Location: Arlington, TX 76014 (onsite 2 days/week including Tuesdays)
Term: 6 Months Contract-to-Hire
This international financial services industry leader has an immediate contract-to-hire opportunity in Arlington, TX for an IT Program Manager. This position requires working onsite 2 days per week, including Tuesdays. This IT Program Manager will join a growing team responsible for driving standardization and promoting reuse as part of the architecture. As a Technical Program Manager, you will play a critical role in driving and managing strategic technology initiatives related to architecture. Your expertise in program management, development practices, enterprise architecture, and financial services combined with a sound set of technical skills will be instrumental in ensuring the successful execution of complex projects and initiatives. We want a visionary leader to accelerate the transformation journey!
Required Skills & Experience:
Bachelor's Degree
7-10 years of IT Project/Program Management experience on software development and architecture projects (.NET, C#, and/or Java). Prior Java/.NET experience as a Developer/Technical Lead or Architect strongly preferred.
Project forecasting and budgeting experience required.
Financial services industry experience strongly preferred.
PMP or Scrum Master Certification preferred.
Substantial experience with Azure or AWS Cloud-related concepts & technologies.
Excellent communication, presentation and interpersonal skills to collaborate with different levels of hierarchy.
Strong understanding of software development practices and architecture patterns & principles.
Experience in managing teams/programs utilizing microservices and event driven architecture.
Strong experience in managing REST API development and onboarding different consumers internally and external.
Excellent project management skills, including the ability to create and manage program plans, budgets, and resources effectively.
Strong leadership and influencing skills, with the ability to drive consensus and manage stakeholders at all levels.
Ability to Identify and understand technical dependencies between initiatives.
Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
What You Will Be Doing:
Communicating up and down the stack - interacting with executives, engineers and architects, business groups and shared services.
Leading the tech standardization efforts to streamline technology and tools needed to support business needs.
Support building the reusable services backlog and help in execute development activities.
Build and develop effective relationships with different product teams to find opportunities for reuse and promote usage of reusable services.
Create an effective lifecycle process for enterprise reusable services and tech standards and think out of the box to deliver more with less resources.
Help documenting and conducting presentations for technical, business and leadership audiences to promote reusable services and enforce tech standards.
Lead the enterprise reusable services group planning activities across goals, KRs, KPIs, etc.
Assist with change management activities for the team and beyond.
Help design and implement workflows and other automations using low-code tools.
Champion the financials of the tech standards & reusable team, yearly budget, and ongoing financial planning.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement by identifying opportunities for process enhancements and driving operational efficiency within the program.