Program Manager

at  Park Computer Systems

• Expertise You’ll Bring:
• Overall 10+ years’ experience working leading large solution delivery programs in Retail brokerage, investment trading domain.
• Experience working with large enterprise, ability to navigate through ambiguous requirements, handle client negotiation and manage expectations.
• Strong experience working with JIRA and Confluence, driving agile program while managing schedule and cost
• Excellent Oral communication and soft skills – ability to engage with business and technical stakeholder to effectively communicate ideas, understand business expectation and front end to clarify any questions.
• Good experience with SQL – be able to quickly write queries for perform data analysis.
• Experience leading business analysis or leading large BPM project implementation
• Experience handling large, distributed (offshore/onsite) teams
• Experience with BPM solutions such as Appian or Pega.
• Knowledge of Investment banking and Trading domain.
• Business and Data Analysis experience in combination.
• Project management certification (PMP / Prince2)
• Excellent Communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Excellent Analytical skills
• Excellent People Management and client handlin

Experience:

• Program management: 10 years (Required)
• SQL: 10 years (Required)
• Business Process Management (BPM) Solutions: 10 years (Required)
• client handling: 10 years (Required

• Accountable for overall successful program delivery
• Liaison with Client stakeholder/leadership to manage expectations, handle contractual obligations and execute steering committee discussions
• Drive the regular review of program/project status review & client communication
• Manage project team (onsite/offshore), handle capacity planning, onboarding/offboarding
• Manage risks and operational KPI for project engagement – schedule, quality, cost budget
• Drive the regular review of program & project status review meetings with Client Project sponsor and leadership
• Manage client relationship, project priorities, track progress and risk mitigation. Work closely with business/product owner to plan scope, business drivers and prepare relevant plan, resources ready for executing delivery.
• Will serve as First escalation point for all issues. Ensure quick resolution, coming up with proactive mitigation plan to minimize disruption.
• Establish guard rails for project delivery KPI - schedule, quality, budget
• Coordinate with BA to drive requirement analysis, solution assessment, prepare solution mockup, and identify opportunities for optimization and value-add solution improvements
• Collaborate with architect to drive solution design, prepare project plan, identify dependencies, drive scrum/team meetings
• Establish guardrails for strong governance and implement the best practices, Review Templates and KPIs
• Schedule and facilitate team meetings (including demos, sprint / release planning, grooming, deployment meetings, technical discussions, issues/resolution meetings, retrospective etc.)
• Undertake full responsibility work delivery meeting quality, schedule and cost expectations. Review project deliverables, ensure quality and completeness.
• Manage large, distributed team (onsite/offshore), track team member performance and enable required measure to mentor and improvise while maintain positive team relationship.

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• Expertise You’ll Bring:
• Overall 10+ years’ experience working leading large solution delivery programs in Retail brokerage, investment trading domain.
• Experience working with large enterprise, ability to navigate through ambiguous requirements, handle client negotiation and manage expectations.
• Strong experience working with JIRA and Confluence, driving agile program while managing schedule and cost
• Excellent Oral communication and soft skills – ability to engage with business and technical stakeholder to effectively communicate ideas, understand business expectation and front end to clarify any questions.
• Good experience with SQL – be able to quickly write queries for perform data analysis.
• Experience leading business analysis or leading large BPM project implementation
• Experience handling large, distributed (offshore/onsite) teams
• Experience with BPM solutions such as Appian or Pega.
• Knowledge of Investment banking and Trading domain.
• Business and Data Analysis experience in combination.
• Project management certification (PMP / Prince2)
• Excellent Communication, negotiation and presentation skills
• Excellent Analytical skills
• Excellent People Management and client handling

Job Type: Contract
Pay: $56.51 - $65.00 per hour

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Experience:

• Program management: 10 years (Required)
• SQL: 10 years (Required)
• Business Process Management (BPM) Solutions: 10 years (Required)
• client handling: 10 years (Required)

License/Certification:

• PMP (Required)
• PRINCE2 Certification (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Austin, TX 78701: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In perso