Beschreibung
For a project at our clients site, a global bank based here in Zurich, we are looking for a
Senior Project Manager - Cloud Computing (IaaS implementation)(3376)
The aim of this project is the implementation of an internal private cloud in the integrated work stream which will require a strong understanding of infrastructure technologies and processes.
The Project Manager will perform a variety of project management and business analysis tasks. The role requires credibility and confidence interacting with senior management, business unit personnel and the technology team across the full life cycle of a project.
Job Qualifications:
- 10+ years project management, planning, tracking and reporting medium to high complexity technology projects
- 7+ years hands-on experience performing detailed business analysis and requirements specifications for application development
- 7+ years in financial services settings (preferably Infrastructure IT department)
- Familiarity of Cloud concepts, principles and industry trends. Experience with Cloud related project (IaaS, PaaS, or SaaS) is a plus.
- Certification in PMP or other project management certification is required
- Certification in ITIL, Scrum preferred
- Familiarity with SDLC, Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
- Proficiency in MS Project desired
- An organized self-starter with proven project delivery, the candidate will be experienced enough to work on their own initiative with minimal supervision
- Critical thinking and translation of business needs into technology solutions
- Ability to analyze vague project requests and clarify into specific tasks, next steps and deliverables
- Full systems development life cycle experience
- Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite
- Fluent English and German
The Role:
- Managing project team toward the goal of creating detailed functional requirements documents, use cases, wireframes, data flow diagrams, sample reports, or other similar artifacts.
- Manage each project phase while dealing with stakeholders at all levels and on a Matrix management basis
- Requirements Management, Design Engineering, Integration Testing, Production testing acceptance and Hand Over to operations
- Analyze vague project requests and clarify into specific tasks, next steps and deliverables.
- Creating and maintaining detailed project plans for team members and summary project plans for presentations to stakeholders
- Driving the requirements gathering by working with users to define scope of project, scheduling and running requirements gathering sessions, prioritizing topics, scheduling meetings, keeping meetings on track and productive.
- Acting as a liaison and advocate between the business users and the development teams, including identifying and integrating dependent development teams involved in a solution design
- Facilitating/assisting with User Acceptance Testing
- Managing risk/scope changes while marching towards project tasks, and project phase closure
- Managing vendor relationships as needed