ION · 3 days ago
Software Project Manager - Professional Services
ION is a diverse group of visionary innovators providing trading and workflow automation software and strategic consulting. The Software Project Manager will oversee IT solutions projects, manage resources, and ensure successful project completion while maintaining client relationships and project profitability.
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Responsibilities
Provide leadership of multi-disciplinary professionals in a project structure in the scoping/discovery workshop, design, configuration, testing, and production support of the ION solution for the client’s business needs
Provide direct management of all ION resources assigned to project and act as personnel supervisor for HR issues during the assignment
Serve as the client’s principal point of contact for project status, solution quality, scope control, issues, risks, billing, personnel management, and the ION solution
Manage project Profit and Loss, including effective project cost and revenue budgeting, analysis and forecasting
Manage project change control
Plan, lead, manage, and coordinate ION’s project tasks using Microsoft Project Plan, resources, deliverables, issues logs, risks logs, weekly timesheets, project expense reports, monthly invoices, and all other administrative documentation on an ongoing basis
Determine the optimal utilization of resources at a task and personnel level
Keep the client management and ION management informed daily regarding all project issues, risks, and delays
Actively engage project stakeholders and manage client expectations regarding the delivery of the ION solution
Actively coordinate the participation of client users through the client project manager to ensure project success
Provide weekly project status reports to the client project manager, project steering committee, and ION management, including all information necessary to track the status of the project against the project plan
Coordinate and attend project and steering committee meetings
Manage the release to client of software updates and license keys
Prepare, present to client, and obtain signoff of Request for Support Services, acceptance documentation, and final project acceptance
Maximize chargeability on one or more client accounts simultaneously
Serve as mentors and role models for the consulting staff
Enhance, publish, and train staff regarding implementation best practices
Coordinate and conduct employee performance appraisals for personnel assigned to projects throughout the calendar year
Provide sales support through project plan development, estimation, and document authoring for RFP/RFI responses, sales proposals, and Statements of Work to meet the client’s desired business requirements
Travel up to 50% of the time
Qualification
Required
5+ years of project management software implementation, consulting, or systems integration
Excellent client-facing skills
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Ability to work onsite at client locations as needed
Proven leadership skills with teams of five or more professionals
Prior hands-on experience with structured project management
Willingness to travel, potentially up to 50% of time
Bachelor's degree in finance, accounting, engineering, economics, or a related IT field or equivalent experience in a related field
Preferred
Experience in the Energy, Commodities, Treasury, Banking or financial services industries preferred
Project Management Institute PMP certification preferred
Company
ION
ION Group provides solutions for electronic trading, position management, pricing, risk management, and downstream processing for clients.
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