Technical Project Manager (Closed)

SkillStorm is seeking a Technical Project Manager for our client in Jersey City, New Jersey. Candidates must be able to work on SkillStorm's W2; not a C2C position. EOE, including disability/vets.

Job Description:

• Looking to get someone with past development / infrastructure type skills that has solid PM type skills on top of that – not necessarily a true Project manager.
• Looking of someone who has enough tech type skills to effectively communicate with external TI teams (System Admins, DBA, etc).
• Technical Project Manager required to effectively manage and track multiple workstreams related to system infrastructure / enterprise compliance

Position Summary:

• This role will be a technical project manager working with the PBMRT Dev Integration and Environment Management teams. Candidate will be responsible with project planning, execution and test coordination, organizational administration and status reporting.
• Assist in consolidating and substantiating resource estimates for work items - large and small.
• Assist with the project plan management, driving of project completion, maintaining control over scope, and maintaining project artifacts?
• Facilitate effective resource management, provide assistance with resource churn tracking, resource capacity calculations, resource alignment to projects. Effectively guide internal and external resources to achieve business solutions within project guidelines.
• Assist with successfully execution all relevant project phases to design, build, test, and implement deliverables required to achieve project objectives and benefit targets.
• Assist with project backlog management using JIRA sprints and epics and bank's internal project management tools
• Co-ordinate project releases with Application Support and Release Management teams
• Pro-active weekly and monthly reporting on project details and status to various stakeholders, partners, PMO, tech execs, etc.; status reporting to include key accomplishments, issues, and risks.
• Translate progress indicators and metrics into meaningful summaries and prepare materials to present to stakeholders or technology, both visually and in textual form??

Primary Skill

• Agile tools (Jira)

Required Skills:

• ????Effective communication skills utilizing multiple channels (in person, email, phone, video calls, etc.)
• Previous hands on experience with managing hardware/infrastructure related projects
• Strong motivation to learn and ability to adapt to fast paced environment with frequent release cycles and rapidly changing priorities
• A flexible, hardworking and “can do? attitude
• Ability to communicate within a multi-disciplined team, across multiple locations and time zones
• Technical skills, JIRA, MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint, MS Project, JIRA, SharePoint

Desired Skills:

• ?Knowledge of financial services
• Previous hands on developer experience?
• Knowledge of Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) and Agile Methodology

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