Project Manager (Information Technology)
Company
Federal Reserve Bank of New YorkFederal Reserve Bank of New YorkWorking at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York positions you at the center of the financial world with a unique perspective on national and international markets and economies. You will work in an environment with a diverse group of experienced professionals to foster and support the safety, soundness, and vitality of our economic and financial systems. The Bank believes in work flexibility to balance the demands of work and life while also connecting and collaborating with our colleagues in person. Employees can expect to be in the office a couple of days per week as needed for meetings and team collaboration and should live within a commutable distance
What We Do:
Group Support & Enterprise Services is dedicated to extending the Corporate Group's (CG) ability to deliver innovative, value-added solutions that help advance the Bank's mission and strengthen its operation. As the Group's centralized, internal business development partner, GS&ES focusses on three service areas, Business Support; Business Technology & Data Management and Risk Management, allowing CG's other functions to align their operations and concentrate on their core competencies.
The Business Support Department of CGSS serves as Corporate's administrative arm, overseeing a range of operational responsibilities and the strategic planning process for the Group and its business areas. The team guides and integrates each CG Functions' strategy with the Group's as a whole and monitors progress against overall stated objectives. Its principal services include:
The Business Support Department of CGSS serves as Corporate's administrative arm, overseeing a range of operational responsibilities and the strategic planning process for the Group and its business areas. The team guides and integrates each CG Functions' strategy with the Group's as a whole and monitors progress against overall stated objectives. Its principal services include:
Business Strategy & Analytics: Performs deep dive analytics and process mapping to drive continual improvement and efficiency in the Group's service delivery.
Portfolio Management: Oversees the progress of key Group initiatives and projects that have both a Bank-wide impact as well as affect CG's internal operations.
Communications: Acts as the centralized hub creating and distributing the Group's communication material across Functions and Bankwide. Sets the strategy on brand identity, message development and outreach to Bank audiences to bring greater clarity, visibility and transparency to the Group's strategy and services.
Workforce Provisioning: Provides client-centric Group support, initiating onboarding and offboarding requests, liaising with other Groups and oversee Bankwide technology initiatives.
Your Role as a Project Manager
Takes the lead role and responsibility for planning and managing all aspects of the delivery of projects that will significantly affect Corporate Group to ensure project goals are completed on time within budget and with optimum quality.
Leads a project team with direct responsibility from project inception through project closeout for coordinating various aspects of large and small projects including planning and programming, project delivery and assessing team performance.
Designs/maintains detailed project plans in coordination with project workstream leads, including definition of scope requirements, objectives, resource allocation, budget and task schedules and milestones.
Consults on use of and adherence to Federal Reserve policies and practices, including established project management methodologies and project tracking and reporting tools.
Identifies and manages cross-workstream intersections and surfaces possible collisions.
Facilitates team meetings and development of supporting agendas in collaboration with project leads.
Manages progress towards key deliverables (reminder e-mails, folder locations, version cleanliness / readiness, and document links).
Prepares presentations/memos/reports to inform key stakeholders, support alignment on the path forward and communicate progress. This could include organizing and developing materials for executive level meetings.
Manages communication flow, upwards and downwards, among the project team and executive stakeholders, including developing, coordinating, and facilitating project communications.
Coordinates with Finance Management areas regarding strategic direction, budget management and timely project accounting and reconciliation for all major project activity.
What We are Looking For:
Organizational & Time Management Skills: Demonstrated advanced project and risk management skills, including the ability to manage and organize work around multiple priorities, resources, customers, and management. Flexibility to handle fast changing conditions.
Knowledge: Advanced knowledge as it pertains to project and portfolio management disciplines and methodologies.
Collaboration & adaptability: Be a strong and collaborative team player with the skill to collaborate effectively with cross functional partners across the organization. Be flexible and quick to adapt to new information, market shift, and evolving business priorities. Detail-oriented and capable self-starter with the ability to explore innovative ways to perform tasks in an efficient and timely manner as an individual and in a team environment
Communications: Excellent organizational and communication skills, creativity, attention to detail, and negotiation skills to develop communications and provide executive-level reporting. Able to present information within all settings in a credible, confident, and influential manner. Communicates in a concise, direct, and purposeful way. Ability to build productive business relationships and work collaboratively to effectively manage diverse perspectives of stakeholders.
Strong leadership skills.
Strong automation skills including Microsoft Office programs.
Please include resume.
Salary Range: $151,000-$160,000 / year
We believe in transparency at the New York Fed. This salary range reflects a variety of skills and experiences candidates may bring to the job. We pay individuals along this range based on their unique backgrounds. Whether you're stretching into the job or are a more seasoned candidate, we aim to pay competitively for your contributions.
Our Touchstone Behaviors—Communicate Authentically, Collaborate Inclusively, Drive Progress, Develop Others, and Take Ownership—help shape the culture of the Bank. They also provide a shared language for how we work together and achieve success, and they set clear expectations for leading with impact at every stage of your career with us. Learn more.
Benefits:
Our organization offers benefits that are the best fit for you at every stage of your career:
-Fully paid Pension plan and 401k with Generous Match
-Comprehensive Insurance Plans (Medical, Dental and Vision including Flexible Spending Accounts and HSA)
-Subsidized Public Transportation Program
-Tuition Assistance Program
-Onsite Fitness & Wellness Center And more
The New York Fed expects its employees to perform their duties with honesty, integrity, and impartiality, and without improper preferential treatment of any person. Learn more about our code of conduct and conflicts of interest rules.
The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is committed to a diverse workforce and to providing equal employment opportunity to all persons without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, genetic information, disability, pregnancy, or military service. We value accessibility for all candidates and are happy to provide an accommodation or assistance. Please email us at ny.leaves@ny.frb.org and we'll be glad to help. Please note, this is a dedicated e-mail box designed exclusively to assist applications with accommodation requests in relation to our recruiting process. All other inquires including the status of applications will not receive a response from this e-mail box.
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, performance standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.
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