My client is a well-established bank, situated in West Toronto. They are looking for a Sr. Project Manager (Java/Cash Management/Commercial Banking). This is a 3 month contract with the possibility of extension.
If this interests you, please send the answers to the questions below in full detail and a MS-Word version copy of your resume (ASAP) along with a telephone contact number: E-mail to xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx Attention Purva
Job Overview:
We are seeking a Project Manager with 5 years of experience in Project Management, primarily coming from the financial sector, with cash management and commercial banking experience. Candidates must have worked with a minimum of 10 M in budget, the incumbent will be overseeing 5 FTE, the business team which consists of 5-10 individuals and various vendors. PM's with offshore experience will be preferred.
Job Description:
• Plan, coordinate and supervise complex informatics assignments
• Design and apply new methods and procedures
• Coordinate systems development for major applications, define project requirements including information and data needs, business analysis and programming
• Develop, plan, analyze, evaluate and assign priorities to deliverables and requirements
• Define project phases, set deadlines and manage staff
• Develop project plans with milestones
• Coordinate all meeting and interface with business units, staff and service providers
The successful candidate will be responsible for the oversight and execution of multiple projects and project managers. Accountable for managing broad and highly complex teams and projects involving significant scope and complexity.
Accountabilities:
• Sets direction at an operational level, works autonomously in the management of the unit and collaborates with other business heads to establish and execute on common goals
• Direct or manages large-scale applications, programs or projects across multiple product lines, involving significant scope and complexity
• Ensures delivery of projects to the business partner, meeting the approved scope/cost/schedule/quality for the project
• Perform a governing role for, ensuring that the proposal, execution, control, deployment, training and hand off, warranty support, and closure meet promised schedules
• Performs risk identification and mitigation activities, escalating unresolved issues to the Executive and / or Steering Committee where appropriate to secure their timely decisions/support
• Manages the acquisition and deployment of resources, including budget, by working with the Project Managers to secure the resources required for the project
• Ensures client satisfaction with the project process and project team by effective and timely communication including status reporting, continual risk/issue assessment/management and escalation, and resolution of issues as they arise
• The successful candidate will be required to work with and influence senior level leaders and partner with other IT Managers
• Product knowledge: Java/ Distributed technologies/ Web Services
• PMP/ ITIL
Skills:
• Proven leadership skills and experience managing large and complex IT projects
• Full life cycle development experience
• Experience with proven project methodology tools
• PMI or ITIL certification
• Expertise in MS Project, Excel, Visio and PowerPoint
Questions to Answer:
1. Tell me about a project where Roles & Responsibilities were unclear between groups. How did you get the team to perform the tasks in this situation?
2. Describe a situation where a process did not exist for accomplish a specific task. How did you accomplish the task?
3. How do you find risks on your projects and how do you deal with them?
4. How do you identify and resolve project issues? At what stage do you escalate?
Qualifications:
• Excel - 6+ Years
• Full Life Cycle Development - 6+ Years
• ITIL Certification - 6+ Years
• Leadership - 6+ Years
• Microsoft Project - 6+ Years
• PMI Certification - 6+ Years
• PowerPoint - 6+ Years
• Project Methodology Tools - 6+ Years
• Visio - 6+ Years
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