What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Intercontinental Exchange Holdings, Inc.?
Overview
Job Purpose
As a Project Manager, you will be part of the technology team responsible for developing and maintaining application software for a state-of-the-art electronic commodities and futures exchange and its supporting systems. The ideal candidate is results-oriented, self-motivated and enjoys working in a fast-paced environment. This hands-on role requires frequent interaction with business owners, developers, quality assurance analysts, product/project managers, and operations teams to ensure that we deliver quality systems and services to our users.
Responsibilities
- Direct management of complex, custom software development projects.
- Create cross-functional plans that include scope definition, schedules, stakeholder identification, resourcing, communication plans and risk analysis.
- Lead effective team/scrum meetings to facilitate progress, manage the critical path, and identify and communicate risks and mitigation plans.
- Facilitate regular status meetings to report progress to stakeholders and executives.
- Demonstrate very strong business and software systems knowledge and apply that knowledge to support business initiatives.
- Provide leadership and valuable insight into planning, prioritization, risk management and decision-making.
- Collaborate with multiple stakeholders to gather and prioritize requirements, while facilitating project scope and associated timelines.
- Collaborate with DevOps and QA teams to ensure smooth release planning, quality assurance, and production readiness
Knowledge and Experience
- 3 years technology project management experience in a custom software development environment.
- Proven success managing multiple, concurrent, projects and ensuring development efforts remain on task relative to business priorities.
- Experience managing projects using iterative software development methodologies (e.g., Agile, Scrum, etc.) and demonstrated ability to drive ongoing process improvement.
- Experience identifying, managing and communicating project and technology risks and mitigation strategies
- Strong communication, time management, and problem-solving skills.
- Experience with release management processes and coordinating deployments.
- Experience managing projects leveraging technologies such as Java, JavaScript and SDLC tools such as Jenkins, Bitbucket, and ServiceNow.
- Familiarity with collaboration and productivity tools like JIRA, Confluence, SharePoint, Teams or Slack and Microsoft Office suite
- Experience with internal and/or external audit engagements is a plus
Applicants should ensure their CVs clearly describe by engagement or project:
- The nature and business purpose of the solution delivered
- The deliverables they were personally responsible for
- The extent of interaction with project stakeholders
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Intercontinental Exchange, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to legally protected characteristics.