Associate/Senior Associate Project Manager

Job Title: Associate/Senior Associate Project Manager

Job Location: Clarendon Street Boston MA 02116

Onsite Requirements:

• IT Project Management


• Agile


• Financial Services industry experience

Job Description:

• This position will be working directly for the IT PMO supporting Bain Capital business units and leading projects firm wide.


• The Project Manager will lead projects across various functions: Capital Markets, Enterprise Architecture, Corporate Platforms, Private & Strategic Businesses (CPPSB), Global Delivery Services, Global Infrastructure, and Global Security & Operations.

Responsibilities:

Project Management

• Manage multiple stakeholders to plan and direct the analysis of business problems


• Develop schedules, timelines and milestones to manage and track project progress


• Ensure development of communications, testing and training plans appropriate to user/organization impact


• Manage project teams, project scope, project schedules and stakeholder expectations


• Identify, document and communicate risks and issues as appropriate


• Manage projects with cross team dependencies, such as technology (e.g. IT security initiatives, Disaster Recovery, Server replacements and upgrades)


• Adhere and contribute to PMO processes, policies, and tools


• Collaborate with IT leaders to define, prioritize, and develop projects/programs or other initiatives


• Interface regularly with Heads of Change Management, Quality Assurance, Enterprise Architecture, and other business areas

Governance/Leadership

• Ability to drive results with a sense of urgency and influence personnel outside of a direct reporting structure


• Demonstrate ownership of issues by analyzing, gaining consensus, offering alternative solutions, or escalating as appropriate/applicable


• Act as a leader for the morale of the team; mentors team members to enhance their performance.

Partnership

• Drive consensus on project strategy and direction leveraging IT Steering Committee meetings for key decisions and updates


• As a member of the PMO collaborate with Enterprise teams and directly liaise with leads for each business areas


• Align and promote PMO value proposition and project lifecycle processes firm-wide

Reporting

• Develop and present recurring dashboards and reports for key projects to the PMO and executive sponsors


• Monitor and document progress, milestone deliverables, risks, and costs across projects

Budget/Resource Management

• Track project budget and actuals, conduct regular reconciliations against plan, review reforecasts with project sponsors, and provide analysis to PMO Director


• Influence and manage matrix resources assigned to project

Qualifications:

• PMP certification and/or MBA a plus


• Agile / Scrum experience preferred


• Financial Services experience


• Ability to work in a high-volume, fast paced, dynamic environment with a positive attitude, working under tight deadlines in an organized fashion


• Experience in technical area and managing teams/vendors


• Strong analytical ability, attention to detail and problem analysis capabilities yet, able to conceptualize end-state solutions


• Ability to collaborate and influence others effectively


• Proven team-oriented person who can share information, goals, opportunities, successes and failures with the appropriate parties

• **3rd party and subcontract staffing agencies are not eligible for partnership on this position. 3rd party subcontractors need not apply.


• This position requires candidates to be eligible to work in the United States, directly for an employer, without sponsorship now or anytime in the future**