Project Manager (Agile/Scrum) - Leeds - 6 Months - c£425 per day

AGILE PROJECT MANAGER (CONTRACT) - SCRUM MASTER - LEEDS - 6 MONTHS - C£425 PER DAY

Agile/Scrum, PRINCE 2, Financial Services, Regulatory, Transfer agency, Fund accounting, TPA platforms, Retail investments - UT's, OEIC's, Retail tax wrappers (ISA and GIA)

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

The Project Manager/Scrum Master will be responsible for coordinating and leading a software delivery project and should have a solid project management background with strong organisational skills and a proven ability to manage projects through from initiation to delivery.

- Implementing and managing governance processes around project investment decisions and delivery.
- Monitoring and assurance of project delivery.
- Management/Development of capabilities in IT.
- Monitoring the management of non-technical shared services.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Co-ordinate
- Knowledge of Architectural and Design practices and patterns within an Enterprise software environment
- Structured project methodologies (eg Prince2)
- Knowledge of object-oriented programming techniques
- Knowledge of software quality assurance techniques and software process improvement approaches
- Knowledge of Architectural and Design practices and patterns within an Enterprise software environment
- Knowledge of one or more Agile project management frameworks
- Structured project methodologies (eg Prince2)
- Strong Stakeholder Management
- Strong Project Management
- Significant experience managing and motivating people
- Proven track record of managing multiple IT projects using Agile frameworks such as Scrum.
- Agile tolls such as Team Foundation Server/JIRA
- Collectives
- Transfer Agency
- Equities market
- Investment Management
- Scrum Master Certification
- Regulatory Projects

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