Our leading client in the financial services industry has a long-term contract opportunity for a Cyber Project Manager for Enterprise Project Management projects that could include Cyber Security projects within Identity and Access Management (Active Directory, Privileged Access Management, Customer Identities, etc).
This person must have previous experience with strategic stakeholder interaction and should be interested in working in a transforming environment--Digital, Agile, and modernization efforts. This person will help define, design, implement (and manage ongoing production of) Program and Project tracking and reporting capabilities to support the PMO and application delivery teams in their adherence to corporate program and project governance.
Location: Frisco, TX
Qualifications:
A Financial Services / Banking background is a MUST HAVE for this role.
Bachelor's degree is preferred
Prefer PMP.
Prefer Six Sigma/Black Belt certification.
7 to 10 years of Program or Project management experience.
5 to 7 years of experience working within a PMO or technology delivery function with experience in organizing, analyzing and visualizing enterprise data to enable data-driven decision making and actions.
Must have strong skills in program management/planning, presentations and communication.
Must be highly proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel (including Pivot tables), and MS Project.
Must have familiarity with various software development lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies (Waterfall, Agile, etc.).
Must be familiar with enterprise tools that are used to track large Initiatives and Programs.
Responsibilities:
Responsible for interpretation and dissemination of project information, process ownership, process improvement, and establishing best practices and processes in the PMO. See the development of a suite of proactive reporting, visualization and communication, leveraging the data within multiple complex enterprise project management tools, to advise the PMO and senior technology managers of the overall health of their initiatives and identify areas that require remediation. KPI's will also be defined and agreed upon with KPI monitoring implemented to monitor adherence to governance milestones.
Manage PMO portfolio of projects performing analysis of projects and help design end-state strategy to ongoing improvement initiatives and create efficient global business standards and operational efficiencies.
Interface and build strong rapport with designated Project Managers.
Execute status meetings and partner with other Project Managers, Project stakeholders and drive initiatives to completion.
Prepare and produce project status, Issue/Risk and RAG reports for senior management.
Preparation of weekly and monthly operational metrics reports including cost savings status and forecasts.
Participate in project governance and provide detailed metrics on project quality control measures.
Coordinate project meetings and working sessions with project stakeholders.
Conduct project related status/performance analysis.
Track project progress against time and quality expectations.
Deploy appropriate methods and tools to drive implementation.