Lead activities associated with the delivery, readiness and overall execution of FI programs and FI and IWMS projects.
Work closely with the executive sponsors, Product Areas and Stakeholders to ensure that the initiative stays on track and delivers value to our customers.
Assimilate business needs with operational, technical and readiness requirements of a program.
Drive and enable strategic programs within Fidelity Institutional and across Fidelity within our agile framework.
Partner with business unit partners, domains, product areas, business owner(s), and technology teams to develop scope and project tasks.
Develop realistic, workable iterative plans, identifying dependencies and risks and providing transparency to leadership around progress.
Provide leadership and oversight associated with balancing customer expectations during iterative development, coordinating customer communications, and implementing effective governance.
Liaise with legal, risk, compliance, and audit as required.
Champion standard tools and agile ways of working (e.g., JIRA Align) to run program activities, track dependencies, create qualitative and quantitative executive reporting.
Requirements
Demonstrated experience collaborating and building positive relationships within a sophisticated agile organization, ideally in financial services.
Outstanding communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with specific strengths in communicating with senior leaders.
Ability to enable and drive synchronization and partnership between squads and program team for clear communication and effective execution.
Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to think through problems, assess a variety of factors and recommend solutions.
Flexibility and the skill to both lead and contribute to workstreams are a must.
Consistent track record leading sophisticated programs by balancing execution, priorities, dependencies, risk factors, compliance to regulatory and internal controls while meeting client expectations.
Strong attention to detail as well as effective time management abilities.
Demonstrated self-starter that thrives in an independent environment.
Relevant program management and technology leadership focus is significantly beneficial.
Demonstrated ability working within a product management, project management team or relevant experience is preferred.
Benefits
Hybrid working model
Competitive pay
Diverse and inclusive workplace
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
program managementproject managementagile frameworkiterative developmentrisk managementcompliancegovernancedependencies managementexecutive reportingproblem-solving
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillspresentation skillsleadershipflexibilityattention to detailtime managementself-startercollaborationrelationship building