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Location
Sydney
Salary
203k package
Job Type
Permanent
Ref
BH-164753
Contact
Ashley Somers
Posted
about 3 years ago
Overview:
Our client is looking for an experienced Project Manager / SCRUM Master who enjoys collaborating with others, is passionate about delivery, with a can-do attitude and a continuous improvement mindset.
This role provides a great opportunity to combine your proven project management, change management and stakeholder management skills to support the successful delivery of key end-to-end contemporary solutions, with a focus on financial markets, trading, and associated information and technical services.

What you’ll do:
  • Call on your extensive project management and SCRUM master experience to lead day-to-day delivery of initiatives of varying size and complexity, while understanding business/technical inter-dependencies and involving both inhouse and vendor development with both traditional and agile characteristics
  • Use your familiarity with both aged and new technology standards and apply your passion for automation to lead gains in both delivery efficiency and velocity
  • Use your unique leadership style and soft-skills to drive strong engagement within the Trading Services business and other stakeholders while developing and supporting high-performing cross-functional teams
  • Draw on your experience and mindset to help evolve delivery practices and embrace engineering practices to be fitfor-purpose whilst maturing delivery capabilities
  • Ensure alignment with governance and control structures to ensure delivery domain outcomes meet expectations, through execution of solid planning, budget, risk, and resource management practises
  • Interface with steering groups, vendors, Delivery Managers, and other internal stakeholders with executive level standards of language.
What you’ve done:
  • Delivered both smaller frequent changes from a varied backlog of work to larger complex projects when needed, meeting pre-defined success criteria and objectives
  • Successfully delivered changes / projects that have interdependencies across other projects/delivery teams as part of an overarching change roadmap, while driving solutions and accountability in traditional and agile environments
  • Demonstrated thought leadership and effective problem solving skills
  • Demonstrated self-awareness, emotional intelligence and a willingness to continuously improve both yourself and your teams
  • Strong communication, facilitation, influencing and negotiation skills that show you are able to collaborate and build trusted relationships with stakeholders across all levels
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both individuals and executive level steering groups
  • Worked both independently and as part of a team, with a good eye for detail
  • Quick to establish trust and rapport, ability to motivate others through your enthusiasm and sense of urgency, and achieve a ‘one team’ culture that embeds accountability
  • Ideally front-office trading background with knowledge of capital markets and exchanges
For further information on this role or to confidentially apply, please contact Ashley on 02 8227 9200 or apply directly via the Apply for this job button. Only WORD FORMAT resumes will be accepted.