About Our Company
UNIVERIS, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is a privately held company and is a global leader in Enterprise Wealth Management. Founded in 1991, UNIVERIS has over 100 staff and 15 leading financial services clients representing over 17,000 financial Advisors on the platform. It offers the most comprehensive wealth management solution for financial Advisors in the credit union, banking, insurance and investment dealer sectors.
About The Role
Reporting to the Professional Services Director, the Project Manager is responsible for leading software development and delivery projects across multiple cross-functional teams. Focused on results, the Project Manager supports alignment across teams as they deliver to objectives. The Project Manager helps maintain the overall health of the project, stepping in to proactively remove obstacles, mitigate risks and address issues as required.
Key Accountabilities / Responsibilities
- The Project Manager will be accountable for : Quality and Timeliness of the final delivery for each project
- Maintaining consistent methods across cross-functional teams
- Delivering continuous improvement of cross-team efficiency and SDLC practices over time
- Providing a high degree of visibility into the health of the overall project progress at all times
- Managing client communications and expectations during the delivery lifecycle to maintain strong relationships and satisfaction
- Applying and tracking project KPIs to ensure successful execution, adherence to schedule, and delivery of milestones
The Project Manager will achieve success in supporting the Professional Services Director on these accountabilities through the following responsibilities :
Acting as the prime escalation point for all cross-team work items through planning, estimation, design, development, testing, implementation, client deployment, and transition to support activities for product development initiativesManaging client engagement during project delivery by facilitating regular updates, managing expectations, and addressing concerns promptly to ensure client satisfactionDriving and facilitating continuous grooming and maintenance of all Program BacklogsDriving and facilitating the preparation, readiness, scheduling, and execution of all Cross-Program Planning activitiesTracking, monitoring, communicating, and escalating all cross-team delivery objectives and all major delivery impedimentsApplying project KPIs and metrics rigorously to measure progress, quality, and effectiveness of projects and teams, proactively identifying areas requiring attention and adjustmentEscalating cross-team issue resolution and risk mitigation efforts to a conclusion for complex cross-discipline issues through creative solutions and innovative ideasIdentifying and implementing the measurement of necessary metrics to measure the progress and effectiveness of projects / teamsEnforcing technology standards and processes, including standard SDLC methodology when applicable.Driving and facilitating the integration of cross-program teams including Application development, DevOps, Release Management, Integration Teams, System Teams, and InfrastructureDriving and facilitating closure of UAT defects across teamsProviding people management for cross-program teams, nurturing talent and fostering career growth in our peopleRequired Soft Skills :
Strong self starter, able to define structure and direction rather than waiting for it to be definedAbility to multitask, adapt to changing priorities, be decisive under ambiguity, and meet tight deadlinesAbility to thrive in a fast-paced, results-oriented environmentProactivity in terms of identifying areas of weakness and striving for improvementStrong verbal, written communication and presentations skills with the ability to communicate with all levels of users / management including external clients and vendorsStrong organization skills, interpersonal skills and excellent attention to detailExcellent analytical and problem solving skillsAptitude and interest to quickly learn new and emerging technologies and methodsProficient in English and Spanish is a must.Technical Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Management Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field preferred5+ years managing large scale projectsStrong working experience in iterative software delivery methodologies – Agile, SCRUM, etcStrong working experience in project management tools - JIRA, Monday, etcWorking experience with the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) is an assetBackground in the financial services industry is preferred#J-18808-Ljbffr