Project Manager (IT Infrastructure)

Role Description: The ETS Merger Technical Integration team is responsible for successful integration of a merger of two firms. It’s a large scale, multiyear, complex program that spans across multiple technical disciplines and locations. The role of Integration Project Manager to facilitate multiple sub-projects and deliverables under a program manager in a structured and efficient manner by means of following a mature program lifecycle. The project manager will be collaborating with the large number of Technology teams from both the companies in their efforts to integrate. This role will be part of the Program management team which operates across Enterprise Technology& Services (ETS) division and will be responsible to lead workstream(s) and provide project management support for various deliverables. The Project Manager is responsible for planning and delivering various project phases and acts as a point of contact for a wide range of stakeholder.

Responsibilities Include But Are Not Necessarily Limited To:

Drive end to end execution of projects/program consisting of multiple work streams

Risk, action, issues and dependencies identification, resolution / mitigation co-ordination

Development of detailed delivery plans, information documents and status reporting

Coordinate across local, regional and global teams, virtual teams and matrix managed teams

Facilitating project meetings, track and publish actions, plans, risks, and issue

Develop detailed project plans working with a large number of technical teams

Develop and execute detailed migration plans

Adherence to project lifecycle quality and policy standards

Create and articulate executive level communication on a project or program level

Responsible for senior stakeholder management, communications, and escalation

Experience & Skills Required (Must Have):

Project management of IT infrastructure and experience of differing execution methodologies such as waterfall, agile/scrum, and hybrid approaches

Good understanding and ability to work across disparate technological environments including End user technology, Server (Compute) platforms, Networking (Voice and Data), Cloud, Datacentre and applications technologies.

Strong hands on knowledge in one or more Technology areas above is preferred

Merger and technology integration experience preferred

Excellent written / reporting skills is a must. Major part of the work is to prepare and communicate number of reports that can articulate status to Non-technical user base.

Ability to connect dots across various workstreams and teams to bring the big picture together

Ability to indirectly manage virtual team members from a diverse cultural background and locations

Highly organized and strong problem-solving skills

Ability to multi-task and manage several projects concurrently

Excellent MS Office (PowerPoint, Word, Visio, Excel, MS project) skills

Proactive, positive, strong sense of ownership and accountability

A sound background for the adherence to business processes and procedures

Candidates must have a good attention to detail and organizational skills

Must have the ability to be flexible, work independently be self-motivated and a team player

Experience & Skills (Nice To Have)

Project management certifications e.g., Agile certifications, PMP certified (or equivalent recognized professional standard)

Financial industry experience, preferably tier 1 Investment banking experience

Communication degree or similar area

The main required skills, based on my conversations with stakeholders, are:

Experience working in application management and/or tech infrastructure

Experience working in a post-acquisition integration environment, all the better in financial services

Strong communication skills, including senior stakeholder reporting and working with technical team members

Strong project management skills, including project planning/plan maintenance, risk/issue tracking, getting hands dirty with execution at granular level as required

Understanding the business drivers and technical details enough to own the narrative/content for the area the person is managing. At all times able to articulate what the team is doing, why they are doing it, and if the team has any risks/issues