JUNIOR Technical Project Manager

About the Role

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We’re looking for a tech-savvy and self-motivated Technical Project Manager to join our team.

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As a leading provider of regulatory intelligence solutions for top investment managers, we build quality software for demanding users. We hold ourselves to aggressive delivery goals, and the Technical Project Manager will be essential in ensuring our initiatives are completed on time and in scope. Success in this role will require developing an understanding of our clients’ needs, and then partnering with teams across the organization to plan and deliver improvements to our software.

 

Our industry moves fast, so the ideal candidate will be comfortable adapting the planning process to meet frequently changing requirements.

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In exchange, Advise offers a true growth opportunity: we are a successful, revenue-driven ex-start-up, expanding internationally; our employees work with remarkable autonomy and have lots of opportunity for direct, creative input into product decisions. This position also provides an excellent opportunity to gain an understanding of finance, operations, risk, and regulation.

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Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Development Process Manager to lead delivery of a wide range of business application and information technology projects

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• Oversee full technical project lifecycle, including requirements gathering, project planning, resource planning, milestone setting, dependency identification, design, development, testing, and deployment

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• Drive communication on all aspects of the project with internal stakeholders on the Development, Implementation, Support, QA, BA, Technical Writing, Sales, and Best Practices teams

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• Use appropriate processes and tools to generate project plans, track project performance, manage changes in scope or schedule, oversee risk management, and execute postmortem analyses

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• Identify potential problems, road blocks, and scope creep; escalate issues to management as required

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• Lead project status meetings

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Skills and competencies (the ideal candidate will have):

• 2+ years of professional experience working on small- to large-scale technical projects with inter-group dependencies and intermediate deliverables

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• Rigorous insistence on detail, analytical thinking, and problem-solving

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• Knowledge of all phases of the SDLC and a familiarity with common methodologies, as well as a flexibility to adapt to what works best for the current project

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• Experience defining technical and functional requirements

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• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment, managing several projects concurrently

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• Desire to learn new technologies, tackle new challenges, and grow professionally

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• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

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• High competency with the Microsoft Office Suite, especially Excel

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• Familiarity with investment operations and/or regulation is a plus

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• Hands-on early career experience in a technical IT role is a plus

 

Education:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Engineering, Computer Science, or related

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