Senior Technical Project Manager

We are currently working with a global financial institution and are looking for a Senior Technical Project Manager. We are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to develop and manage comprehensive project plans. This role involves aligning cross-team engagements to ensure clarity and focus through effective communication.
Key Responsibilities:

• Develop detailed technical roadmaps to guide product plans and ensure clear understanding amongst development teams.
• Collaborate with the Product Owner, Business Analysts, and wider Team to plan and prioritise the feature backlog, ensuring alignment with product strategy.
• Organise and manage steering committees with stakeholders.
• Create and maintain planning dashboards to provide a comprehensive view of the execution strategy.
• Facilitate daily stand-ups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospectives. Manage engineering development projects and oversee releases.
• Work with team leads to resolve personnel issues and project roadblocks.
• Ensure Project Management deliverables are met according to the organisation's Project Delivery Framework.
• Oversee the successful delivery of complete projects in accordance with established standards.
• Identify and address roadblocks, proactively managing risks and dependencies.

Knowledge, Experience & Skills:

• Proven track record of working as a Project Manager
• Demonstrate expertise of agile methodology and frameworks like Scrum, Kanban
• Deep understanding of agile metrics to analyse and improve sprint planning
• Experience in Jira across multiple projects with interlinked dependencies
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, along with excellent interpersonal abilities.
• Understanding of DevOps will be an added advantage.

If you are a proactive professional with a keen eye for detail and a passion for financial markets, we encourage you to apply to be a part of the team. This role will be hybrid with 3 days working from the office in Belfast. Although the role is initially for a 12-month period there is a high possibility of extension.
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