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Job Title: IT Project Manager/Scrum Master for Risk Technology
Location: New York City, NY or NJ (Hybrid 3 days onsite per week)
Type: Contract
Interview Process:
Round 1: Virtual Interview
Final Round: Mandatory In-Person Interview at NYC/NJ Office
Job Description: IT Project Manager/Scrum Master for Risk Technology (Consultant)
We are seeking 1 highly skilled and experienced IT Project Manager / Scrum Master to
join the Risk technology PMO team for managing Market Risk projects.
Key Responsibilities:
Serve as the IT PM and Scrum Master for one or more agile teams, ensuring
agile practices are followed and understood.
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies, including daily standups, sprint planning,
retrospectives, and sprint reviews.
Assist in tracking and removing impediments, fostering an environment for high
team performance and continuous improvement.
Manage project scope and timeline.
Work with product owners to handle backlogs and new requests
Resolve conflicts and remove obstacles that occur on a daily basis
Ensure deliverables are up to quality standards at the end of each sprint.
Assist with the planning, tracking, documentation, and status updates for the
ongoing projects.
Collaborate with other project managers to ensure projects are delivered on time
and within budget.
Skills
10+ years of experience in IT with more than 5 years in financial projects with a
domain knowledge of Market Risk, Capital markets or Financial Services.
Highly Preferred: Hands on Knowledge of concepts and processes of Market
Risk
Experience in Credit Risk or Liquidity Risk domains will be considered but such
candidates will have lower priority.
Excellent Stakeholder management
Strong Knowledge of Financial Instruments, Derivatives
Experienced in writing user stories with good acceptance criteria in JIRA
Good understanding of Cloud, ETL and Data warehouse concepts with some
hands on experience with data analysis
Experience with managing JIRA boards, Confluence pages, Excel reporting
Good communication and presentation skills