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Manager, Digital Program / Project Management
Prudential Securities
Newark, NJ, United States
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Description
Prudential is seeking a Project Manager (Manager, Digital Project Management) with a proven track record of leading large, complex initiatives with heavy technology requirements and strong business connectivity. You must be resilient and flexible to meet the high demands of a start-up culture within the complexities of a large, established company. With deep project management expertise and an ownership mentality, you must be able to seamlessly connect broad-scale holistic project management disciplines with agile development methodologies. You are a strong team player with exceptional attention to detail, strong communication skills and the ability to operate at both a strategic and tactical level. You will work for a Director, Project Management Office, who will report to the VP of Project Management in the Customer
Office. You have an opportunity to work in an exciting and engaging, agile startup environment where you will be encouraged to expand your skills, test your creative boundaries, share new ideas, and, most importantly, have fun.
Responsibilities:
• Accountable for delivering highly technical projects which include large/complex/cross-functional strategic and/or technical initiatives that may extend across businesses
• Provide core project management expertise for the full lifecycle of initiatives, including but not limited to: project planning, initiation, resourcing, execution, monitoring, control and completion
• Provide timely, accurate and relevant project reporting; Ensure projects are delivered within the defined scope, quality, time and cost requirements
• Establish strong business partnerships within and outside of the Customer Office to resolve issues quickly and advance efforts expeditiously
• Facilitate engagement with internal and external stakeholders, ensuring strategic alignment, clear understanding of project goals and focus on delivering meaningful outcomes
• May include management responsibility of project consultants located on-shore and off-shore
Qualifications
• 8+ years of Project Management experience in digitally-enabled, product-oriented businesses
• Proven track record of managing complex, highly technical projects across functions and business lines
• Thorough knowledge and experience with both waterfall and agile/scrum methodologies
• Ability to balance structure and flexibility, with a drive toward results and accountability
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Strong analytical skills and expertise with agile tools such as Jira and Confluence, and MS Project
• Experience dealing with senior business leaders
• Well-developed leadership, management and strategic-thinking skills, with the ability to excite and lead team members in a highly collaborative environment
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience