Sr. Project Manager

One of our Premier clients is looking for a Technology PMO Project Manager.
General Overview
The individual who has full responsibility and accountability for the execution of the Project as well as the outcome.
Responsibilities
Coordinating the completion of required SDLC artifacts and approvals, including uploading to repositories
Coordination of internal and external resources and third parties/vendors.
Deliver projects against operating plan on time, on budget, on quality and experience
Development of detailed project plan and schedule to track progress and milestones
Refinement of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders.
Creation of project level status reporting and development communications plan
Manage and identify availability and allocation of project Resources, in partnership with Resource Manager.
Initial point-of-contact for project escalations
Managing & tracking project budget, risks, and issues
Primary Liaison with Business Project Managers, responsible for ensuring project status alignment with Business PM.
Qualifications/Competencies
Business/IT degree qualified
Five or more years’ project management experience in Technology
Broker Dealer/Financial Service or other heavily regulated industry experience
Active PMP certification required
Organizational skills in planning, implementation and reporting of a project.
Skilled in managing full lifecycle of project delivery: creation of production processes and procedures, support model requirements and business acceptance & handover
Detail-oriented
Thrives in collaborative environment
Ability to identify and manage risk. Ability to escalate when necessary.
Experience in managing project budgets and multi-faceted projects
Good communications skills, with customers, team and stakeholders
Business & IT strategy experience
Customer-focused mindset
Knowledge of related software tools (Jira, TFS, PlanView,
Strong leadership capability – experience of communicating and engaging staff, peers and stakeholders in the delivery of projects
Experience managing virtual teams based globally
Experience in delivering multiple, large scale and budget technology projects including infrastructure projects

Work arrangement
Yes