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*They need to have Financial Services experience.* *This particular project is a multi-year effort in rebuilding and adding new capabilities to their PPA (Portfolio Performance Analytics) platform. This resource needs to have a strong focus on delivery and must have solid project management skills in addition to a strong background in Agile (working as a Scrum master, leading and implementing Agile practices). * *This will be a 1-2 + year contract, looking for about 6-10 years of experience.* *Location: Smithfield, RI* *Phone screen followed by onsite interview or Webex, meeting with the PM lead, Product Manager and Development Manager* **Personality and soft skills are going to be key for this role. Must be a strong and effective communicator, have the ability to be hands on in leading teams and driving projects. Must have a solid understanding of financial/investment services.* *Primary Responsibilities:* - Project planning, resource allocation, management status reporting, scope determination, and successful project delivery. - Execute, report on project plans and coordination of development resources across a matrixed organization of IT development partners. - Plan, manage and execute using Agile software development practices and processes - Partner and collaborate closely with Product Management (business and IT) to implement the product strategy and roadmap. - Track and manage scope, budget, resources and timelines for large complex initiatives - Provide oversight and coordination across track delivery leads. - Assist team with making appropriate commitments through story selection and task definition and remove all obstacles that may interfere with the ability of the teams' to deliver assigned goals - Facilitate discussion and conflict resolution - Provide direction to project activities to ensure successful implementation and support - Promote continuous improvement and help teams to increase productivity Promote a collaborative team environment that fosters creativity and innovation - Provide coordination of activities, milestones and communication with project teams that requested (sponsored) the deliverables. - Communicates project plan information, objectives and deliverables to the team *Education and Experience:* - BA or BS degree - 6+ years of experience in the software development space, at least 3 as a project manager with extensive technical delivery experience with analysis, development, and QA - Certified Scrum Master or 3+ years' experience in Agile software project management - Ability to adjust and apply this technical knowledge in a dynamic environment using - Agile development principles - Experience in the financial services industry with a solid understanding of brokerage preferred - Strong experience with software development methodologies (agile and waterfall) - Experience in leadership/influence and collaboration in a matrix-managed environment, and across multiple and diverse groups - Must be able to communicate with various levels in and across the organization, from VP level to detailed developer to business SME - Influencing skills beyond organizational boundaries are a must *Skills and Knowledge:* - Strong leadership presence and skills - Excellent planning, prioritization, organizational, presentation, and customer service skills. - Ability to juggle multiple projects at once and work in a dynamic work environment. - Excellent written and verbal communication, interviewing and requirements gathering skills, and strong interpersonal skills. - Experience in a variety of life cycle methodologies. - Proven technical analytical skills. - Ability to diagram business processes and system workflows. - Solid/seasoned knowledge of project management methodologies. - Solid application/technology knowledge and expertise in one or a few areas. - Candidates must be able to work independently and with minimum supervision drive long-range targets. - Solid knowledge of financial management/budgeting process. *The three main projects that are being worked on are:* -Migration of the Caliper (calculates rate of return on portfolios) platform to new hardware -Work on stabilization of the platform - working with other Fidelity teams to move the system to new hardware, then stabilizing the platform for better optimization and performance -Take over web services from other teams for all web services to fall under one umbrella. They will be bringing the services up to specifications to make compliant with Fidelity standards -Also oversee various other ad-hoc projects *Anupam Amita |* *Technical Recruiter* | *Apetan Consulting LLC* Tel 201-620-9700* 107 | Fax: 201-526-6869 | 72 Van Reipen Avenue # 255 Jersey City, NJ 07306 [email protected] | www.apetan.com *Disclaimer:* We respect your Online Privacy. This e-mail message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential and privileged information. Any unauthorized review, use, disclosure or distribution is prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender by reply e-mail and destroy all copies of the original message. If you are not interested in receiving our e-mails then please reply with a "REMOVE" in the subject line at [email protected] and mention all the e-mail addresses to be removed with any e-mail addresses, which might be diverting the e mails to you. 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