Project Manager recruitment
Responsibilities
Objective:
Provide project management leadership and business analysis acumen on multiple IT projects for the Delivery Assurance organization that affects Moody's IT at large.
Functional Responsibilities:
Specific responsibilities for the position include:
- Successfully manage (hands on approach) multiple projects simultaneously, utilizing the Moody?s Project Development Lifecycle (PDLC), including the work products and process phase gates.
- Document and manage requirements utilizing the Moody's standards including MKS Integrity Manager.
- Manage Stakeholders expectations. Facilitate scope definition. Drive project team and executives to make decisions in a timely manner in order to deliver project as to an agreed schedule and within budget.
- Support the delivery of the Project Delivery Lifecycle (PDLC) across Moody?s IT by increasing the awareness of the PDLC through on the job interactions with IT teams.
- Within 6 months of starting the position, be able to facilitate project planning sessions focused on requirements management, software configuration management, change management, problem management, schedule and iteration planning, environments management, estimation.
- Understand the importance and ensure project team dedication to data integrity within the project. Adhere to project measurements of the PDLC.
- Working with team and SME's, ensure tool alignment to methodology and develop operational efficiencies utilizing the MIT tool sets.
- ?Lead by example. Build a reputation as a positive problem solver who collaborates, proactively, in a constructive manner to create iterative improvements for operational efficiencies within the position or project team. Demonstrates MIT Values.
- Create and provide comprehensive written and verbal communication statuses. Modify communications based on audience and situation.
- Manage effective communication within the team by being respectful, treating individuals reasonably, building productive working relationships, and engaging people in participative planning and problem solving.
- Provide timely monthly and quarterly sign off on all MIT Financial Governance articles and successfully pass all PPQA, Internal, and SOX Controls (if applicable)
- Manage Up, and deliver results to Organizational Manager as well as IT Executive. Exhibit behavior of anticipating needs of Management and of the team and owning the deliverable through execution.
- Become an active member of the Community of Professionals within Moody's IT to encourage the growth and maturity of the organization.
Scope/Supervision and Interaction:
- Manages project team(s), Associate Project Manager(s) depending on the projects assigned.
- Directly responsible to Organizational Manager and will have assigned responsibilities and deliverables from Manager which are not related to assigned project.
- Promotes interaction within the project team, including MIT, Business Executives and End Users plus other MCO departments or organizations in order to execute project.
- Interaction with external vendors, consultants (on and off shore).
- Interaction with members of the Organizational team
Qualifications:
Minimum education and work experience required for position includes:
- 7 years project and software development lifecycle experience, preferably in the financial services industry.
- BS or BA degree, preferably in technology/business or equivalent.
- PMP certification preferred.
Key Competencies
- Multi-tasking; Ability to handle multiple projects and smaller deliverables simultaneously. Ability to self assign and self prioritize. Deliver results with changing priorities and ad hoc deliverables within tight timeframes utilizing individual contributions and within a team concept.
- Project and Software Delivery engineering mindset. Ability to take abstract items and work them into the intended deliverable.
- Ability to successfully manage and incorporate change into daily interactions and on projects. Ability to determine new solutions to envelope those changes. Communicate changes effectively.
- Team player; within the Delivery Assurance organization and external to all other departments. Approaches job and all interactions with the understanding that Delivery Assurance is a service organization.
- Business Analysis competencies including the documentation of project requirements. Understands and can articulate the importance of requirements as the beginning of building reference architecture.
- Advanced project management capabilities that address all aspects of project management including, risk, issues, resources, budget, etc.
- Ability to create approaches to projects or deliverables. Create timelines to the approach and self manage to completion.
- Ability to move projects forward with an incomplete picture.
- Possesses the interest to understand the details of the projects assigned while also staying focused on the project delivery date.
- Solid and demonstrated understanding of the Project Lifecycle and its inherent responsibilities.
- Customer Focus in delivering solutions. Ability to manage Stakeholder expectations.
- Knowledge and practical experience with project estimation methodologies.
- Basic understanding of project financials.
- Proven ability to manage up in a complex environment while being a consistent value add to the management team.
- Ability to follow and execute directives of Manager(s); anticipating the needs of the manager and of the team. Provide solutions; own and execute.
- Ability to understand the importance of following MIT Governance processes; capturing and maintaining updated metrics for reporting within a project, resource and development tools. Ability to create, analyze and present comprehensive commentary on project metrics.
- Strong written, verbal, and presentation communication skills. Ability to present project status to various levels of personnel. Solid use of Microsoft Office applications to enhance project deliverables and attain results.
- Ability to facilitate and negotiate interpersonal or inter-team conflict.
- Ability to proactively create clarity where ambiguity exits.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Moody's Corporation is committed to equal opportunities and diversity in its recruitment practices. We welcome applications from all sections of the community and are dedicated to the fair and equal treatment of potential and existing employees, candidates and clients regardless of sex, marital status, ethnic origin, religion, disability, sexual orientation, age or any other characteristic protected by law.
