Enterprise Project Manager

APN Consulting has an immediate need for a direct client requirement:
Role: Enterprise Project Manager - Product Implementation
Duration: FTE/Permanent
Location: Hybrid Opportunity – based in IL or MA (must be able to commute to our Chicago or Boston Office 2x a week, manager is in Boston, so this location is preferred)

Key Responsibilities and Related Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
Project Estimation

• Facilitate scope definition, high-level planning and estimation of projects with cross-functional teams
• Document key assumptions and dependencies
• Develop and present high-level project plan with cost benefit analysis for key stakeholders
• Where required, work with SMEs to quantify cost factors to deliver project deliverables including resources, project oversight, objective risk and related contingency

Project Planning Development

• Develop detailed project plans with multiple milestones and phases which align resources, costs, and schedules to maximize performance, minimize cost overruns and ensure on-time delivery
• Create a project plan and schedule to include:

o Key Deliverables

o Key Milestones

o Project Related Tasks

o Communication Plan

• Develop a project plan and schedule with cross discipline/functional leads input
• Ensure necessary steps and dependencies to deliver projects and components are documented and included in the plan
• Assist in the definition of the project scope and validate the project can be completed on time and within budget
• Manage project management tool

Project Delivery

• Lead and drive enterprise & business division projects and business initiatives through a full delivery life-cycle ensuring project is delivered on-time and on-budget
• Lead and drive the planning and execution of product initiatives, including ETF, mutual fund, and CIT launches, fund mergers, fund liquidations and manager changes.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the business environment and overall project scope
• Manage project scope, matrixed/team resource assignments, budget, scheduling and change requests
• Validate project assumptions and review project plans with project stakeholders
• Experience leading cross-functional teams to deliver projects with multiple dependencies and constraints to include business divisions, Information Technology, PMO and 3rd parties if applicable
• Support and coach team members on identifying, documenting and refining requirements; including development and execution of test cases and scripts.
• Ensure proper documentation of all business and technical requirements as it relates to the scope of project
• Engage and communicate across technical and business teams to manage risks, dependencies, issues, release readiness and quality standards
• Provide regular project updates to PMO leader and project sponsor about the project deliverables, major milestones, schedule and financial/budget/variance reports and outstanding issues
• Monitor adherence to project schedule and milestone commitments
• Escalate key issues and risks to ensure timely resolution and mitigation to the PMO leader and project sponsor
• Control potential expansion and change of project scope, record causes of change and facilitate change requests to ensure impacts to schedule or budget are approved and communicated in a timely manner
• Collect and leverage metrics to drive performance, efficiency and forecast improvements
• Provide PMO and stakeholders post implementation analysis, lessons learned and final cost benefit analysis
• Lead the official handoff from the project team to the business operations and ensure the project is closed

Key Behavioral Expectations
Drives for Results

• Executes deliverables in line with the organizational vision and strategy
• Strives to achieve the goals set forth by your manager
• Demonstrates strong business results focus and shared vision for the company's goals

Communication & Engagement

• Engages stakeholders through effective communication
• Expresses recommendations with clarity and confidence
• Actively listens and checks for understanding
• Respects expression of diverse ideas and different ways of thinking

Agility & Adaptability

• Navigates organizational culture effectively
• Readily adapts style and communication based on the circumstances and stakeholder needs
• Welcomes new solutions and takes on stretch assignments for own development
• Acknowledges small mistakes and actively course corrects
• Extracts lessons learned from the past and applies to new situations

Minimum Qualifications

• 5-7 years of relevant work experience in project management
• Experience in asset management/financial services and ETFs preferred
• Exceptional verbal and written communication including an ability to communicate effectively at an executive level
• Ability to work collaboratively across distributed workforce
• Possesses significant practical experience in the basics of project management (project planning, resource planning, issue management, risk management, change management, communication planning)
• Excellent organizational skills and capable of setting priorities and a demonstrated ability to deliver projects on time, on budget and within scope
• Proven accomplishment as a driver of multiple projects running concurrently
• Exhibit good judgment skills on when to seek guidance and when to escalate risks and issues
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile project management (Scrum methodology preferred)
• PMI Portfolio Management Professional and/or PMP Project Management Professional certification preferred
• Experience with Celoxis and other project management tools is a plus