Citi Group Infrastructure Project Manager - AVP 

United States, Texas, Irving 

596473769

The Infrastructure Project Manager is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes by demonstrating a high level of leadership, as well as providing directional strategy to the partners and stakeholders in the delivery process. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence, and convince colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.Responsibilities:

• Manages multiple large business strategic high dollar-value infrastructure projects, with cross-functional impact or significant impact in a single functional area.
• Must be extremely technically sound to understand aspects related to Distributed Systems and associated Technologies
• Ensures that projects remain aligned with strategic initiatives, providing updates as necessary to sponsors/committees and ensuring adequate resources are available.
• Partners with the various clients to develop objectives for key projects.
• Manage the overall plan for the business-related activities.
• Manages complex financials typically associated with infrastructure projects – this is a mandatory requirement
• Practices established project management disciplines including the development of project plans/timelines, facilitates project meetings, etc.
• Identifies critical paths for large projects, including the sequencing of events.
• Orchestrate and drive the successful and timely completion of infrastructure scope in Technology projects to achieve the business goals, including the identification and resolution of risks and issues, which impact project delivery.
• Work collaboratively with extended the technology teams to develop comprehensive infrastructure project plans based on approved funding. Project plans typically include scope, schedule, cost, quality, roles and responsibilities, communication, staffing, risk and issue management. Obtain commitment to the plans.
• Ensure that for each of the programs/projects in his/her portfolio:
• All stakeholders and their needs are identified and managed.
• Effectively manage project work within the approved scope. Implement and manage scope change control processes and update project plans based on approved changes.
• In conjunction with the team, lead the development of the work breakdown structure and creation of the detailed project schedule. Understand the dependencies and inter-relationships of the tasks and deliverables.
• Monitor actual schedule and costs against the project estimates. Report significant variances and develop corrective action plans.
• Communicate effectively with staff and management on status, issues, risks, project goals and objectives.
• Schedule and lead project meetings as required, including preparation of meeting agendas and meeting minutes.
• Creates and distributes project status/project progress reports to team and management.

Qualifications:

• PM Industry knowledge or experience mandatory.
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is preferred , but not mandatory.
• 6 years’ experience in infrastructure project management managing complex infrastructure initiatives in a matrix environment, during which applied a structured approach (methodology) to project planning, estimating, monitoring and reporting through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through closure.
• Experience in managing large globally distributed project teams who are not reporting directly and are associated with the PM for the purpose of the project only.
• Demonstrate leadership and adaptability when facing unique challenges encountered on each project.
• Experience leading technicians and interfacing with senior management.
• Specialized knowledge or broad technical understanding across complex technical infrastructure.
• High energy and a passion for project management and its processes.
• Very strong written, spoken and presentation communication skills.
• Very strong influencing and partnering skills.
• Strong meeting organization and facilitation skills.
• Team player with ability to handle strong personalities at all levels of the company.
• Experience and ease in interfacing with senior management across multiple business sectors.
• Track record of managing work to achieve milestones on time and within budget in a high-pressure environment.
• Analytical, flexible, team-oriented, have good interpersonal and follow up skills with strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
• Technical proficiencies in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project) and industry standard project management tools.
• Financial Services experience preferred, but not mandatory.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

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