What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Technical Project Manager position at Eleven Recruiting?
Candidates local to Los Angeles only considered.
Overview
As a Senior Technical Project Manager in our dynamic IT Strategy & Programs team, you'll play a crucial role in steering our most critical projects from conception to completion. You'll be the linchpin ensuring our projects are not only cost-effective and efficiently communicated but also meticulously planned and impeccably executed, with a keen eye on quality assurance, risk mitigation, and overall project viability. This role calls for a blend of strategic vision and practical project management, making it perfect for someone who thrives in managing complex, high-stakes initiatives.
Scope and Responsibilities
- Lead complex initiatives across multiple business lines.
- Provide on-site leadership, motivating the team to meet project goals and milestones.
- Oversee full project life cycle from initiation to deployment for major or minor initiatives.
- Deliver clear, effective communication to executives.
- Help establish practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to enhance organizational capabilities.
- Manage day-to-day project activities and resources, supporting Strategic Planning meetings.
- Report on project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and issues across leadership.
- Manage project scope and changes.
- Delegate tasks to the right personnel.
- Define success criteria and communicate them throughout the project and program life cycle.
Experience Required
- Proficient in Jira and Confluence.
- Financial services industry experience is a plus.
- 7 years in Technical Project Management.
- PMO, PMP, or Six Sigma Project Management Certification.
- 5 years interacting with senior leadership (Director level and above).
- Experience with technology data projects (cataloguing, modeling, mapping, etc.) and reporting.
- Knowledge of AWS product suite and BI tools is a plus.
- Experience managing operating budgets or project financials.
- Agile experience preferred.
Personal Attributes
- Minimal supervision needed; models effective leadership skills; communicates well with the team.
- Creative and analytical in problem-solving; shows teamwork and innovation.
- Listens carefully, understands, asks questions, and shows professional courtesy in conversations.
- Builds trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
- Proficient with MS Project, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint (PowerBI a plus), and SharePoint; experienced in presenting to stakeholders and senior leadership.
- Strong proficiency in Jira and Confluence.
- Driven for results and accountable for business needs.
- Comfortable working in ambiguous environments and collaborating across areas to achieve business objectives.
- Interpersonal skills to influence, spur change, facilitate, and enhance performance in a cross-functional environment.
- Decisive in resolving business problems, making decisions, and identifying priorities.
- Strong organizational skills and ability to work independently.
- Detail-oriented with excellent follow-through.
- Ability to prioritize, plan, and organize work and deliverables.
- Influential, focused, and versatile team player comfortable under pressure.
- Fast, responsive, and deadline-driven.
- Maintains high confidentiality of strategic business data.
Education
- Bachelor's degree in IT, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related field preferred.
Salary : $55 - $65
