Overview
Full Time
Skills
Asset Management
PMO
Enterprise Services
Onboarding
Effective Communication
Process Improvement
Agile
Collaboration
Budget
Leadership
IT Project Management
Commodities
Finance
Endur
Back Office
Information Technology
IT Infrastructure
Cloud Computing
Virtualization
Project Management
Reporting
Business Analysis
Business Intelligence
Microsoft PowerPoint
Management
Negotiations
Presentations
Multitasking
Microsoft Excel
Trading
Job Details
Commodities Technology Senior Project Manager
Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is seeking a Commodities Technology Senior Project Manager to work in our PMO team within Enterprise Services Technology. The individual will lead large scale technology projects to support our commodity business. The commodity business unit is one of the newest and fastest growing profit centers at BAM, rapidly onboarding new markets and staff around the globe to launch physical trading capabilities.
As BAM continues to grow, so has the volume of high-priority initiatives aligned to Technology teams. BAM has established a formal project management structure to guarantee success of the extensive portfolio of initiatives within the Technology organization. This team will interact with technical and non-technical staff and require an understanding of IT infrastructure and development workloads. Candidates must have a strong ability to translate business requirements to technical deliverables. Effective communication, planning and reporting skills, and tactful negotiation are essential to success. The candidate will embody a mindset of continuous learning and process improvement.
The Senior Project Manager will be instrumental in the implementation of Endur as well as driving other key Commodities technology initiatives. The individual will work collaboratively with Technology, Finance, Operations, Investment teams, Risk and other teams and leaders across the firm and be responsible for:
Managing development projects leveraging Agile methodologies
Ensure alignment of business goals in the implementation of Endur for front, middle, and back office
Coordinate and collaborate across Technology and other areas of the firm where needed to deliver bodies of work on time and on budget
Document and implement best practices and procedures for sound project management within Technology
Maintain budget tracking and technology spend reporting
Provide meaningful and actionable updates to senior leadership
Develop solutions for automating specific activities around repetitive tasks
Translate business requirements to technical deliverables
Effectively partner and communicate with across numerous departments and stakeholders
Qualifications and Requirements
Minimum 7 years of experience in technology project management within the Commodities space
Good understanding of Commodities including physical Gas and Power (both physical and financial)
Experience leading the implementation of Endur for front, middle, and back office for physical Gas and Power
Strong project management skills within the Information Technology space
Proven methods for validating and quantifying project viability based on resource capacity
High-level knowledge of technology infrastructure and critical technologies such as Cloud, virtualization, automation, support, operations, data and technologies
Strong project management planning, reporting, and dashboarding
Strong business analysis and business intelligence experience
Excellent PowerPoint/Project skills and expertise
Strong time management and negotiation experience
A very strong and effective communicator and collaborator with C-level presentation capabilities
Able to multi-task and excel in a high pressure, fast-paced trading environment
Able to think on your own to develop quick and sound solutions to complex problems
Balyasny Asset Management (BAM) is seeking a Commodities Technology Senior Project Manager to work in our PMO team within Enterprise Services Technology. The individual will lead large scale technology projects to support our commodity business. The commodity business unit is one of the newest and fastest growing profit centers at BAM, rapidly onboarding new markets and staff around the globe to launch physical trading capabilities.
As BAM continues to grow, so has the volume of high-priority initiatives aligned to Technology teams. BAM has established a formal project management structure to guarantee success of the extensive portfolio of initiatives within the Technology organization. This team will interact with technical and non-technical staff and require an understanding of IT infrastructure and development workloads. Candidates must have a strong ability to translate business requirements to technical deliverables. Effective communication, planning and reporting skills, and tactful negotiation are essential to success. The candidate will embody a mindset of continuous learning and process improvement.
The Senior Project Manager will be instrumental in the implementation of Endur as well as driving other key Commodities technology initiatives. The individual will work collaboratively with Technology, Finance, Operations, Investment teams, Risk and other teams and leaders across the firm and be responsible for:
Managing development projects leveraging Agile methodologies
Ensure alignment of business goals in the implementation of Endur for front, middle, and back office
Coordinate and collaborate across Technology and other areas of the firm where needed to deliver bodies of work on time and on budget
Document and implement best practices and procedures for sound project management within Technology
Maintain budget tracking and technology spend reporting
Provide meaningful and actionable updates to senior leadership
Develop solutions for automating specific activities around repetitive tasks
Translate business requirements to technical deliverables
Effectively partner and communicate with across numerous departments and stakeholders
Qualifications and Requirements
Minimum 7 years of experience in technology project management within the Commodities space
Good understanding of Commodities including physical Gas and Power (both physical and financial)
Experience leading the implementation of Endur for front, middle, and back office for physical Gas and Power
Strong project management skills within the Information Technology space
Proven methods for validating and quantifying project viability based on resource capacity
High-level knowledge of technology infrastructure and critical technologies such as Cloud, virtualization, automation, support, operations, data and technologies
Strong project management planning, reporting, and dashboarding
Strong business analysis and business intelligence experience
Excellent PowerPoint/Project skills and expertise
Strong time management and negotiation experience
A very strong and effective communicator and collaborator with C-level presentation capabilities
Able to multi-task and excel in a high pressure, fast-paced trading environment
Able to think on your own to develop quick and sound solutions to complex problems
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