• Proactively manage technology risks to ensure the teams can focus on delivering incremental business value, while working to establish the team’s baseline velocity, sprint cadence, and release plans
• Develop and maintain all project documentation and artifacts required for successful delivery of the project, records retention purposes in accordance with organizational policies, and proof of risk mitigation / remediation
• Identify, prioritize, and actively manage technology risk initiatives according to impact and probability, escalating when necessary
Responsibilities:
• Manage a portfolio of complex initiatives that span one or multiple lines of business
• Provide leadership for project team by building and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities and project milestones
• Full project life cycle ownership: successful project delivery will include full implementation from initiation to deployment for one major or several minor initiatives simultaneously
• Manage all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall program is aligned to and directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives
• Report on project success criteria results, metrics, test, and deployment management activities
• Work creatively and analytically in a problem-solving environment demonstrating teamwork, innovation, and excellence
• Participate in establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and partnerships to expand and mature these capabilities for the organization
• Manage the day-to-day project activities and resources and chairs the project management team meetings
• Engage with BAP risk executives, including first and second line of defense risk functions, as appropriate to develop support the risk agenda
• Establish best practices and coordinate implementation of relevant risk management frameworks across several technology aligned risk teams
• Serve as key stakeholder and sponsor for a portfolio of risk remediation activities, including leading program efforts and driving requirements to delivery teams
• Monitoring the appropriateness and completeness of key risk and control metrics within risk tolerance on behalf of the organization
Requirements:
This is a high-visibility role within E*TRADE, with significant strategic responsibility. As a result, we are looking for candidates with:
• Agile/Scrum/Kanban experience managing mid to large infrastructure projects
• Applied project leadership experience
• Strong analytical and communications skills are a must (Note: strong Excel, Word, and PowerPoint skills will be a baseline expectation for this role)
• The ability to structure and organize complex data and execution efforts
• A core focus on providing great service across our stakeholder groups on a regular basis
• A foundational orientation towards servant-leadership oriented risk management
• Exposure to risk management for infrastructure environments at an enterprise scale (e.g., IT Security, Cyber Security, Security Operations, Governance)
• Previous experience with technology controls programs and risk domains (e.g., change management, SDLC, information security practices, COBIT / ITIL frameworks)
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to translate requirements effectively and coordinate team discussion
• Must be extremely detail-oriented, very organized and value the integrity of the data
• Strong analytical and problem-solving ability, capability to switch context quickly and work on multiple streams of work concurrently
• Ability to build and sustain relationships with individuals at all levels of the organization and leverage this to achieve work-related objectives
• High proficiency with MS Office productivity tools (Word, PowerPoint) with advanced skill in data manipulation using Excel
• Experience of auditing within a technical environment
• Working knowledge of Operational Risk and associated regulations (e.g., Basel, SOX)
Qualifications – External
• Infrastructure experience is required for this role
• Bachelor of Science (B.S) Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or MIS, or equivalent experience
• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) is preferred
• Certified Project Management Professional (PMP) is preferred