Senior Associate, Technical Project Management - Description The Senior Associate Technical Project Manager will be responsible of analyzing all the business requirements, collaborating and supporting projects from initiation to closure.
Actively participating in the in technical documents creation according to the Santander format (DDR and DDS). Will be involved in the whole development and deployment to production processes, including preproduction and production deployment plans, committees, post-deployment validations and finally, will support Production environment.
The Senior Associate Technical Project Manager will manage project technical definition, developments, implementation, risk identification and he/she will report project status.
This position will support Commercial/Corporate Banking Projects, specialized in outsource and communication services
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to the development of project definition and scope with applicable stakeholders
- Identify project duration, effort, sequence, and dependencies of tasks required to meet applicable project objectives
- Document the development and outcomes throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adherence to established quality standards
- Conduct Project Team meetings and situational analysis regularly to ensure appropriate communication to all stakeholders
- Develop presentations, dashboards, reports and other team and executive level project communications and documentation
- Document and communicate project changes, project health and project status to project team, Business Owner and Executive Sponsor
- This position may have people management responsibility
- Accountable for the project management process and project management deliverables for all assigned projects from initiation thru closure.
- Adhere to Santander Bank project management standards by ensuring that recognized project management processes, discipline and controls are consistently applied to projects from initiation through closure
- Accountable for the project management process and project management deliverables for all assigned projects
- Participate in the funding process as appropriate
- 4 years formal project management experience in development and integration processes
- 2 years relevant financial services experience preferred.
Knowledge of functional area may be required
- Ability to analyze project data, metrics and financials, making data-driven analytical decisions
- Understanding, application, and ability to articulate industry project management principles, theories, and concepts
- Demonstrated experience engaging the support and resources of others to achieve project goals and objectives; influencing without authority
- Significant experience in building project planning documents
- Able to manage all aspects of multiple projects, deliverables and timelines
- Proven experience prioritizing, budgeting, estimating, project implementation
At Santander, we value and respect differences in our workforce and strive to increase the diversity of our teams.
We actively encourage everyone to apply.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in business administration, management information systems, computer science or equivalent or equivalent work experience
- 4-7 years managing technical projects
- Project Management Professional (PMP) or Scrum Master (CSM) certification, or PMP-ACP, or CAPM certification desired
- Ability to communicate and work effectively with other team members across the Bank
- Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
- Proven ability to motivate teams and drive a common goal
- Proven track record of successful technical project delivery
- Proven working experience as a project manager in the information technology sector
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
- Strong organizational, problem solving and analytical skills
- Strong project management and quality assurance skills
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Minimal physical effort such as sitting, standing, and walking
Competencies:
- Communicates in a timely and straightforward manner
- Probes for additional information, clarifies assumptions and confirms agreed-upon actions
- Keeps everyone involved informed about progress and issues
- Creates a good working environment in the team; works towards shared goals contributing ideas and accepting change
- Provides assistance and coaches less experienced team members
- Establishes rapport with all parties in an attempt to diffuse tension
- Confronts the issue, not the person
- Follows through to meet commitments to others
- Takes responsibility for achieving strong results, despite balancing multiple complex demands
- Identifies the component parts of a complex situation or problem and the relationship among variables that are not obvious
- Probes in-depth to understand the customer's business needs
- Explores and understands the customer's alternatives and decision criteria
- Understands specific financial and accounting standards to identify and assess the impact and likelihood of operational risks
- Understands the relevant products and services and the markets in which they are sold and their risk return to the organization
- Can identify and speak to major operational issues across the organization
Job : Technical Project Management
Primary Location : Massachusetts-Dorchester-2 Morrissey Boulevard
- 06367
- Columbia Park-Corp
Organization : Technology (5900)
Schedule : Full-time Job Posting : Jun 9, 2020, 9:20:46 PM
