Program Manager- Boston, NY, Springfield

Who we are at Exadel:

Exadel is a global software consulting and development company that partners with organizations to help them become digital leaders in their industries. We look beyond the code to understand the impact our clients want to make and help them get from ideation to development and outcomes. We accelerate the results of digital transformations through an open, collaborative approach combined with our deep experience across industries, business processes, and technologies.

Exadel Financial Services is the financial arm of our organization, specializing in banking, capital markets strategy and technology consulting. Exadel is committed to service excellence and being a great place to work.

Location: Boston, NY, Springfield

Work Environment: Hybrid

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree with focus on Finance/Accounting and/or holds a CFA designation
• 10+ years of experience managing large-scale programs and effective change management
• 5+ years managing geographically dispersed people/teams
• Experienced in leading both Agile and Waterfall delivery projects
• Proficient experience with Project Management tools including but not limited to: Atlassian Jira, and Smartsheet as well as MS Office Suite (Project, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint and Word)
• Excellent communication, influencing, and presentation skills; track record of developing and delivering high- impact presentations; effective public speaking, and obtaining consensus amongst different teams
• Astute business judgment, analytic, creative, and problem-solving skill, with experience applying these skills to acquire and develop strategic partnerships
• Strategically minded, analytical change agent and decision maker with a clear vision and the ability to implement improvement measures impacting a variety of internal and external stakeholders
• Strong analytical, problem-solving skills and data-driven mindset that translates into leadership skills
• Moderate technical skills and background in software architecture

Preferred:

• Experience in working with Investment professionals and supporting corporate roles (e.g. IT)
• Track record of delivering large complex multi-system business and technology programs related to risk management
• Knowledge of investment risk including asset modeling with securities and derivatives; financial accounting, interaction with corporate IT including AWS cloud and on-prem platforms; vendor negotiation and management; business operational processing; and adhering to general corporate standards and guidelines
• 10+ years of experience with delivering user interface and database systems with a focus on end-to-end solution delivery

Responsibilities:

• Oversee all activities associated with the program to ensure the program achieves its goals on time and within budget
• Lead creation of the program management plan and provide program communications as appropriate
• Identify, resolve, and mitigate problems and delays in the program
• Manage program budget related to resources and expenses including confirming appropriate contracts and invoices are negotiated, reviewed, and approved; resource actuals match to forecast; and overall ensure expended funds are within approved budget
• Manage program risks, issues, and coordinate corrective measures
• Document the program per corporate guidelines as part of the Project Management Office
• Report on program performance to executive team and organization leaders
• Identifies required human resources to successfully executive to plan and submits to PMO Lead and business owner; provides resource cost estimates; and develops team members
• Interviews candidates and onboards/offboards as appropriate
• Maintains change requests (change to existing requirements, budget, and timeline) for approval by Steering committee
• Collates decision that require business line discussion and decision and escalates to PMO lead for discussion at Steering committees
• Leads regular cross workstream update sessions to ensure alignment on deliverables and dependencies remain in sync
• Identify and drive key stakeholder involvement and work with them to elicit scope
• Secure and maintain project resources from a business and technical scope
• Manages relationship with vendors and ensures vendor performance and engagement are available to meet program needs

Employee Benefits:

• Benefits for Medical, Dental, Long-Term Disability (LTD), Life Insurance, Pharmaceutical, and Vision coverage.
• 401(k) plan.

Legal Disclaimers:

• Exadel is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Minority / Women / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation / Age.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.