Senior Project Manager, Financial Systems

One of the largest professional certification associations in the finance industry globally uses DataArt as its primary technology partner. This highly prestigious and recognizable organization has thousands certified members worldwide.

Technology excellence is one of the strategic foundations of the organization. Their IT landscape is diverse and contemporary, including Azure, .NET, Salesforce, SiteCore, NetSuite and Selenium.

To help address the challenges of a diverse and changing business environment on the scale they have, they use Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). In addition to the many projects already underway, DataArt has been commissioned to start several new projects of different sizes and complexity and is looking for Senior Project Managers to lead them.

Responsibilities

• Defining, creating and onboarding a development team (with integral help from DataArt’s HR team). Mentoring the team and striving for excellence in project delivery
• Building relations with all levels of customer stakeholders
• Establishing and supporting Agile processes and activities to create a supportive, collaborative and effective environment for the team and stakeholders, including coaching the DataArt team and client on Agile best practices
• Helping the team and dedicated product owner to collect and manage the stakeholder’s expectations and requirements
• Leading all planning and tracking activities
• Facilitating risk management activities
• Enabling communications and information exchange with other teams
• Removing project impediments to help the team achieve optimal performance and satisfaction
• Providing project status visibility to the team and stakeholders at various levels
• Together with DataArt’s HR team, help team members build and adjust their professional development plans
• Work on constant process improvements to achieve higher satisfaction for the team and greater value to the client

Must have

• 7+ years of experience in managing IT projects or 5+ years of experience as a Project Manager and 10+ years of experience in IT
• Experience working with Agile methodologies: Scrum, Kanban, XP, etc.
• Good understanding of the software development lifecycle
• Leadership and people management skills: motivation, evaluation, conflict resolution
• Practical knowledge of using defect/task tracking systems and project reporting tools
• Experience with risk management activities
• Client communication skills: expectation management, feedback gathering, discussing requirements
• Good spoken and written English, ability to create project documentation in English

Would be a plus

• Knowledge of Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe)
• Experience of working in IT outsourcing or consulting companies
• Experience in pre-sales and proposal preparation
• Experience managing a group of projects and tracking the status of implementation
• Experience of working in the finance domain

DataArt offers:

• Professional Development:
  - Experienced colleagues who are ready to share knowledge;
  - The ability to switch projects, technology stacks, try yourself in different roles;
  - More than 150 workplaces for advanced training;
  - Study and practice of English: courses and communication with colleagues and clients from different countries;
  - Support of speakers who make presentations at conferences and meetings of technology communities.
• The ability to focus on your work: a lack of bureaucracy and micromanagement, and convenient corporate services;
• Friendly atmosphere, concern for the comfort of specialists;
• Flexible schedule (there are core mandatory hours), the ability to work remotely upon agreement with colleagues;
• The ability to work in any of our development centers.