Technical Project Manager

Alphosoft - New York, NY

Full-time - Mid Level

New York, NY

Publishing Industries

About the position

The Technical Project Manager will lead the Vendor & Risk Management team within Technology, focusing on the onboarding of systems into the firm, ongoing maintenance, risk management, and decommissioning of systems. This role requires a blend of project management and business analysis skills to ensure secure technology solutions are implemented and maintained according to company policies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure vendors implement secure technology solutions, per MS policy (ex: Cloud migrations, Material Changes to architecture or PII Data)
• Manage incidents, such as Cyber Security & Production outages, including appropriate communication to stakeholders and adherence to SLAs
• Identify risks and plan mitigations
• Oversee vendor decommission and offboarding, including managing data security
• Interact with business, technology, operations to conduct Business Analysis documentation of current and future state solutions
• Assist in the coordination and preparation of key meetings that are required for stakeholders to close critical projects and assessments
• Work with global / regional counterparts to provide synergies between regions and ensure the collaboration is intact
• Document work into stories and manage JIRA board for prioritization
• Detail the stories with examples and scenarios for clear development / QA understanding
• Take the story to definition of ready (DoR) for the squad to discuss in refinement and planning sessions
• Prepare material for sprint review with business and other stakeholders
• Contribute to domain competence within the squad

Requirements

• At least 10+ years of hand-on Project Management and Business Analyst experience
• Extensive experience in Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) - Verification and Validation, Agile Scrum and Waterfall methodologies used for the design, development, testing, and maintenance of software
• Comprehensive knowledge in Technical and Business Writing, Data and Business Process Flow Modeling
• Proficient in writing Functional Specifications Document (FSD), Systems Requirements and Use Case Specifications
• Expertise in producing detailed User Stories in JIRA and using Fibonacci User Points for estimation to prioritize and manage Product Backlog and Sprint Backlog
• Professional approach of interaction with Product Owners
• Expertise in facilitating meetings: Grooming, Sprint Planning, Daily Standup, Sprint Review and Sprint Retro
• Ability to handle complex information with accuracy and attention to detail
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, building and maintaining relationships, self-motivated with the ability to prioritize, meet deadlines, and manage changing priorities

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in wealth management or Asset management domains
• Experience of working with 3rd party vendor solutions and integrations