Capco · Baltimore
Product & Programposted 4d ago
Job Title: Project Manager - Banking
About Us
“Capco, a Wipro company, is a global technology and management consulting firm. Awarded with Consultancy of the year in the British Bank Award and has been ranked Top 100 Best Companies for Women in India 2022 by Avtar & Seramount. With our presence across 32 cities across globe, we support 100+ clients across banking, financial and Energy sectors. We are recognized for our deep transformation execution and delivery.
WHY JOIN CAPCO?
You will work on engaging projects with the largest international and local banks, insurance companies, payment service providers and other key players in the industry. The projects that will transform the financial services industry.
MAKE AN IMPACT
Innovative thinking, delivery excellence and thought leadership to help our clients transform their business. Together with our clients and industry partners, we deliver disruptive work that is changing energy and financial services.
#BEYOURSELFATWORK
Capco has a tolerant, open culture that values diversity, inclusivity, and creativity.
CAREER ADVANCEMENT
With no forced hierarchy at Capco, everyone has the opportunity to grow as we grow, taking their career into their own hands.
DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
We believe that diversity of people and perspective gives us a competitive advantage.
• Working with Product Owners and IT DevOps pod teams, to help coordinate delivery activity to ensure that Sprint & Roadmap milestone goals are achieved
• Managing project (multi team / pod) dependencies and risks
• Provision of regular Project status reporting – against shorter term Sprint commitments and longer term milestone roadmap indicative estimates
• Creation and ownership of the overall Project Plan(s). Including: Short-term Scrum planning and Forward window longer-range planning (regular refresh and tracking of critical path and roadmap)
• Oversight of JIRA updates and ensuring JIRA hygiene
• Coordinating activities across Pods (where feature deliverables involve multiple cross-pod interaction)
• Collaboration with Product Owners and BA Lead / BAs to ensure that all inputs into the delivery teams are fit-for-purpose e.g. requirements are exhaustive & signed off and work is de-constructed and translated into suitable EPICs and user & technical stories (and factor in traceable Test criteria / scenarios / data from the outset)
• Collaboration with Product Owners, BA Lead / BAs & IT Pod Leads to ensure that pods are aligned to backlog priorities and that resource capacity is managed / optimised and factored into short-term Sprint commitments and longer-term milestone roadmap indicative estimates
• Collaboration with Pod Leads to ensure that estimates are fit-for-purpose and take into account all main considerations e.g. resource capacity, dependency constraints etc
• Working with product owner & team, to ensure that quality and lead time to deploy changes is continuously improving
• Working in a vendor environment. Partnering, over-seeing and coordinating vendor activity.
**Solid knowledge and experience of the following:- **
• Development lifecycle across different methodologies
• Expertise with Waterfall, Agile and Scrum frameworks and their application in Product Development and delivery organization
• Thorough understanding of Project management Practices
• Multiple years of Project Management experience in both Waterfall and Agile environments
• Scrum master background and/or exposure
• Experience of large projects (50+ people)
ESSENTIAL SKILLS/COMPETENCIES:-
• Overall experience in 15+ years which includes managing large, cross functional, multi geography projects
• Candidate should be familiar with the Offshore – Onshore model
• Should be adept at managing Risk and Issues.
• Expertise in Waterfall, Agile, DevOps, Lean methodologies
• Vendor / 3rd party management
• Relationship management (both internal and external) and networking skills.
• Excellent 360 degree influencing, negotiating and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent documentation and communication skills.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment with proven ability to handle multiple work threads at one time
• International experience or experience of dealing with international resources (project team and user base will be dispersed across multiple locations)
• Ability to work effectively to strict timelines and deadlines.
• Ability to work with Technology teams and business / Operations / Change