Description
IT Project Manager - Banking Client - Prince 2/MSP/Mega (Modelling tool) - Paris
Rate: € per day
Length: 1-year contract
We are currently looking for a Project Leader to manage projects in open system and related to the clients communication platform.
You will work in a challenging environment, taking full ownership of his/her initiatives and committing on the quality of the production.
- You are responsible for the end to end delivery of your projects, including:
- Writing of comprehensive project memos and reporting, allowing the management to take relevant decisions
- Delivery of the project scope on time, on budget, and with the expected quality
- Monitoring of the expected benefits approved in the business cases
To be successful, you:
- Manage virtual teams across various divisions and entities
- Build and maintain strong working relationships with your customers, providing advice, guidance and options with regards IT investments
- Develop and maintain project plans and forecasts, including resource requirements, costs, risks and their mitigations and dependencies with other projects
- Define deliverables, assign their production to project team members and monitor progress and quality of those deliverables
- monitor budget spent
- Lead the risk, issue and change control processes for assigned projects and track action items
- Control and monitor the progress of projects, reporting to the Roadmap Manager and the Sponsorship Committee in the required format and the provision of other reporting as required
- Manage the project according to the internal standards (methodology & tools)
Your Profile: IT Project Manager - Banking Client - Prince 2/MSP/Mega (Modelling tool) - Paris
- You have 4-8 years in a project management role or have an equivalent experience in the core activities of the function (ie plan, control and monitor a project execution)
- Experience in managing software developments within the financial sector is a strong asset
- Experience with outsourcing project is a strong asset
- Experience with open system plate form
- Experience with communication infrastructure is appreciated.
- Interpersonal skills:
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to adapt the leadership style according to the situation and to the different stakeholders
- Excellent communication skills (listening, writing and presenting) at all levels, from staff members to senior management level
- Learn quickly in a complex environment and to synthesize the situation
- Strong negotiation skills, conflict management and influencing skills at different levels of management
- Effectively delegate tasks and responsibilities while maintaining overall control and being persistent and assertive in driving tasks to completion
- Manage changes and conflicting priorities
- Experience with people management, providing objectives, coaching, evaluations, motivating team members
- Speak/write English and French fluently
- Knowledge of financial markets and custody is an asset
Please do send across to me the most up to date copy of your CV to (see below)