firstPRO is now accepting resumes for a Senior Project Manager/Scrum Master role in Boston, MA. This is a 9+month contract and onsite 3 days per week.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with project leaders to define project scope, business requirements, dependencies, resources, critical deliverables, timelines and success criteria.
• Build detailed project plans and communicate milestones to key collaborators.
• Ensure all parties are on track with project requirements and resolve issues.
• Report on project status via regular project meetings and engage with executives periodically.
• Work directly with development team, operations team, project managers, and traders.

Qualifications:

• 7+ years of experience as a Project manager/ Scrum Master working in financial services (strong knowledge within Asset Management/ Portfolio management).
• Strong team building and meeting facilitation skills.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and consensus building skills.
• Good experience working with and collaborating with multiple teams- developers, PM's, Operations, etc.
• A deep understanding of agile principles and the Scrum framework
• Good experience running Scrum Meetings.
• Goal-oriented with strong attention to detail.