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INSPYR Solutions · 3 weeks ago

Technical Project Manager (Financial Services Payment Systems) On-Site Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$80/hr - $92/hr

10+ years exp

INSPYR Solutions is a national expert in delivering flexible technology and talent solutions. The Technical Project Manager will manage large and complex projects within financial services, ensuring alignment with business objectives and delivering comprehensive solutions to complex problems.

Information TechnologyProfessional ServicesStaffing Agency

No H1B

Responsibilities

Conducts preliminary investigation for all project requests by reviewing requirements and specifications and testing, and by reviewing support and training plans to ensure they are aligned with organizational priorities, business plans, and objectives

Provides a proactive interface between project stakeholders and the senior management team to ensure complete and accurate definitions of business requirements and delivery of business applications

Identifies, defines, and documents complex business and technical requirements, processes, and deliverables

Develops, prepares, presents, and maintains project plans, including staffing requirements, cost estimates, detailed budgets, work breakdown structures, and schedules

Performs project risk assessments, including identifying key risk factors, providing effective mitigation strategies, and assigning contingency action plans to both schedules and budgets

Manages projects and teams, including applying established methodologies, using change control templates and processes; managing time and recording activities using defined scheduling tools; monitoring budgets; coordinating resource acquisition and utilization; serving as a liaison with internal customers and external suppliers; and communicating regularly with project stakeholders

Delivers systems on appropriate platforms in compliance with established technology standards, including monitoring, testing, executing quality assurance checks, and ensuring information technology acceptance criteria are met prior to implementation

Qualification

Technical Project ManagementFinancial Services ExperiencePMP CertificationApplication DevelopmentRisk ManagementCommunicationClient FocusBuilding Relationships

Required

10+ Years of Technical Project Management Experience in a Waterfall environment (enterprise scale)

Financial Services, Banking, and Financial Payment system experience is a must

Ability to manage technical application and infrastructure projects from end to end

Able to manage discovery, design, testing, and implementation (Full Life Cycle)

Minimum of Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, MIS, or applicable degree and seven years of experience, including project management, enterprise implementation, leadership experience, strategic planning, business acumen, applications development, and change management, or a combination of education, training, and experience

Knowledge of application development and project life cycle methodologies and standards

Knowledge of project selection and approvals; budgeting and business case preparation and analysis; and project initiation and planning, including work breakdown structures and forecasting

Knowledge of concepts of risk management, issue tracking, change management, and requirements gathering

Knowledge of information technology support and technical documentation

Knowledge of principles of banking and finance and securities industry operations

Knowledge of business planning and analysis

Knowledge of project budget interfaces with other accounting systems

Competency in analysis: Identify and understand issues, problems, and opportunities; compare data from different sources to draw conclusions

Competency in communication: Clearly convey information and ideas through a variety of media to individuals or groups in a manner that engages the audience and helps them understand and retain the message

Competency in exercising judgment and decision making: Use effective approaches for choosing a course of action or developing appropriate solutions; recommend or take action that is consistent with available facts, constraints, and probable consequences

Competency in technical and professional knowledge: Demonstrate a satisfactory level of technical and professional skill or knowledge in position-related areas; remains current with developments and trends in areas of expertise

Competency in building effective relationships: Develop and use collaborative relationships to facilitate the accomplishment of work goals

Competency in client focus: Make internal and external clients and their needs a primary focus of actions; develop and sustain productive client relationships