DIG Project Manager (Closed)

SkillStorm is seeking a DIG Project Manager for one of our clients in New York, NY.

Data & Innovation Technology Project Manager

Quartz is the client’s Global Markets and Banking cross-asset, front-to-back platform for pricing, analytics, trade capture, and risk/P&L reconciliation.  This platform is leveraged by Capital Market’s Lines of Business (LOBs) to develop products for their business, regulatory and enterprise objectives.

The Quartz ecosystem includes 15+ best-in-class products that collectively provide the foundation needed to run this complex platform.  The Product Management team is responsible for the Book-of-Work (BOW) for these products.  As such, each Product Manager is aligned with a Development Lead for the products as well as work directly with LOB-IT PMs and Regulatory PMs to drive requirements that manifest into the BOW.

The Data & Innovation Technology program (DIG Tech) within Quartz is focused on providing a technical infrastructure and solution for efficient aggregation of internal and external data sets along with analytic and machine learning tools that enable the businesses Data & Innovation Group.

Overview of the Role

• DIG Tech program is in early phases and working to stand up an efficient program around the envisioned technology stack.  As such, the candidate should:
  • Demonstrate 4-8 years of technology project management and implementation
  • Have experience standing up complex project plans across multiple streams
  • Be able to actively define and manage inter & intra stream dependencies
  • Be comfortable in an agile build environment with experience on agile tools and theory
  • Have the ability to to manage risks and blockers within the project planning lifecycle
  • Identify a problem management approach and framework used in confronting daily issues
  • Be comfortable diving in to new/unknown workflows and bring process and structure to new requirements
  • Be comfortable identifying and escalating program space / issues
  • Foster an environment of collaboration and partnership to drive the program forward

As a Project Manager, you will:

• Engage with the business to define and create front to back project plans
• Implement an uniformed operating structure across multiple delivery streams
• Track and communicate project status across
• Manage program and project level risks by defining, mitigating and escalating as needed

Must have skills/talents:

• Comfort in new program space and creating structure from ambiguity
• Customer/client relationship skills; ability to develop relationships quickly
• Delivery focused; ability to analyze a situation and provide responses in a concrete, confident manner
• Ownership - desire to own the responsibility and the drive to accomplish positive technical and organizational results
• Collaborative – work well within a team – ability to listen and contribute
• Experience with industry proven Project Management methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.); project oversight including building and implementing plans

Nice to have:

• Degree or experience in engineering, computer science or technical disciplines
• Agile certification
• Six sigma certification (Green or Black belt in DMAIC and/or DMADV)

Location: New York - 250 Vesey Street (World Financial Center), New York, NY