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1.: Project Manager - Solutions Architect - Jersey City From Marty Latma

Posted by: "Marty Latman" baconml@nac.net martylatman

Sun Oct 3, 2010 10:45 am (PDT)

Project Manager

A large Financial Services Client of ours located in Jersey City, New Jersey is looking for a Solutions Architect. This is a long term contract.

Size and scope: This position is to fulfill a need on the Program Management Office (PMO) team within the Global Information Warehouse (GIW). GIW services the entire Global Transaction Services (GTS) division within the Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The PMO within GIW acts as an internal consulting body to the management team by providing program and project governance, definition and augmentation of processes in line with the Solutions Development Lifecycle framework of ICG, financial advisory services and mentorship on industry standard management best practices. The candidate will be responsible for building out and maintaining the mentorship arm of the PMO in order to augment existing leadership human resources within GIW with advanced skills and knowledge.

Roles and responsibilities:
The role required is a IT Business Senior Analyst with the following responsibilities:

Primary Role
Develop and lead initiatives to mentor project leads and managers on management and leadership best practices.
Serve as a Subject Matter Expert within the following areas:
Task Planning: Project estimation, prioritization, schedule development
Resource Planning: Resource availability and allocation, resource management, skills matrix and identification of gaps, project roles and responsibilities
Reporting: Project status, scope changes, project overview, milestones, Gantt charts
Risk and Issue Management: Assessment, logging, monitoring
Support logistical and organizational aspects of leading a project including meeting facilitation and effective requirements gathering sessions.

Secondary Role
Lead and coordinate programs consisting of multiple projects within business critical areas to provide unified oversight and transparency to key stakeholders.
Report status, provide support to technical leads and serve as the information conduit for centralized project tracking and risk mitigation.

Team size and locations: The GIW team is approximately 250 people globally, with offices in the US, UK, and India.
Reporting structure: The candidate will report directly to the Project Manager.
Interaction with other divisions: The candidate will interact primarily with teams inside the Global Information Warehouse. In addition, the candidate will interface with and seek guidance from the Global Learning and Human Resources groups.

Job Responsibilities: Include a short statement regarding:
Main Purpose of the Role:
To provide mentorship, coaching and guidance to the collective management team (Project Managers, Leads and Technical Leads) in order to increase the working talent of the GIW team.

Goals and Objectives: The key goal is to successfully conceptualize and execute mentorship of resources by adopting a non-classroom, real-world pragmatic approach. This entails translating industry standard Project Management techniques into workable and maintainable daily practices.

Key relationships (internal/external customers, vendors, etc.): The person will need to build strong relationships within the GIW management team and several corporate-level groups.

Level of the job relative to other jobs within the organization (entry level, individual contributor, manager, or manager with direct report, etc.): individual contributor

Job Qualifications: Indicate the minimum knowledge and experience required for the position, including:
Job Qualifications
5-10 years experience in technology groups related to Project Management techniques within a Program Management Office.
Microsoft Project (Advanced to Expert)
Microsoft Visio (Advanced)
Ability to provide educational guidance in a simple, straight forward way.
Experience working in a data warehouse with strong process and policies is extremely desirable.

Experience with one or more of the following is a big plus:
- PMP or PRINCE2 certification
- Share Point administration or other equivalent reporting tool knowledge related to building tools for status reporting.

Non-technical knowledge, experience, and skills (leadership, management, oral and/or written communication, etc.): The candidate must possess superior communication skills as they will be interacting with people with diverse skills and seniority.

Educational requirements: BA/BS

Language requirements (including proficiency levels for speaking, reading, and writing): English Fluent.

Client will only accept W2 candidates. No third parties please.

Please send resumes to afeinman@comsys.com

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