IT Project Manager

Fidelity TalentSource • Merrimack, New Hampshire, United States • $83,054 - $118,255 / year • 1m ago

Fidelity TalentSource is your destination for discovering your next temporary role at Fidelity Investments. We are currently sourcing for an IT Project Manager in Merrimack, NH!

The Role

The IT Project Manager role is aligned to product development teams and partners with product leadership to manage the delivery of team objectives and deliver the vision of the product. This role is responsible for coordinating efforts across multiple teams to deliver seamless solutions and are responsible for improving the overall effectiveness of delivery for the team. The Project Delivery Manager advises and coaches others on Delivery methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, Lean, etc.) while simultaneously coordinating impediment, risks, cross-product interdependencies, and release management.

The Skills and Expertise You Bring

4-year bachelor’s degree or equivalent
PMP, ACP or CSM preferred
5-7 years of experience as a SM, Project Manager, or similar type role
Conflict Resolution
Keeps abreast with trends, developments, and technologies within the field of Information Technology, locally and internationally.
Manage relationships, navigate team dynamics, and understand customer emotions, which helps in making insightful, user-centered decisions.
Facilitating - Manages and generates group discussions or meetings. Encourages people to take part and work together more effectively.
Understands the various agile and project frameworks and methodologies (e.g., Agile, SCRUM, Lean, Six Sigma, Waterfall, Kanban, etc.) and applies the appropriate framework/methodology for the situation.
Release Planning and Forecasting.
Understands different change models and how to put in place successful organizational, system, or employee change programs.
Continuous Improvement
Impediment Removal and Management
Dependency Management
Leads prioritization sessions for the product using fit-for-purpose prioritization techniques connected to the business strategy to visualize the work, manage dependencies and support prioritization of initiatives
Partner with delivery leadership (product and technology) to develop short and long-term plans for delivery teams aligned with annual and quarterly commitments
Leads prioritization, ensure planning effectiveness, detailed plans, schedules, assignments, and dependencies
Leads release planning sessions utilizing relative estimation and forecasting techniques
Identify, define, and lead dependency management, inclusive of resolving
Leads ongoing backlog refinement sessions, ensures a well-refined prioritized backlog, supporting effective delivery, continuous planning, and management of dependencies
Engage appropriately for release success by coordinating and supporting releases with client-facing business leaders as they drive client awareness and product engagement.
Monitor work in progress, minimize context switching to ensure teams maintain focus and finish
Facilitate trade off discussions using empirical delivery data for project/program progress
Identify, measure, and implement team delivery processes for predictable value delivery.
Manage multi-team coordinated end-to-end product delivery across organization, applying scaling practices, processes and routines as needed
Implement process and flow optimization practices to identify inefficiencies, advise on improvement, and identify updates to product strategy based on the lifecycle stage of the product
Mentor and coach product members in all aspects of delivery effectiveness, inclusive of the importance of good data hygiene practices
Facilitate group dynamics to resolve conflict and develop trusted partnerships

The Team

You will support one or more cross-functional delivery team engaging with all team members and the Product Leader to reinforce and embed an agile approach and principles into the day-to-day work. By demonstrating and promoting Fidelity and agile leadership behaviors, you will evolve and sustain an innovative agile culture The squad(s) are in the IWMS Platform Operations & Reporting product area.

Dynamic Working

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office.

Company Overview

Fidelity TalentSource, formerly Veritude, is the in-house temporary staffing provider for Fidelity Investments, one of the largest and most diversified global financial services firms in the industry. We recruit individuals from a variety of backgrounds, including technology and customer service, to fill assignments across Fidelity’s U.S.-based regional and investor center locations. If you would like to experience Fidelity’s diverse and inclusive workplace while expanding your skills and developing your professional network, consider a role with Fidelity TalentSource.

For information about working at Fidelity TalentSource, visit FTSJobs.com.

Fidelity TalentSource will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments in order to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at HR@ftsjobs.com if you would like to request an accommodation.

Information about Fidelity Investments

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and championing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences.

Fidelity Investments and Fidelity TalentSource are equal opportunity employers.