Project Manager; IT - Associate

Position: Project Manager (IT) - Associate
Job Description:

Project manager with Jira and confluence experience

Questions For Suppliers:


• What are the top 3 must-haves you will be looking for in the resumes/interviews for this role? What type of software skills is an absolute must have?

Familiar with Jira, Confluence, project management and facilitation skills, demonstrated analytical, critical thinking and problem-solving skills


• What are the top 3 "nice to have" that would separate a successful candidate from their competition?

Familiar with IT and cloud-based projects and Technical acumen (means they have good broad based understanding of IT terms, how things work in IT, etc)


• Is this role supporting a specific project or initiative, which project or initiative is this role supporting?

Support Tech Mod strategy


• What will the interview process look like (phone screen, face to face, meet with team, how many rounds, etc)? Is there a test in the interview the candidate should be prepared for?

In person or Zoom is fine and in person would be in Quincy in JAB


• What are the working hours, time zone?

Monday - Friday 8 to 5


• What is the duration of this contract and is there a chance it will be extended?

End of the year


• What training will be provided for this contractor and what are first day expectations?

Explanation of our inflight projects


• What is the day to day of the person going to look like? Please be specific.

Facilitation of meetings, sending out minutes, tracking project updates, working in Jira and Confluence and SharePoint.


• Please provide specific days/times that you are available for interview scheduling purposes.

Afternoons are normally easier or early mornings.

Education & Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. in Computer Science or a related technical discipline

• 7+ years of experience in hands-on technical product/program management or similar technical experience

• Financial services industry experience and/or experience with regulated environments

• Experience leading Technology or transformation initiatives and ability to effectively and diplomatically manage issues across functional teams

• Proven ability to bring together, collaborate with, influence and build relationships across geographically disbursed teams

• Skilled at explaining technical concepts in a clear and concise manner and possess an understanding of SDLC principles

• Extremely detailed and solution oriented

• Excellent oral and written communication skills

• Working knowledge of Excel, Jira, Confluence, Clarity PPM, Sharepoint

Required Skills :
Project Coordination

Basic Qualification :

Additional Skills :

Background Check :
No

Drug Screen :
No