Moody's is a global integrated risk assessment firm that empowers organizations to make better decisions.
- Role/Responsibilities:
Role/Responsibilities:
- Lead projects which are broad in scope, interdependent, high risk, high impact, have medium to long term implementation time frames and are cross functional. Project teams typically include onshore, offshore, internal, external and lead services resources, which are global in geographic focus
- Promotes cross-functional interaction within the project team(s) including Finance, technology, vendors, consultants, business executives, end users and other Moody's departments or organizations
- Be a 'Self Starter, 'In Charge' 'Thought Leader' & 'Mentor/Coach' who is proactive in seeking opportunities to serve in leadership roles, even outside of direct area of responsibility; consistently demonstrate Moody's values, especially in leadership within assigned project(s) and organizational team.
- Ensure readiness for change across business by ensuring efficiency of change management programs that will result in the early adoption of the new solution and business processes.
- Partner with corporate planning to review project/program budgets at a detailed level.
- Lead and drive issue resolution, risk identification and mitigation, change and dependency management. Encourage the active use of a strong risk management framework with the project teams and collaborators.
- Provide well-crafted communication vehicles on time with accuracy and completeness such as resource management reports, executive steering committees, Board of Directors status, and various status reports using MS Office tools suite and project /portfolio management solution.
- Set the direction for the project team. Ensure respectful communications by crafting an atmosphere of collaboration and iterative improvements, encouraging people and collaboration, and accepting change by team engagement. Be conscious of team behavior and give constructive feedback to line managers for annual Performance Evaluation.
- Build a reputation as a pragmatic problem solver who collaborates in a constructive manner for iterative improvements for operational efficiencies within the position, project team(s), and across the broader IT organization. Enable decision-making by efficiently analyzing business drivers and constraints, and present alternative solutions to address problems and opportunities
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree in computer science, finance/accounting or related field.
- 5+ years related work experience
- Minimum of 3-5 years project management experience, preferably in a technology software development or infrastructure field within the financial industry
- PMP Certification is highly desirable
- Self-starter with ability to work independently, collaborative, and strong standout colleague
- Solid ability to build and present written and verbal communications that are audience appropriate and work in multi-disciplinary, multi-cultural teams
- Strong attention to detail and time management in all aspects of planning and execution
- Hands on experience driving projects to completion using a variety of software delivery life cycle methodologies, particularly Agile, Waterfall, and hybrid
- Ability to analyze and challenge current working methods to create improvements in processes and result
- Demonstrate capability to develop strong persuasive, influencing and negotiation skills.
- Handle business risk through identification, quantification, and control.
Moody's is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.
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