Description
Morson International are working with a global consultancy who are looking for a Senior Project Manager to join their team in Paris. This is an initial 10 month contract with the chance to extend a number of times.
Project Management:
- Initiate, plan and coordinate the execution of projects, and deliver the expected results within agreed scope, budget and time frames
- Be responsible for the management and proper use of allocated project resources, such as human resources (internal and external), budget and procured services
- Manage and maintain good relationships with external suppliers
- Participate in EU work groups to report project progress and present and collect feedback on main artefacts for the IT systems (such as business requirements, functional specifications, XML schemas etc)
- Liaise with other internal stakeholders (eg IT architecture, information security, IT operations) to ensure alignment with IT architecture and compliance with non-functional requirements and policies
- Adhere to the project management methodology (PM2) and be responsible for the delivery of mandatory project artefacts
- Plan and coordinate quality assurance activities for project deliverables
Application Management:
- Take on the role as application manager of some IT systems in production, which mainly includes participating in the problem-solving activities of reported incidents, answering to end-user requests, planning and coordination of new software releases
Qualifications
- University degree (BSc) in computer science, computer engineering or business administration or equivalent
- Minimum two years working experience of application management
- Good knowledge of the financial markets, preferably experienced in managing regulatory IT projects and European regulatory data reporting frameworks (such as MiFID, EMIR or similar financial sector regulations)
- Project management certification (Prince2, PM2, PMI, or equivalent)
- Experience in managing and motivating a diverse team (ie effectively planning, monitoring the progress of work, providing guidance and setting direction)
- Experience of the main phases in a systems development process (ie analysis, design, development, testing and deployment)
If you are interested, apply now and I will be in touch shortly. Alternatively, contact Paul from Morson for more information.