Program Manager

Program ManagerBoston, MAPosition Overview:We are looking for a Program Manager to support our newly formed team from an IT perspective. This is an exceptional opportunity to help support a new effort at the firm as part of a small entrepreneurial team. The effort will focus on all major global asset classes including, but not limited to Equities, Fixed Income, Currencies, Commodities and Options/Volatility.The Contract Program Manager reports to the Director of Business Services and is a member of the Information Technology team.Responsibilities:Leads and provides guidance to establish an IT operating and governance model for managing our multi-asset class strategiesPartner with the business team in defining their future operating model and business architectureTrack and coordinate the program (streams: security master, trading, accounting & performance, and strategic data stores) and its dependenciesEnsure that each project within the program has a direct responsible individualManage collective activities, issues, dependencies, and risks of the projects within the portfolioEnsure transparency by keeping all stakeholders, project members, and leadership informedAdvocate for delivery process and controlsPromote continuous improvement and help teams increase productivity and foster innovationMentor team members on Agile principals and best practicesWork with project scrum masters to plan sprints, prioritize the backlog, lead teams, manage the development process, identify and eliminate obstacles from deliveryLead the Scrum of Scrums across all projects within the delivery team on a daily basisEnsure transparency throughout delivery utilizing Agile best practices such as Sprint Planning, Release and Sprint Burndown, Daily Scrum, Sprint Demos, and RetrospectivesQualifications:10+ years of experience in the asset management business, ideally with a buy-side multi-asset focusRecent experience managing and implementing multi-asset class front, middle, and back office solutions with the following security types: Equities, ETFs, Futures, Options, Structured Notes, FX, Total Return Swaps, Interest Rates Swaps, and Volatility Swaps10 years of prior experience as a Project Manager5+ years of recent experience as a Scrum Master and is CSM certifiedExperience with Agile PLM tools like Rally, Jira, and VersionOne (Jira Preferred)Experience implementing and integrating front office functions with an order management systems (Charles River preferred), security master solutions (MarkIT EDM preferred), performance systems (BiSam preferred), accounting systems/providers (SS&C GlobeOp / Advent Geneva preferred)Excellent communication & mentoring skills