Program manager, Ukraine (offline)

Working Places:
Kyiv, Ukraine

Project Description:
Currently, we are looking for a Program Manager in the Kyiv office for a number of projects for our global financial institution client. The main projects will be in the Data Technology area with potential involvement in other areas.

The program includes multiple teams (Kiev, Tampa and New York) working on different parts of Reference Data domain.
Responsibilities:
 Clients relationship
 People management
 Projects portfolio management including risks and dependencies management, tracking of project execution etc.
 P&L
 Ensure development process and established engineering excellence practices are followed by all team members;
 Perform day-to-day people management activities in a distributed team with collaboration with company internal services;
 Proactively respond to project-related and technical risks;
 Manage stakeholders' expectations and ensure transparency of delivery processes;
 Handle project plans, monitor development progress and dependencies across the teams;
 Setup, coordinate and ensure execution of joint development across multiple teams, including activities related to integration with other applications;
 Release management - adoption to infrastructure changes and production releases planning;


Mandatory Skills Description:
Experience:
 8+ years of IT experience with at least 3+ years in IT project management of 30+ FTE projects;
 Experience working with Clients, negotiating conditions, etc
 Experience working in Outsource/Service Company as a PM or PgM at least 3 years
 Proven track record in complex geographically distributed projects;
 Excellent verbal, communication and consultancy skills;


Personal Skills:
 Strong leader with the ability to think strategically;
 Proven cases of proactive life/work position;
 Positive attitude and stress tolerance;
 Team player;
Nice-to-Have Skills:
 Degree in Computer Science;
 Financial domain experience;
 Background in Java EE and Data Management applications development;
 Investment banking experience;


Languages:
English: B2 Upper Intermediate