Overview
SIG has an opening for a Project Manager in our Options technology team in Dublin. You will have a proven track record project managing in a very technically oriented environment. you will be working directly with software engineers, support, infrastructure teams, technology managers, traders, and business domain experts in a fast-paced environment
Essential Functions
1. Plan, organize and facilitate the development and implementation of projects focused on infrastructure, integration, DR testing and software migration
2. Assist teams with the planning of large production deployments to address business needs and/or potential issues that may arise within projects; raise awareness and escalate issues when necessary to help support the teams through to project completion
3. Communicate project status and requirements to all levels of staff and management regularly; increase project transparency for all participants and stakeholders
4. Facilitate meetings to determine trading desk requirements; ensure adaptive and thorough project plans are created to outline specific business objectives.
5. Coordinate teams to facilitate the execution of specific projects, guiding their activities to ensure project objectives are met.
6. Successfully manage the relationship between all third parties and stakeholders.
7. Perform risk management to minimize project risk.
8. Document and track any open issues for stakeholders and project teams.
9. Coach and mentor other project managers across the team as needed
10. Contribute to strategic decision making surrounding projects under responsibility
11. Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation and regularly update the business with progress updates.
What we're looking for
12. Minimum 5 years hands-on management of infrastructure and software migration projects; experience in
13. managing Data Centre Relocation and Colocation support
14. Third level qualifications are preferable in the fields of Computer Science.
15. Ability to work independently, multi-task effectively and adapt to changes in a fast-paced evolving environmen to meet business priorities.
16. Demonstrate a holistic understanding of data center operations (i.e., production operations, server, storage,
17. networks, database, systems, help desk, DR/business recovery and continuity practices, etc.
18. Strong leadership, planning, estimation, and risk management skills.
19. Solid technical background with understanding and/or hands-on experience in software development datacenters and server migration.
20. Strong negotiation skills and the ability to understand and assess probabilistic outcomes to manage risk an advantage.
21. Experience in managing resources within a matrix environment.
22. Ability to evaluate project requirements and objectively analyze them to choose appropriate strategies, tools and/or project management methodologies.
23. Excellent communication (both oral and written) and organizational skills required - Communication
24. mechanisms including project status reports and dashboards, meeting agendas and minutes and executive reports and presentations.
25. Must be proficient with Microsoft Office applications including Word and Excel; experience utilizing Visio and
Nice to have Skills
26. Knowledge of JIRA, SQL and/or Business Intelligence reporting tools (such as QlikView) a plus
27. PMI/ PRINCE II certification a plus
28. Experience\familiarity of Asset Management systems