Professional Services Delivery Manager (Moscow) recruitment
Company Profile
Founded in 1997, Calypso Technology is a leading global application software provider for the capital markets industry, delivering an integrated suite of trading, risk and processing applications within many of the premier financial institutions including banks, asset managers, hedge funds, and other companies participating in the world’s financial markets. Its innovative platform is the industry’s first integrated application suite with the ability to support the trading, risk management, and processing of various financial products such as Interest Rate, Credit, Foreign Exchange, Commodity and Equity and their derivatives.
With strategically based offices in global financial centers in San Francisco (headquarters), New York, London, Paris, Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Moscow, Johannesburg, Sydney, Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, Beijing, Mumbai and Chennai, our 500+ employees include some of the best talent from the capital markets and technology industries. Our global presence offers international exposure, experience and travel for many of our employment positions.
Calypso Technology's clients are industry innovators and leaders — from 8 of the world’s top 10 banks to regional and local banks, and the world’s largest asset managers, leading hedge funds, and insurance companies. With over 110+ customers and 18,000+ users around the world, we are extremely proud of the relationships we have developed. A partial list of our clients can be found here: www.calypso.com/customers/ With a world-class team of professionals who share a passion to succeed, Calypso places a high value on providing equal employment opportunities and maintaining a diverse workforce.
We invite you to explore the Calypso website and discover how our organization can help you to navigate your journey in finding a rewarding career and achieving your own personal and professional goals.
Department Overview
Our Professional Services Group is comprised of highly experienced functional and technical consultants that specialize in the implementation of Calypso, across each one of the asset classes and/or functional areas our solution provides. The PS Group works very closely with our clients to ensure the successful implementation of our solution until go-live.
Responsibilities:
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This person will be responsible for managing the implementation of the Calypso Software Solution. This will include the responsibility of project tracking to meet deliverables and the system go-live date and the subsequent support of the application.
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Management of the Calypso project team.
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Review Client designs and onsite Calypso designs to ensure high quality delivery of any configuration and / or custom code.
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Work in partnership with the Client’s Project Management team.
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Discuss and validate critical Client requests with Calypso and Clients
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Monitor validate detailed business specifications and concepts for sign off.
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Co-ordination of deliveries between the product center and the client
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Monitor validate product support call Bugs, Enhancement, Advice (verify content, description of test cases, Business Specifications, Timings expected etc…)
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Monitor progress of project to be in sync with Calypso Delivery Process Model
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Participate in client project status meetings
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First level of escalation for project deliveries
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Report to the Project Steering Committee.
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Provide early warning to Calypso and client of potential scope creep.
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Progress reporting within Calypso.
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Client expectation management.
Skills Requirements:
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5+ years Project Management Experience
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Possess strong analytical and quantitative skills, solid user facing capabilities and the ability to think, write and present in a logical and structured way. The person in this role will spend significant amounts of time working hands-on with our clients.
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Experience writing functional and business specifications with the ability to map conceptual financial and business elements to practical system capabilities.
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Willingness and ability to travel periodically, as required.
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Strong interpersonal skills. The candidate will be communicating with senior levels of management both internally and externally.
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Strong organizational and presentation skills. Candidate must be able to create and manage a complex project plan in an efficient and timely manner.
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Ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast paced environment with an emphasis on delivering solutions to meet our aggressive deadlines.
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Must be client driven, have the ability to work within a team environment, and be focused on providing a high quality of service to the client.
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Software knowledge with the ability to read code in Java/C++ is a plus.
Benefits:
Calypso offers long term career development opportunities, a competitive compensation package, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Calypso Technology is an equal opportunity employee (EOE) and strongly supports diversity in the workforce.