Zencon Group

Senior Project Manager (Asset Management)

Zencon Group United States
Zencon Group

Senior Project Manager (Asset Management)

Zencon Group United States
4 months ago 36 applicants

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Role: Senior Project Management
12 Month Contract
 Location: Remote/Once a month onsite in Owings Mills MD

Notes from call with hiring manager:
- want someone with front office Asset Management Experience
- 8+ years of PM experience
- working on an ETF project
- project has been underway for over a year, but they are continually adding additional scope. Not starting in the middle of something, working on new projects within the larger project
- the program is related to a rollout of ETF's and scaling infrastructure to support the rollout. This person would be supporting and managing 2-3 workstreams (marketing, sales/distribution, investment support)
- primarily concerned with how ETF's interact with the trading system and investment support workstream

Job Description:
Project Management responsibilities:
  • Build excellent working relationships with teams as required.
  • Lead and facilitate project discussions and meetings, ensuring they are task oriented and objective driven to ensure the efficient use of everyone's time who are involved.
  • Escalate risks and issues to the program leadership as appropriate
  • Support management of project according to established methodology and standards.
  • Continually update relevant business stakeholders on project status and publish project status reports as and when required.
  • Represent the project in various project governance and inter-department forums.
  • Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining, and reporting on an overall and integrated delivery plan.
  • Ensure the project meets success parameters and business objectives.
  • Direct medium and/or support large-scale, complex projects that may involve multiple internal and external stakeholders
  • Develop the project charter, integrated project plan, resource plan, contingency plan, and related project management artifacts
  • Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk, and stakeholder value
  • Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria
  • Build, lead, and coach multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles
  • Facilitate all operational checkpoint activities throughout the lifecycle of projects
  • Assess and resolve all high priority project risks as they are encountered
QUALIFICATIONS
Required
  • 8+ years of Project Management experience
  • 8+ years of experience in Financial Services Industry
  • Asset Management industry experience
  • Experience of managing senior sponsors – 4 year minimum
  • Experience with Microsoft Project, Excel PowerPoint, and SharePoint
  • Outstanding client relationship management skills
  • Strong negotiation and influencing skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Ability to translate and simplify complex business and technical concepts
  • Ability to work well with people with varying technical, business, and cultural backgrounds
  • Comfortable working with executive management
  • Ability to manage multiple medium and large projects
  • High level of analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Experience managing projects in a matrixed environment

Preferred
  • PMP Certification

  • Seniority level

    Entry level

  • Employment type

    Contract

  • Job function

    Project Management and Information Technology

  • Industries

    IT Services and IT Consulting

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