Description
For a six month project at our banking client site in Zurich we are looking for an experiencedProject Manager - Agile Software Development (2604)
The role involves the following responsibilities:
- Responsible for the successful and timely implementation of all IT relevant tasks associated with this project.
- Responsibility to plan and manage budget, resources and milestones.
- Ability to work within an international team and provide clear leadership and direction to its members, including integrating with and providing oversight of development deliverables owned by 3rd party resources.
- Manage projects to deliver against agreed scope, on time and within budget.
- Contribute to department wide objectives.
- Working according to the internal CS-SDF project methodology.
- Project status reports will need to be maintained and communicated, suitable for consumption at Steering Committee and Director level. Project risks and issues log will need to be maintained and communicated, with appropriate escalation as required.
Experience/qualifications:
- Degree or higher education in Information Technology or equivalent work experience
- Experience in managing software development projects especially using Agile
- At least 3-5 years’ experience as an IT-Project Manager in medium to large projects, preferably in the banking/finance industry
- Practical experience with PMI CAPM/PMP or Prince2
- Familiar with Financial Institutions
- ITIL foundation is beneficial
- Strong MS Office skills
- Experience leading technical teams & achieving results in a project context using resources that do not report directly (e.g. from other departments, external suppliers etc.)
- High degree of flexibility with a “can do” attitude, able to work effectively with limited level of instruction and supervision
- A strong leader who is results driven and who constantly raises the bar.
- Experience of dealing with senior management
- Excellent communication/presentation (oral and written) and report writing skills
- Fluent written and spoken in English
Are you ready for a new challenge? If you are interested in this position and you cover the requirements, we look forward to receiving your application in MS-Word format (.docx or .doc) on