IT Project Manager

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Essential Duties & Responsibilities

Shared Project Manager Duties & Responsibilities

 Responsible to thoroughly understand and communicate stakeholder requirements to appropriate team members, and manage all requirements accordingly to realize each for the stakeholder.

 Establish clear ownership for project tasks, ensure that team members have the tools needed, and provide timely feedback.

 Coordinate and facilitate delivery of project objectives.

 Track progress and review project tasks to make certain deadlines are met appropriately.

 Assess project issues and identify solutions to meet productivity, quality and customer goals.

 Proactively communicate project status, issues & risks to management.

 Conduct regular status meetings with all stakeholders, keeping the stakeholder’s needs and requirements continuously in view.

 Travel required up to 15% of the time.

 Other duties may be assigned. Implementation Duties & Responsibilities

 Arrange customer training and align training with customer goals.

 Troubleshoot technical issues when the need arises, and escalating appropriately as needed.

 Maintain timelines and target dates in Microsoft Project. Product Development Duties & Responsibilities

 Define & maintain all product development processes, manage software development life cycle.

Job Description:

Project Manager

 Organize and facilitate project planning, daily stand up meetings, reviews, retrospectives, sprint and release planning, demos and other agile project related meetings.

 Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility.

 Facilitate productivity by ensuring that the team has tools to succeed.

 Find and work to remove development and project roadblocks; motivates the development team and keep them excited to move forward; protects the team from outside distractions.

Qualifications Education

 Bachelor’s Degree in a related field is required. Experience

 Preferably 1-2 years of project management experience.

 1-2 years’ experience in the financial industry and/or software development industry is a plus.

Communication Skills

 Verbal / Nonverbal – Convey easily and quickly any message; Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations; listens attentively and seeks clarification; Responds well to questions; Maintain professional nonverbal communication analogous to situation

 Written - Writes clearly and informatively with a high level of sophistication; Varies writing style to meet needs; Presents numerical data effectively; Able to read and interpret complex written information.

 Presentation - Presents clearly and informatively, easily maintaining audience attention and responding to audience needs; Able to facilitate discussion, progress effectively, and manage audience as needed. Computer Skills

 Become and remain proficient in all programs necessary to perform the everyday duties of this position.

 Proficiency in MS Office Products is required.