Employement type: 12 month contract Industry: Banking Job Description Develop and execute project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements Identifies resources needed and assigns individual responsibilities Manages daily project operations, timelines, RAID log and documentation of one or more project(s) Coordinate and review deliverables prepared across internal and external teams before passing to stakeholders Oversees Business Analysts working on assigned project(s) Effectively applies our methodology and enforces project standards Minimizes our exposure and risk on project Manages scope and mitigates risk across projects Ensures project documents are complete, current, and stored appropriately Manages project budget and ensures timely and accurate invoicing and addresses elevated billing issues Lead day-to-day engagement with the vendor(s), including coordination of deliverables, issue resolution, integration readiness ad progress checkpoints Responsible for leading internal project team meetings across Business, IT, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Security Prepare, present and document project progress, risks and decisions for both fortnightly/monthly project working group (PWG) and project steering committee (PSC) meetings Resolves and/or escalates issues promptly with proposed resolutions Track testing, integration dependencies and readiness for production cutover Coordinate and support UAT preparation, execution and migration planning in collaboration with internal IT Application, IT Security, Risk, Compliance and Business operations team Key Skills / Knowledge and Behaviors (if applicable) This is a hands-on, functional project management role requiring the PM to actively drive, track, problem-solve and manage project outcomes. This role is not a messaging or coordination-only role. A degree in project management, business management or a related field. Minimum 5-7 years in project management, with at least 3 years in banking system implementation of financial markets Proven experience managing multi-system integration or vendor-led delivery in regulated environments Highly proactive and delivery-oriented, able to lead and coordinate hands-on - not just escalate Have good fundamental technical understanding on areas of application programming, database and system/application design Knowledge on systems/applications and client/server architectures, augmented with solid logical, systems-thinking Experience with equity markets trading systems (e.g. OMS, EMS) is advantageous Proficiency in MS Project and knowledge on business/data analysis is advantageous The ability to handle multiple projects in a fast-paced environment Effective communication and leadership skills Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills Ability to work with functional and technical teams Familiar with defect tool eg HP ALM Show more Show less