What We Are Looking For
Charles River is seeking an experienced Implementation Project Manager. This role is a high impact, hands-on leadership role with main responsibility consisting of managing projects in the investment trading space of various complexity ranging from medium sized implementations with up to three workstreams to large multi-million-dollar projects. Additionally, this position will provide oversight, regular analysis, and feedback relative to clients, key project stakeholders, and senior CRD management. This role interfaces between end clients, CRD project teams, and senior management working cross-functionally across various levels of the organization.
Responsibilities:
Develop and implement Project Management processes and policies, direct project management staff, and work with other department leaders to define, prioritize, and develop projects and programs.
Track the efficacy of various initiatives and help implement the appropriate reporting and metrics to ensure desired results are being achieved.
Drive effective and impactful communication related to program activity, serving as a key point person for the program team and partner for key stakeholders.
Maintain processes to ensure project management documentation, reports and plans are relevant, accurate and complete.
Manage and control the project plan and remain within budget.
Liaise with project stakeholders on an ongoing basis to ensure stakeholders' expectations are met.
For large client implementations oversee the management of scope, schedule, cost, quality, and resources.
Drive and facilitate project review process at management level.
Assist with advising project managers/implementation managers and their teams on the best use of project management disciplines.
Share lessons learned and best practices across programs and projects.
Improve CRD's implementation methodology and build a library of standard project plans, collateral, and tools.
What We Value:
Minimum of 10 years of experience with the implementation of mission-critical financial solutions.
Understanding of multi-tier technical architectures and relational database structures.
A strong record of customer service of managing large implementation efforts.
Strong time management skills including the ability to manage multiple projects in parallel.
Strong problem solving/analytical skills.
Education & Preferred Qualifications:
Four (4) year degree in a business or technical field such as Finance, Mathematical Finance, Economics, Engineering, or Computer Science.
Ten years of experience leading Large Program Software Implementations in the Fintech space.
Travel: The ability to travel to client sites throughout the United States and Canada. Travel of 30%-50% is typical.
About State Street:
State Street is one of the largest custodian banks, asset managers and asset intelligence companies in the world. We provide investment servicing, data & analytics, investments research & trading and investment management to institutional clients.
Inclusion, Diversity, and Social Responsibility: We believe our employees' diverse backgrounds, experience and perspective are a powerful contributor to creating an inclusive environment.
Company: Charles River Development
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