Senior IT Project Manager (EDM, Scrum, Investment/ Asset Mgmt)

Job title: Senior IT Project Manager (EDM, Scrum, Investment/ Asset Mgmt)

Job description: “The start date of this job is flexible and in order to find the best candidate the job may remain open much longer than the date mentioned on this posting…..or you may be asked to start sooner than the expected start date if you are able to do so!”

URGENT: Please read the job description below. If this interests you, please send a MS-Word version copy of your updated resume (ASAP) along with your salary expectations, first available date and a telephone contact number.

Please mention the job title above in the subject line

The recruiter in charge of this role is Zara

If you do not think you are a match for this opportunity, but know someone who is, feel free to forward this email to them and you will be eligible for a referral bonus upon a successful hire.

One of our Financial Services clients is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager (EDM, Scrum, Investment/ Asset Mgmt)

Length: Perm Opportunity

Location: Toronto, ON

JOB DESCRIPTION:

This role within the SLC IT team will collaborate to deliver innovative solutions for SLC Management initiatives as a Senior Project Manager and Scrum Master. The successful candidate will specialize in the planning, management and implementation of complex technology and business projects to meet the needs of the Front / Middle / Back Office, Distribution, Finance, Risk and Compliance teams. Leadership, coaching and excellent communication skills will be essential to successfully deliver in this rapidly changing organization. The current opportunity is focused on establishing a new investment data hub leveraging the Markit EDM solution.

What will you do?

Strengthens relationships with clients and within teams; building trust, inspiring confidence and earning respect.
Manages outcomes, key results, and productivity measurements, while working with the team to continuously improve these metrics
Collaborates with business partners, executives, and technical project teams to deliver quality solutions to business client’s satisfaction.
Plans and executes projects with a high level of complexity and uncertainty including managing scope, requirement changes, priorities and client outcomes
Applies critical thinking to proactively identify risks and issues using appropriate fact-based metrics/assumptions and develops strategies to mitigate from the outset
Manages all communications based on the delivery framework including steering committee presentations, status reports to executives, stakeholders, business units, vendors, project team, etc.
Ensures timely engagement with relevant groups, e.g. security, compliance, finance, privacy, sourcing, as required to deliver the desired outcomes
Manages vendors to ensure alignment of project plans, timely delivery and quality of work
Ensures change management plans are developed, socialized and consistently measured to deliver the expected benefits and adoption.
Promotes innovative or improved methods to get the work done while leveraging best practices to complying with applicable enterprise standards
Acts as a change agent, supporting adoption of agile delivery with focus on facilitating greater agility, building high performing teams and works to eliminate obstacles for successful delivery

WHAT DO YOU NEED TO SUCCEED?

7+ years’ experience as a project manager and scrum master, including experience implementing enterprise applications and integration to hosted vendor solutions
Demonstrates ownership and personal sense of urgency for solving problems, getting work done and instills the same in the project or agile team.
Evidence of effective and efficient delivery in a virtual, multi-site environment.
Experience leveraging multiple delivery methodologies including Agile, Scrum, Iterative and Waterfall.
Great leadership, collaboration, communication and coaching skills to effectively manage work in a matrix organization
Ability to work with ambiguity and help project team members work with ambiguity

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

Experience with the implementation of data governance and data management solutions such as Markit EDM
Project management or functional experience within Investments, Asset Management and/or Capital Markets organization
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Kanban Management Professional (KMP)
Certified Project Management professional designation (PMP)

Please note that this is the most up to date version of job description available at this time – During Client Interview you will receive additional information – variance may apply !

Please visit the TEAMRECRUITER website to review other CAREER OPPORTUNITIES!

Click Here to Apply

Source: