Project Manager - Data Analytics

Duties and responsibilities:

• Manage scope of work, budget, timeframes and quality of deliverable
• Take necessary measures to manage potential risks
• Consider processes, business, technology and people in order to implement changes
• Communicate with stakeholders frequently to keep them informed and up-to-date
• Facilitate process to allocate and secure resources to projects
• Verify times and value captured by project team against the project
• Complete project dashboard accurately and timeously
• Coordinate day to day tasks and elimination of obstacles
• Clarify responsibilities in the team
• Enable a high performing environment
• Ensure adherence to PMO minimum standards
• Sizing, Scoping, Costing, Baseline Project Plans, Risk Management, Quality Plan, Communication
• Evaluate and assess the effectiveness of the minimum standards and suggest necessary changes to PMO if necessary
• Adhere to RMB policies surrounding contractors
• Ensure correct invoicing processes are followed
• Ensure contractor on-boarding process is followed correctly
• Partake in software contract negotiation when need be
• Be familiar with and execute all legal processes
• Provide feedback to vendors on contractor performance
• Build and maintain effective relationships with all key stakeholders to facilitate organizational effectiveness
• Identify areas of concern in terms of reporting and use influence to debate and agree the best way forward
• Act speedily to resolve problems, queries and complaints
• Use influence and negotiation to achieve win-win outcomes
• Initiate meetings with key stakeholders to track progress, manage expectations and ensure clients needs are met
• Proactively communicate and share information and encourage discussion and debate (share successes, highlight challenges and identify and manage risks)
• Read the cultural environment and adapt communication style to meet the needs of different audiences
• Anticipate and manage conflict, demonstrating an ability to resolve differences, particularly where these may be stalling the implementation of agreed plans.

Qualifications and experience:

• 10 years + Project Management experience 
• 5 years investment banking experience in implementing Business Technology solutions
• Fully comfortable with Agile delivery methodology and ceremonies (Scrum or SAFe)
• Ability to manage a number of dependencies outside their project 
• Project Management Certification 
• Agile Project Management Certification
• Analytics, data quality, DWH, Reporting skills and has previously worked in Analytics spaces