Project Manager – Fixed Term Contract recruitment

We are seeking a project manager to join our team who can manage software development and system infrastructure projects throughout their lifecycle. The individual must also be able to provide support to our editorial teams in case of a technical emergency or breaking news situation.

Responsibilities:
- Gathering requirements from the business for new project ideas or refinements to existing tools.
- Liaising with our research and development department to deliver software that helps Bloomberg News be the First, Fastest, Factual, Final and Future words on any news event and meet our goal of becoming the most influential news organisation in the world.
- Managing multiple projects from initiation to completion in a fast-paced, dynamic News environment.
- Learning the technical intricacies of the Bloomberg News system.
- Being a point of contact in the Newsroom for users who may have technical queries or be reporting outages on our critical systems.
- Diagnosing problems within complex systems and bringing about their successful resolution.

Requirements:
- Ability to build relationships and rapport across multiple teams and business units.
- Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to derive requirements from business stakeholders.
- Handle and prioritize multiple tasks and projects effectively.
- Identify critical issues and risks and demonstrate follow-through to completion.
- Proven track-record of delivering successful projects (on time, within budget, user acceptance of quality).
- Strong understanding of system development life-cycle process.
- Well practiced in system analysis and development methodologies .
- Ability to describe complex technical concepts in an easily understandable form.
- A solid foundation of technical knowledge, including networking technologies, content management systems, computer hardware/software/operating systems.
- A passion for technology and the ability to see how it can be best applied to solve business problems and needs.
- Previous experience of using a Bloomberg Terminal very desirable.
- Project Management Qualification from PMI or AMP very desirable.
- Experience of working within a busy, fast-paced News environment very desirable.

The Company
Bloomberg, the global business and financial information and news leader, gives influential decision makers a critical edge by connecting them to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. The company's strength - delivering data, news and analytics through innovative technology, quickly and accurately - is at the core of the Bloomberg Professional service, which provides real time financial information to more than 310,000 subscribers globally. Bloomberg's enterprise solutions build on the company's core strength, leveraging technology to allow customers to access, integrate, distribute and manage data and information across organizations more efficiently and effectively. Through Bloomberg Law, Bloomberg Government and Bloomberg New Energy Finance, the company provides data, news and analytics to decision makers in industries beyond finance. And Bloomberg News, delivered through television, radio, mobile, the Internet and two magazines, Bloomberg Businessweek and Bloomberg Markets, covers the world with more than 2,300 news and multimedia professionals at 146 bureaus in 72 countries. Headquartered in New York, Bloomberg employs more than 15,000 people in 192 locations around the world.

Bloomberg is an equal opportunities employer and we welcome applications from all backgrounds regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or any other classification protected by law.