Citi Group Project Manager 

Canada, Ontario 

902733884

About The Department

FX Technology develops innovative technology solutions and focuses on providing exceptional service to our clients in full partnership with our product teams.We deliver customized solutions by utilizing cutting edge technologies to deploy everything from cloud computing to mobile solutions to APIs, creating a competitive advantage for Citi, our clients, our regulators and our stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• End to end project management of a technology project, projects or work-stream in a larger program
• Scope work and create plans in Excel or Jira, breaking out tasks, owners, dates, milestones and RAG statuses
• Stakeholder management and leadership of the project team or working groups involved
• Keep project plan(s) or Jiras up to date, providing date information. RAG updates and commentary
• Create and maintain a RAID log, raising risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, and then driving them to resolution or escalating where support is needed
• Chair meetings with application developers and with stakeholders, ranging from daily scrums to weekly updates to ad-hoc technical workshops
• Take and circulate meeting minutes – including tracking attendees, key discussion points and action log
• Create or update powerpoints where applicable, such as slides for project updates, or to input into Operating Committees and Steering Committees
• Hosting of Operating Committees if / where applicable and presenting in other forums
• Input into the central Program team governance processes and best practices ensuring high standard Project and Program management

Characteristics:

• Excellent communicator who gets on well with others
• A problem solver keen to find solutions to complex challenges
• Exceptional organisational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
• Proactive and keen to take ownership of activities
• A team player able to collaborate with different teams

Experience:

• 8+ years of project management experience. Understanding of technology and the application development lifecycle
• Experience working with developers and technical teams
• Experience managing complex technology projects involving technical teams and many moving parts
• Experience managing projects in either Waterfall or Agile, with history of planning, risk mitigation and tracking
• Ability to understand complex systems and flows
• Stakeholder management
• Experience with Jira or a similar tool is beneficial
• Understanding of Agile and related methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, including ceremonies (daily stand ups, retrospectives, sprint planning) and planning mechanisms (epics, user stories, sprints) would be highly beneficial
• Microsoft office suite experience with Word, Excel and Powerpoint
• Experience in FX or another Markets area is beneficial
• Understanding of financial services industry is beneficial

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