Technical Project Manager
Company: Open Systems Technologies
Location: New York
Posted on: January 27, 2023
Job Description:
A major financial firm is looking for a -Technical Project
Manager to join their team in New York, NY.
Pay: $89/hr -
This role requires working Friday evenings and Saturdays
[installations occur after market hours]. -
The role will focus on critical day-to-day activities associated
with the coordination of new services. This role is hands-on, in a
fast paced and high-volume environment. As a technical project
manager, you would be responsible for multiple ongoing projects
throughout their execution cycle to ensure success as defined by
adherence to standards of scope and timeline.
As a member of the team, you will manage client subscriptions,
installation of new market data services, coordinating and
installing new market data client connectivity, 3rd party client
onboarding and electronic trading services. The technical Project
Manager will be responsible for managing medium/large
cross-functional enterprise projects and initiatives in compliance
with firm's defined project management standards with the goal of
delivering the project objectives and key results on time.
Responsibilities:
- Ensure quality execution and proven ability to deliver the
various complex projects & initiatives within constraints
(schedule, solution challenges & scope)
- Manage day-to-day technical project management tasks, including
monitoring progress and aggregating key success metrics, engaging
stakeholders, managing risks and issues, working through
dependencies identified by project specialists, quality assurance
tracking and oversight, collecting/sharing lessons learned, and
reporting/presenting updates to all stakeholders
- Participate in and facilitate discussions between business
owners, stakeholders, and IT specialists, including scheduling
meetings, taking meeting notes, and documenting and tracking
follow-up items
- Partner with all functional disciplines impacted by the
project/ initiatives to ensure that the 'end to end' planning is
comprehensive
- Assume a leadership role in the collection, review and
publication of comprehensive documentation of requirements,
assumptions, changes in scope and other aspects of the project with
the ultimate goal of demonstrating that these activities have been
addressed
- Provide project planning, management and mechanisms to capture
& monitor remediation of any potential risks. In addition, enable
appropriate escalation of any item that may impact timely delivery
or cause a change to the agreed scope of project
- Ensure accurate and consistent reporting of project risks,
dependencies and issues escalating and tracking deviations from
plan across all governance forums
- Work weekends when required to ensure projects are completed on
time and communicate to all stakeholders
- Technically project manage several management initiatives,
including integration of systems as part of Brokerage
mergers/acquisitions
Qualifications:
- BS/BA degree required
- PMP a plus
- CNNA a plus
- 5+ years of professional experience in project management,
product management in the finance and technology field
- Proven related experience preferable in the financial services
industry, Wealth Management, Low Latency, Market Data and Trading
Desk or management consulting
- A confident and articulate self-starter
- A team player with a high level of commitment and
enthusiasm
- Ability to work in a high-pressure environment while juggling
multiple tasks
- Excellent attention to detail and organizational
skills
- Demonstrates time management, ability to prioritize tasks and
to meet deadlines across multiple projects
- Possesses strong interpersonal skills and able to communicate
at all levels and influence others
- Displays strong leadership skills, with a proven track record
of leading projects at times of change
- 5-7 years of technology project management experience
- Must come from a financial services firm / industry
- Experience working with client facing groups, market data teams
and a full knowledge of exchanges and how they work. (NYSE, Nasdaq,
BATS, etc.)
- Knowledge of computer networking topology
- Knowledge of and the low latency and real time market data
environment
- Knowledge of working with data B2B providers like BT and
TNS
- Proven experience developing partnerships with and successfully
coordinating across various Business, Technology, Operations,
Control partners and stakeholders
- Ability to lead and influence cross-functional teams and
communicate in both technical and non-technical terms
- Strong written and verbal communications skills, ability to
interact at all levels of the organization and tailor messages
appropriately
- Strong presentation skills, including ability to synthesize
large amounts of data and information to create polished
presentations for management
- Independent self-starter who can manage multiple activities to
aggressive deadlines
- Eagerness to learn the business and understand detailed
requirements
- Experience working with cross functional teams, including
Operations, Design/Arch Technology, Risk and Compliance
- Highly skilled in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Project,
Visio, and MS Teams
- Confidence, Impact & Influence, Interpersonal Awareness & Team
Player
- Dynamic "get-it-done", results-oriented & value driven with
demonstrated ability to make timely & sound decisions
- Familiar with network infrastructure, IT Infrastructure and
network architecture
- Expertise and experience in workflow management software (e.g.,
Jira) and ServiceNow
- Expertise in all Microsoft Office tools, especially Power
Point, Excel, and Microsoft Project
- Ability to identify problems and provide a path for resolution
or escalation
- Proven experience developing partnerships with and successfully
coordinating across various stakeholder teams
- Ability to work independently and proactively and possess a
strong sense of accountability/ownership
- Ability to rapidly pick up new concepts and strong attention to
detail
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Keywords: Open Systems Technologies, New York , Technical Project Manager, Executive , New York, New York
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