Senior Project Manager

Beacon Platform was founded in 2014 by Kirat Singh and Mark Higgins, industry leaders in building and designing enterprise-scale trading, analytics, and risk management platforms.

Our products enable financial institutions of all sizes to operationalize front-office development at enterprise scale on the cloud.

The Platform consists of Beacon Front Office Suite for cross-asset management of trades, positions and risk, and Beacon Core, an integrated development and operating platform that enables quants and software engineers to collaboratively develop and continuously deploy business solutions.

Beacon's open architecture and transparent source-code model empower clients to achieve their business goals while maintaining unparalleled ownership of the full technology stack.

Position Summary : As a Senior Project Manager in the Professional Services team, the individual will work closely with Sales and Account Managers, Business Analysts, Client Engineers, Solution Architects and Client and Prospect Developers and End Users to scope, plan, lead, and execute on client-facing Proof of Concept and Implementation projects.

The Ideal Candidate Is :

• Structured and Organised : You are able to create clear project plans, identify risks and dependencies and can clearly articulate the latest status of your projects at all times.
• Customer focused : You constantly think about scalable ways to improve the onboarding and implementation process for our clients.

You are organized, diligent, and proactive.

• Technically minded : You have experience working with a technical product and are excited to develop expertise in modern cloud, data, and software technologies.
• A team player : You welcome accountability for your / your team's goals and metrics, and will work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Sales and Customer Success individuals to ensure the success of the department's goals.
• A confident communicator : You know how to effectively tailor messaging to customers to articulate value in meeting their business objectives;

you communicate with your clients, peers, and managers clearly and concisely.

A financial services and / or financial technology enthusiast : You have some experience working at or with financial services institutions and are passionate about innovation in the industry.

Key Responsibilities :

• Manage full project life cycle, including project definition, scope, resource planning, business analysis, technical design, development, testing, training, and migration to production
• Collaborate closely with the Client Engineering and Solution Architecture teams to deliver a positive onboarding experience, constantly aligning PMO strategies
• Communicate effectively through various mediums, and across all levels of Beacon and client organizations, to ensure transparent status reporting, change management and issue resolution
• Coordinate with Beacon's Professional Services teams to facilitate scoping and design
• Track Beacon's internal activities and dependencies to ensure client projects are delivered on time
• Facilitate a feedback loop to Product teams from ongoing Client projects
• Minimize Project Risk through pragmatic and collaborative removal of blockers and / or issues
• Learn from and contribute to Beacon's Project Management organization on best practices and client management

Required Skills & Approach :

• 5-10 years of experience delivering risk management, trading, or analytics platform solutions
• Knowledge of financial markets and workflows
• Track record of full lifecycle project management on projects of 6+ month duration and budget >

$500k

• Hands on experience with budget management and risk / issues tracking
• Experience managing client-facing projects, working with development teams and working in a global organization
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills
• Team player, friendly and can adjust to changing priorities with aplomb
• Persistence and adaptability - expect and embrace change and challenges in a start-up environment
• Flexibility - comfortable with wearing many hats to get the job done
• Positive attitude with a proven ability to foster relationships
• Proactive work ethic and ability to work with minimal supervision and a desire to learn
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Preferred Skills & Approach :

• Project Management Certification : PMP, Prince 2
• Experience implementing and managing a Project Management function technology stack, including planning, metrics, resource allocation, dashboards and reporting using applications such as Salesforce, JIRA, Confluence, Mavenlink and similar tools
• Experience with SecDB / Athena / Quartz

Expected salary $150,000 - $185,000

What You'll Love About Beacon

• Unlimited PTO - This isn't your typical unlimited PTO plan. All employees take at least
• 20 days off a year. After that? Take the time off you need to strike the perfect work / life balance for you.
• 10 paid company holidays
• 401k match Charitable donation match
• Access to Udemy - An online learning and teaching marketplace with over 185,000 courses. Learn programming, marketing, data science, or brush up on your public speaking and writing skills.
• Company Culture - Our employees have a voice and can make a big impact across the organization. A lot of people in large companies don't feel connected to what they're doing and feel like they're put in a box.

Here you will have the freedom to be creative and innovative. We're looking for smart and driven people to help get us to the next level.

Beacon does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law.

Beacon encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

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