Project Manager

Role: Project Manager

Location: Boston MA (3 days/week onsite)

Experience : 12+yrs

Face-to-face interview required

***Must have heavy financial services experience

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, Data Science, 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 area
• 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