Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Business Execution Consultant in Pittsburgh, PA, (Hybrid).
Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.Contract Duration: 18 Months
Required Skills & Experience
- 2+ years of Business Operations or Leadership experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, or education.
- 5+ years business project management experience specifically focused on projects involving payments.
- Hands on project manager with the ability to independently manage/lead product-related project deliverables and meet delivery deadlines.
- Proactive, independent self-starter, who can work in collaboration with the product and cross functional teams and partners.
- Knowledge of JIRA / Confluence application for Agile development.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to clearly communicate ideas to diverse business and technical audiences.
- Proficiency with MS Office software products including MS Project, Power Point, Word, Excel, Visio, SharePoint.
- Experience navigating heavily matrixed organizations, including multiple business lines.
What You Will Be Doing
- Participate in a variety of assigned and ongoing business operations to ensure success in meeting business goals and objectives.
- Identify opportunities for process improvement by conducting root cause testing of all compliance and business metrics.
- Determine areas of strength or Business Execution opportunity within defined scope of work.
- Review and research strategies and action plans to establish effective processes while meeting performance metrics and policy expectations.
- Utilize independent judgment to guide moderate risk deliverables.
- Present recommendations to develop, implement, and monitor strategic approaches, effectiveness of support function, and business performance improvement opportunities for managing risks of the business.
- Exercise independent judgment and provide guidance in diverse support functions and operations for a single business group within a line of business.
- Collaborate and consult with leaders and executive management.
- Provide work direction to less experienced Strategy and Execution staff.
- Responsible for coordinating product deliverables across cross-functional project teams (Product, Technology, Operations, and other key business partners) and managing product-related activities in a project life cycle (e.g., initiation, Agile user story development, market readiness and delivery), with a strong focus on project management and business requirements development for payment products, specifically wire services for corporates and correspondent banking services.
- Interact with product leads and key global business partners to execute strategic plans and objectives.
- Prepare, execute, and maintain product project plan, coordinating with other stakeholders and partners as needed to align key project tasks dependencies.
- Track and report status of project tasks, deliverables, and milestones.
- Schedule and lead project meetings as needed, publishing agendas, notes, and minutes.
- Listed as remote, preferably hybrid to either Pittsburgh or one of our hubs.