Project Manager - Investment Banking Analytics in Boston, MA

The IB Analytics space currently lacks a true platform to address the needs of our target audience: analysts and associates working on deals. The new IB Analytics desktop will create a compelling product offering that addresses users workflow needs unlike any product in the market today. We are forging an innovative path based on new technology, allowing us to not only catch up but, surpass our competitors. This platform is designed to embed our products in our users workflow, so they depend on us to effectively and efficiently do their jobs each and every day. Combination of three desktop applications to make up the proposition: Smart Components: Deal Comparables and Company Comparables Office Integration Tools: Dynamic charts directly in Powerpoint; create linkages between Excel models and Powerpoint presentations. Spreadsheet Link: Next generation Excel Add-in that provides flexible and powerful modelling capabilities. Job Description Duties and Responsibilities Define, document and execute a complex software delivery project, actively participating in all phases of the project. Set up and drive the core formal delivery team to ensure clear roles and accountability for each deliverable and dependency. Ensure all groups are aware of project scope, their responsibility for delivering projects and milestones. Ensure the right resources are available at the right time with the right skills. Actively engage with the business segment, vendors, content sourcing teams, product, development, quality, application support and operations groups to ensure synchronization and awareness of all plans. Actively manage any off-shore and outsourced development teams/resources. Responsible for ensuring end to end project plans are tightly coupled and deliverables aligned. Proactively identify and manage dependencies from other teams to ensure confidence in the overall schedule and smooth transition and handoff to various groups. Facilitate a clear communication channel between all internal and external teams involved in delivery. Create and manage detailed project plans and schedules. Track progress and actively manage any potential roadblocks or delays to ensure timely and quality delivery of committed plans. Monitor and report status from each deliverable group to all relevant parties. Highlight divergence from scope and adjust where necessary. Gain commitments to ensure corrective actions are taken if costs, timescales or resources deviate from agreed tolerances. Participate in project estimations when requested to provide costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project to be estimated. Establish project milestones that reflect realization of agreed business benefits within timeframe and budget. Identify and track milestones, deliverables, risks, issues, changes and dependencies within the schedule. Responsible for project risk management. Identify, assess, manage and mitigate project risks to successful project completion. Responsible for project change control. Ensure the appropriate solution or budget is presented so that projected business benefits are realised. Ensure revisions to the project are agreed with stakeholders and full impact of changes is understood by stakeholders. Ensure compliance with Project Process. Maintain project library including all key project documentation. Contribute to the ongoing development of project process, tools and techniques such that they develop in line with company organisational, technical and commercial requirements. Perform other assignments as requested by manager. Working remotely or extended office hours may be required to meet the global teams needs. Domestic travel may be required. Job Specification - Experience and Knowledge: A minimum of five plus years (7-10 recommended) project management experience or an equivalent combination of project management experience, business experience and education in the financial services business. Experience managing geographically distributed and multi-disciplinary project teams. Experience managing software development projects with extensive communication, risk management, extensive project reporting and project management tools experience required. Experience creating complete detailed plans for complex projects. Ability to track progress and actively manage end to end project plan. Strong network with business, product, content, operations & technology groups. Bachelors Degree required. PMP Certification strongly suggested. Experience in the Investment and Advisory field or cross-asset content ingestion and delivery projects desirable. Job Specification - Skills: 1) Planning2) Coordination across functional Matrix organization Required: Must be capable of managing either a large global program with many workstreams or several large global projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment. Very strong verbal and written communication skills, and proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships at multiple levels of the organization and with outside vendors. Excellent leadership and team building skills. Strong presentation skills at core team and senior management level. Very strong interpersonal skills particularly motivational, negotiation, listening, judgement, analytic ability, and conflict management skills. Proven implementation skills. Excellent organizational skills. Extensive use of Microsoft Office, Project, Sharepoint and other project planning tools. Plus: Experience with project management process. Familiarity with or expertise in standard Software Development Processes & Techniques (CMM, Prince, Agile, RUP etc) Knowledge of Investment Banking Knowledge of I&A technology strategy as well as commercial and product architecture a plus. Development with WPF To Apply to this job go to http://www.GadBall.com or click here