Job Description

BACKGROUND Our client is an IT Consulting company that is looking for an experienced Senior IT Project Manager for their financial institution client to assist with the IT Project. JOB OVERSIGHT 1. To ensure a balanced portfolio of projects from a company-wide perspective; manage and optimize project portfolio resources and cost-effectively as well as foster transparency on project portfolio performance to ensure operational implementation of corporate strategies. 2. To involve or assist in planning, organizing, managing, and controlling the various stages of the assigned medium to high complexity projects in ensuring the projects are executed according to the schedule, cost, and quality. 3. To support small changes in system and business processes by providing guidance and oversight to the stakeholders. 4. Responsible for making sure the Agile Team lives by the values and practices of Scrum. RESPONSIBILITIES 1. Set policies, framework, procedures and that defines the establishment, management and control of the projects portfolio 2. Provides consistent project management guidance, methods, tools and techniques for consistent project outcomes all over the organization 3. Prompt coordination with business units, technical team, governance team and service provider on project implementation plan 4. Identify and report project issues, slippage of tasks or milestone and project risks to Project Manager and facilitate timely resolution 5. Conduct Scrum ceremonies including organizing and facilitating sprint planning, daily stand-ups meeting, sprint review, retrospective meeting etc 6. Eliminate impediments and actively address issues so that the team can remain focused on achieving the objectives of the Iteration. 7. Provides timely reports on project status, budget spending, risks and issues to enable early visibility into project performance for better decision making by the authorized person or committee 8. Promotes and take accountability for project quality, opportunity to improve delivery 9. Ensures PMO practice, approach and governance processes are applied consistently 10. Manage project changes, ensuring any changes to the project baseline are managed through change request and all impacts are considered 11. Adopt an agile and flexible approach to work and an outstanding level of professionalism and conduct 12. Management and coordination of all cross-functional initiatives with organizational impact REQUIREMENTS Experience in managing at least 5 full-time team members, excluding the implementation vendor Experience in managing Agile projects as Scrum Master will be an added advantage. Project management methodology (Waterfall / Agile / Kanban) QUALIFICATIONS At least 5 years of experience in managing IT projects and system implementation/enhancement, with at least 1 full lifecycle of system implementation B.S. in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent Background in Banking, Insurance, and Financial Services is a plus

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