

Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects with multiple dependencies and constraints to include business divisions, Information Technology, PMO and 3rd parties if applicable

Support and coach team members on identifying, documenting and refining requirements; including development and execution of test cases and scripts.

Ensure proper documentation of all business and technical requirements as it relates to the scope of project

Engage and communicate across technical and business teams to manage risks, dependencies, issues, release readiness and quality standards

Provide regular project updates to PMO leader and project sponsor about the project deliverables, major milestones, schedule and financial/budget/variance reports and outstanding issues

Monitor adherence to project schedule and milestone commitments

Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation to the PMO leader and project sponsor

Control potential expansion and change of project scope, record causes of change and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget are approved and communicated in a timely manner

Collect and leverage metrics to drive performance, efficiency and forecast improvements

Provide PMO and stakeholders post implementation analysis, lessons learned and final cost benefit analysis

Lead the official handoff from the project team to the business operations and ensure the project is closed

Key Behavioral Expectations

Drives for Results

Executes deliverables in line with the organizational vision and strategy

Strives to achieve the goals set forth by your manager

Demonstrates strong business results focus and shared vision for the company s goals

Communication & Engagement

Engages stakeholders through effective communication

Expresses recommendations with clarity and confidence

Actively listens and checks for understanding

Respects expression of diverse ideas and different ways of thinking

Agility & Adaptability

Navigates organizational culture effectively

Readily adapts style and communication based on the circumstances and stakeholder needs

Welcomes new solutions and takes on stretch assignments for own development

Acknowledges small mistakes and actively course corrects

Extracts lessons learned from the past and applies to new situations

Minimum Qualifications

5-7 years of relevant work experience in project management

Experience in asset management/financial services preferred

Exceptional verbal and written communication including an ability to communicate effectively at an executive level

Ability to work collaboratively across distributed workforce

Possesses significant practical experience in the basics of project management (project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning)

Excellent organizational skills and capable of setting priorities and a demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time, on budget and within scope

Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects running concurrently

Exhibit good judgment skills on when to seek guidance and when to escalate risks and issues

Experience with Waterfall and Agile project management (Scrum methodology preferred)

PMI Portfolio Management Professional and/or PMP Project Management Professional certification preferred

Experience with Celoxis and/or other project management tools is a plus