- Experience with Agile and Jira for 3+ years preferably for Infrastructure type projects
- Experienced in working remotely for 2+ years
- Excellent analytical, problem solving and critical thinking skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Excellent presentation skills. Ability to present to senior levels of management (e.g. Director, MD) and to facilitate discussions at the senior stakeholder level
- Execution oriented with strong attention to detail
- Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative
- Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
- Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams
- Ability to lead strategic planning sessions challenging the status quo where appropriate and drive decision making process
- Ability to work effectively with conference and desktop sharing tools
- Experienced in consulting with project stakeholders, including the skills to resolution of conflicting requirements
- Strong consulting and stakeholder management skills and the ability to build and foster internal relationships
- Proven track record in delivery of multiple parallel initiatives
- Proven track record of operational process change and improvement
Main responsibilities include, but are not limited to:
- Managed initiatives that expanded 5+ years for Data Services type projects including relational database, big data, middleware, and security required by other services and applications.
- Project planning, execution, and control for risk initiatives
- Manage large, transformative initiatives that impact multiple LOBs and/or products
- Identifying and managing to the critical path and milestones of a schedule
- Identification of risks which impact program and project deliverables with follow through on mitigation, resolution and path to green.
- Closely monitor project progress and ensure timely completion
- Adhere to Citigroup project management processes and procedures.
- Development of senior leadership presentations. Direct the communication of status and issues to all stakeholders, including senior management, on a timely basis
- Prepare and report project status on a regular basis, including metrics needed for various risk groups
- Work with stakeholders to ensure project scope definition to meet business objectives
- Effort planning, execution, and control for risk initiatives
Technical Attributes:
- Full understanding of Databases, Middleware systems, Operating Systems and Replication
- Able to develop programs and framework required for design of metrics, analytical tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting for the identification of best practices