PMO Project Manager - Securities Lending PMO

Seeking a Project Manager to support a Technology PMO at a Fortune 500 Financial Services client in downtown Boston, MA.

• Long-term contract position budget for all of 2018 and beyond. Only seeking applicants who want to make a long-term home.
• Interview process will be fairly short (2 rounds; 1 phone, 1 in-person) for qualified candidates.

-- KEY RESPONSIBILITIES --

PROJECT MANAGEMENT:

* Extensive experience and knowledge of Agile and Waterfall methodologies.

* Chairing project meetings and coordinating teams and deliverables.

* Define and manage the end-to-end project plan.

* Maintaining the risks / issues log, mitigation plans and escalation process.  Identify cross team dependencies and mitigation plans.

* Status reporting to senior management and stakeholders

* Manage change control process.

* Ability to identify and report on key performance indicators.

* Release management planning and processes.

* Identifies areas of potential risk and exposure and provides viable solutions to reduce and/or eliminate risk

IDEAL CANDIDATE PROFILE

• Minimum of a bachelors degree with 5-7+ years of experience or equivalent and ideally will have some Investment Management, Middle-Office Services or Capital Markets experience.