Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Junior-Mid level Project Manager Banking in Buffalo, NY

Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Ajilon Consulting is a global provider of IT solutions with 40 years of experience and offices throughout North America, Europe, and Australia. We support clients' immediate and long-term business needs by delivering a wide array of consultative IT services and by providing contingent consultants on an individual or group staffing basis. Our contingent consultants possess IT skills that supplement internal client resources during workload peaks, fill critical areas of expertise, and staff mission critical projects.
With our parent company Adecco, we have a wide presence in North America and globally with more than 6,600 offices in 70 countries worldwide. Together we employ more than 700,000 associates on-assignment supporting over 150,000 clients.

Must have banking experience and be able to interview in person in Buffalo, NY
Experience: Experience Level Mid
Responsibilities - Manages the development of project plans for any scope effort to include activities to be performed, estimated time frame and effort.
- Ensures adherence to all current project methodology standards and procedures, including all documentation requirements.
- Reviews business requirements and may assist in translating requirements. May provide analytical support to other team members and client groups in defining system requirements.
- Directs the development of test plans and scripts; coordinates the completion of integrated testing efforts.
- Directs and monitors resources; ensures completion of schedules.
- Completes status reports and presents deliverables for project milestones to senior management.
- Provides input to managers for performance appraisals based upon project participants' performance.
- Recognizes technical, business and operational impacts of a project. Brings issues to resolution and escalates issues or concerns to the Project Sponsor.
- Reviews project assessments and prepares initial project costs; tracks actual costs during the life of a project.
- Schedules and facilitates project meetings, publishes meeting minutes, tracks impact and issue documents.
- Effectively communicates and develops a professional level of cooperation across the organization.
- Initiates or participates in the request for proposal process, including vendor management.

Base Qualifications
- Minimum of 2-4 years college with at least seven years exp. in project related work, systems analysis and systems development environment, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Bachelor's degree preferred.
- Experience on large system enhancements, conversions and production problem resolution.
- Requires a complete understanding of a project life cycle methodology and of the Bank's enterprise architecture.
- An understanding of multiple business area's functions is preferred.
- Requires familiarity with application development support software and hardware platforms

Technical Skills
- Ability to proficiently use project management, word processing and spreadsheet applications.
- Excellent problem solving skills to assist in detecting potential issues and issue resolution.
- Good understanding of the Bank's enterprise architecture

Soft Skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills with the ability to effectively present to the target audience.
- Must be able to work effectively with clients, IT management and staff personnel.
- Detail oriented and self motivated.
- Excellent analytical, problem resolution, organization and time management skills.
- Asserts ideas, encourages teamwork and acts as a role model when leading and directing others.
- Ability to handle multiple tasks at a time.
- Demonstrates diplomatic negotiating skills and excellent interpersonal skills.
- Keeps abreast of the Bank's business plan and strategic objectives.
- Requires strong judgment and excellent project management skills.
- Understands the purpose and employs the use of a work breakdown structure, critical paths and Gantt charts, as well as other tracking reports.


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