We are looking for an IT Project Manager to manage mid to large-size projects with a focus on data, infrastructure, and risk management projects, as assigned. The candidate must be able to successfully collaborate with senior management, vendors and service providers to execute project deliverables. Responsibilities include end-to-end project planning, prioritization, dependency management and project execution.
The candidate must be able to collaborate effectively, work independently as well as in teams, communicate effectively at all levels, and work on multiple initiatives that are running in parallel. Prior experience in the investment management industry as an IT project manager is highly preferred.
Job Responsibilities Include
- Scoping, planning and executing on IT projects; clarify scope and timing of all activities and deliverables
- Creating and maintaining project plans including tasks, dependencies, milestones, resources, issues and risks
- Communicating and collaborating with stakeholders on issues and project status; ensure ongoing commitment of all stakeholders whose buy-in is required for the successful delivery of the project
- Collaborating with multiple IT and business teams to establish infrastructure related processes and procedures
- Projects may include managing upgrades to third party platforms and infrastructure and/or implementing new infrastructure or third-party systems.
- Additional projects may include disaster recovery and business continuity test coordination
Required Qualifications
- Experience in IT including 7-10 years of experience supporting IT infrastructure projects and IT operational projects in the financial services industry.
- Bachelor Degree from an accredited college or university.
- Experience in an institutional investment management firm supporting IT projects is preferred.
- Understanding of business continuity and disaster recovery plans.
- Excellent organizational skills and strong hands-on project management capabilities including experience with project management best practices, standards, and methodologies, e.g. waterfall, agile, etc.
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, react positively to change and re-prioritize when required.
- High level of integrity and trustworthiness.
Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based systematic investment firm that manages global equity portfolios for institutional investors around the world.
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What We Do
Arrowstreet Capital is a Boston-based investment manager that provides global and international equity investment strategies and fund products to institutional investors such as pension plans, endowments, foundations, and registered/unregistered commingled investment funds.
We offer a select range of global equity investment strategies managed as long-only, alpha extension and long/short utilizing a broad range of instruments, including swaps and futures. Our investment process utilizes quantitative methods that focus on identifying and incorporating investment signals into our proprietary return, risk and transaction cost models. Our investment approach involves creating and investing in diversified equity portfolios. We utilize a structured investment process that attempts to add value relative to a client specific benchmark. This involves identifying opportunities across companies, sectors and countries by evaluating a diverse set of fundamental and market-based predictive factors. Portfolios are constructed through the use of a mean variance optimizer and proprietary risk and transaction cost models.
Arrowstreet Capital manages approximately $100 billion for over 200 client relationships in North America, the United Kingdom, Europe and the Asia-Pacific regions.
