A major client of ours has a need for an IT Project Manager with a background in banking for a new back-office system integration project for their New York, NY location. This is a hybrid 6 month contract role. W2 only
Duties
You will join the current project team to implement a new back-office system for Global Markets Operations with a Go Live date in Q4 2026. The project's main stakeholders are Operations and Compliance. This role is an IT Project Manager in the Global Market IT Post Trade team and will collaborate with IT Business Analysts and IT Developers, and with the global Project Manager. You will maintain the IT project plan, keep track of IT Change requests, update the Jira project plan and ensure synchronization with the global project plan, ensure all IT Documentation is produced and archived, help with coordination of IT testing and IT deployment, keep track of post release bugs, will be in charge of maintaining various project management and status reporting tools.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Planning and collaboration: maintain the IT project plan, update the Jira project plan and ensure synchronization with the global project plan, keep track of IT Change requests
- Budget: develop and track the budget
- Governance and compliance: implement decision gates and escalation paths, ensure alignment with standards and regulatory requirements, and maintain auditable IT project artifact, including IT Documentation.
- Stakeholder communication: deliver regular status updates, manage expectations, and facilitate cross-team collaboration.
- Monitoring and control: track progress and dependencies and adjust plans as needed.
- Delivery readiness and handover: ensure readiness for next phases, coordinate rollout and production readiness, and hand over to operations.
- Closure and lessons: obtain sign-off, capture lessons learned, and archive documentation.
Skills
• Experience in the Finance/Banking industry and IT, including Business Analysis, IT development and project management work
• Agile or PMP Experience - Operation or Regulatory IT project management
• Jira & Agile Scrum experience - 5-9 years of experience
Education
Degree in Computer Science, Business Management, Business Administration, or other related discipline.
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