IT Project Manager

Innova Solutions USA - Jersey City, NJ

Full-time - Mid Level

Jersey City, NJ

10,001+ employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The IT Project Manager role at Innova Solutions involves overseeing multiple projects within the Market Risk or Global Markets middle/back office technology sectors. The successful candidate will be responsible for end-to-end project delivery, ensuring timelines and milestones are met while managing risks and dependencies. This position requires collaboration with senior business and technology managers, as well as development teams, to drive project success in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Take on end-to-end ownership of the program and ensure successful delivery of projects.
• Oversee all projects within the program and identify when individual projects may be off track.
• Identify risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies (RAID) and manage/report them proactively.
• Review and publish the weekly status report for the program.
• Meet consistently with project managers to understand progress and issues across projects and provide necessary support.
• Prepare materials for weekly status reporting to stakeholders.

Requirements

• Prior experience in Market Risk or Global Markets middle/back office technology.
• Strong project management and organizational skills with attention to detail.
• Excellent communication skills to interact with multi-disciplined teams across locations and time zones.
• Familiarity with scaled agile delivery principles, PI planning, and agile scrum methodology.
• Strong financial markets product knowledge and market risk experience across any asset class.
• Technical skills in SQL, MS Excel, Jira, MS Project, SharePoint, Visio, MS PowerPoint, and MS Word.
• Computer Engineering or Financial Degree.
• Experience with Agile methodologies.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with VaR and Risk Analytics.
• Exposure to financial/product control functions within a bank.
• Exposure to Program Project Risk Tool (PPRT).

Benefits

• Medical & pharmacy coverage
• Dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• Health saving account (HSA)
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Life Insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Short term and Long term Disability
• Accident & Critical illness coverage
• Pre-paid legal & ID theft protection
• Sick time
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)