Careers at Vertalo / Sr. Program/Project Manager

Austin, TX 78759
SeriesX.net, working for Vertalo, Inc.

This is a fully in-office position. We believe that in-person collaboration in a fast-paced start-up environment is essential for success. Please note, you must live in Austin or be willing to relocate for consideration of this position. Remote positions not available at this time.

Job Summary

Sr. Program/Project Manager responsible for leading and managing the successful completion of highly complex enterprise-wide technology projects & client implementations. This includes working with people at all levels of the organization. The Sr. Program/Project Manager is responsible for all aspects of execution, from planning through closure.

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage risks, facilitating meetings with multiple groups and navigate the different dynamics within those teams.
• Ensure appropriate project governance is in place.
• Ensure business outcomes/objectives and project scope are defined and documented.
• Lead the project team in the successful planning, execution, and implementation of projects from initiation through project closure.
• Develop work plans for highly complex or specialized technology projects, client implementations, and business initiatives.
• Help define milestones based on business needs/priorities, requirements, and solutions.
• Plan and conduct workshops and meetings to elicit requirements, business processes and objectives for the creation of use cases and user stories.
• Communicate with project teams and key stakeholders on updates, changes, and timelines.
• Remove impediments/clear the path for the team to work. 
• Facilitate UAT with end users, internally and externally, as well as third party vendors and other parties, leveraging the criteria defined by business partners
• Drive the success of the implementation for our clients and business partners.
• Ensure that executive sponsors, project sponsors, stakeholders, and team members receive consistent and timely communication regarding project status, issues and risks.

Minimum Requirements (Must Haves)

• 7+ years’ experience managing programs and/or technical projects with high visibility.
• Experience managing enterprise-wide projects, that include third parties, required.
• Outstanding organizational skills, able to handle multiple priorities simultaneously, keeping projects on time and on budget.
• Detail-oriented yet highly adaptable, able to work within an extremely fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and collaboration experience, able to influence change without formal authority.
• Expert-level translation skills, translating business needs into written requirements and user cases.
• Previous experience with Google Suite, MS Office Suite, Trello boards and project management tools.
• Strong understanding of agile and traditional project management. 
• Strong product service delivery experience a must, platform (SaaS) implementation experience a plus.
• Capital Market and Carta product (or similar) experience desirable.
• Ambitious - you are looking specifically for a startup opportunity and the chance to hit it big. 
• Self-starting - you are OK with some ambiguity and pushing until you figure things out.
• Great at quickly making it work - we iterate fast and you need to be able to keep up.
• Hungry - you are a missionary, not a mercenary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Financial Services customers a plus.
• Previous experience facilitating workshops and or business process improvement sessions.
• Degrees and/or experience in Finance, Accounting, Securities, Private Equity, Wealth/Asset Management, etc.
• Have worked at a Transfer Agent, Broker Dealer, Financial Services, Venture Capital, or other capital markets related firm. 
• Understanding of Blockchain and decentralized finance a plus.

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