Technology Transformation Project Manager

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Technology Business Systems Consultant in Iselin, NJ (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is a long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Required Skills & Experience

• 4+ years of Business Systems Data experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.
• 5+ yrs SDLC experience with a track record of successfully delivering complex projects.
• At least 5 years’ experience in managing large scale projects & building applications from scratch using APIs, data marts and cloud-based products.
• Strong project / program management skills.
• Should have prior experience in managing virtual teams in onsite/offshore model.
• Should have a development background and the right level of experience and expertise to coach and design, plan and deliver complex applications.
• Agile execution expertise.
• Ability to work under pressure and strict deadlines.
• Own overall delivery and drive teams’ velocity.
• Strong analytical and communication skills.
• Go-getter with a keen focus on delivery.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Regulatory reporting experience with : Regulations like Dodd Frank, CFTC, MIFID I and II, HKMA, MAS, ESMA/EMIR; Listed and OTC derivative and cash products across asset classes; Working with GTRs like DTCC, ICE, ARM/APAs like UnaVista, TRADEcho.
• Experience as a full stack developer.
• Data modelling and development experience.
• Database experience - SQL, MSSQL, Oracle and NoSQL.
• Caching Technologies like Redis.
• Cloud development/migration experience.
• Python
• TDD development
• Hands on experience with Testing (Playwright and ALM Octane), Test Automation.
• Hands on experience with Messaging Queue Technology (Kafka, MQ)

What You Will Be Doing

• Consult on or participate in moderately complex initiatives and deliverables within Technology Business Systems Consulting and contribute to large-scale planning related to Technology Business Systems Consulting deliverables.
• Review and analyze moderately complex Technology Business Systems Consulting challenges that require an in-depth evaluation of variable factors.
• Contribute to the resolution of moderately complex issues and consult with others to meet Technology Business Systems Consulting deliverables while leveraging solid understanding of the function, policies, procedures, and compliance requirements.
• Collaborate with client personnel in Technology Business Systems Consulting.
• Accountable for technology delivery of the platform migration project from pre-project to implementation.
• Responsible for Leading multiple delivery streams to deliver successful project outcomes.
• Plan, track and manage budgets & resources.
• Vendor management SOWs, budgets, invoice approvals, resource onboarding /offboarding and governance through regular governance meetings.
• Providing technical leadership and guidance to team.
• Partnering with business stakeholders, architects to understand business requirements and low-level technical design.
• Plan, manage, track delivery through a combination of agile tools and traditional planning tools where required to ensure overall delivery across all streams are sequenced and tracked.
• Ensure risks are pro-actively managed and highlighted in right forums to seek support for resolution.
• Deliver project in guidance and adherence to Banks software delivery, security, release management standard & guidelines.
• Ensure all deliverables, checkpoints are planned and delivered to meet the banks standards and quality gates.
• Pro-active planning on development dependencies and plan and track them to closure.
• Ensure quality standards are built into the development phase with a quality first approach.
• Measure and monitor progress and quality using data-oriented approach.
• Participate in scrum of scrums and cross stream meetings to discuss, highlight dependencies across systems.
• Conduct regular checkpoints (daily scrums, weekly project meetings) and track actions to closure.
• Put in change management processes to manage and deliver agreed business outcomes.
• During test phases, actively drive defect fixes to meet SLAs. measure and manage defect density, re-open rates.
• Promote a culture of inclusiveness and have active participation from the team during team meetings and standups.
• Identify areas of improvement from each sprint and work towards continuous improvement to improve sprint velocity and quality.

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance - Four medical plans to choose from for you and your family
• Dental & Orthodontia Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Health and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Voluntary Life Insurance, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Insurance
• Hospital Indemnity Insurance
• 401(k) including match with pre and post-tax options
• Paid Sick Time Leave
• Legal and Identity Protection Plans
• Pre-tax Commuter Benefit
• 529 College Saver Plan

Motion Recruitment Partners (MRP) is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans/Disability/Women. All applicants must be currently authorized to work on a full-time basis in the country for which they are applying, and no sponsorship is currently available. Employment is subject to the successful completion of a pre-employment screening. Accommodation will be provided in all parts of the hiring process as required under MRP’s Employment Accommodation policy. Applicants need to make their needs known in advance.