IT Program Manager

$100,610 - $117,250/Yr

Genesis10 - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Jersey City, NJ

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

Genesis10 is seeking an IT Program Manager for a 12+ month contract position in the financial industry. The role involves end-to-end ownership of programs, oversight of multiple projects, and proactive management of risks and issues. The IT Program Manager will be responsible for weekly status reporting and stakeholder presentations, ensuring projects are on track and aligned with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Direct delivery responsibility for projects with end-to-end ownership of the program.
• Oversight of all projects within the program, recognizing when individual projects may be off track.
• Identify risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID) and proactively manage/report them.
• Review and/or publish the weekly status report for the program.
• Consistently meet with project managers to understand progress and issues across projects and provide support as necessary.
• Responsible for weekly status reporting and preparing materials to present to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Computer Engineering/Financial Degree
• 7 years of experience in IT program management
• Experience with Agile methodologies
• Experience with VaR, Risk Analytics is a definite advantage
• Exposure to financial/product control functions within a bank
• Exposure to Program Project Risk Tool (PPRT)
• Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively communicate within a multi-disciplined team across multiple locations and time zones
• Strong project management and organization skills, attention to details
• Familiarity with principles of scaled agile delivery, PI planning, and agile scrum methodology
• Strong financial markets product knowledge and market risk experience (any asset class)
• Excellent technical skills; SQL, MS Excel, Jira, MS Project, SharePoint, Visio, MS PowerPoint, MS Word

Benefits

• Access to hundreds of clients, most who have been working with Genesis10 for 5-20+ years.
• The opportunity to have a career-home in Genesis10; many consultants have been working exclusively with Genesis10 for years.
• Access to an experienced, caring recruiting team.