Responsibilities

Job Description

What will you contribute?

Reporting to the Director of Release Management, the Technical Project Manager is responsible for ensuring that development activities are executed in line with roadmap plans and customer obligations in a professional, cost-effective and timely manner.

The role of the Technical Project Manager is to plan and execute roadmap development activities according to agreed deadlines. This includes coordinating resources and efforts of various product and engineering teams in order to deliver projects according to plan or apply strong change control management as required. The Technical Project Manager will also define the project's objectives and oversee quality control throughout its life cycle. At all times establish and maintain good working relationships with all stakeholders, and reinforce the Software Development Lifecycle.

• Produce and maintain a project and quality plan, and conduct the project accordingly.
• Develop full-scale release plans and associated governance documents.
• Report effectively on development progress, problems encountered and their solutions by means of status reporting and also ad-hoc reports as appropriate.
• Effectively communicate development expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion.
• Liaise with BU stakeholders on an on-going basis
• Estimate the resources and participants needed to achieve development goals
• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the product & engineering teams
• Identify and manage dependencies and critical path.
• Track milestones and deliverables.
• Proactively manage changes in scope, working with product and engineering teams.
• Ensure proper risk management by documenting all risks and ensuring effective mitigation strategy. Devise contingency plans as necessary.
• Coach, mentor, motivate and supervise team members, and influence them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work.
• Develop or enhance best practices and tools for delivery execution and management

• 10 years of direct experience in a similar role - insurance, financial services or banking institutions preferred
• PMP certification preferred
• Experience in development of complex enterprise software systems
• Thorough understanding of project management methodologies and tools available
• Customer driven and have the ability to work within a team environment
• Strong organization and presentation skills
• English speaker