Systems Project Manager
CurrentEngaged in Project Management methodology to insure that system upgrades, releases and new implementations are successfully completed on time and on budget and that they successfully fulfill the business needs of the Bank. Primary responsibility revolves around acting as the liaison between the Bank and various technology solution vendors: • Coordinate the overall administration of the outsourced relationships. • Provide support to all areas of the Bank in the analysis of new products, systems or solutions that interact with the core processing and other distributed systems and monitor for ongoing and consistent utilization of applications. • Track and report on performance standards related to contracts, including up time, vendor response to system outages and defects and general responsiveness of the vendor to the Bank’s needs.In coordination with the Project Sponsor, manage all aspects of Firstrust Bank project planning and execution, including but not limited to:• Design of projects and project plans, including supporting the business case for project approval.• Coordination, planning, programming, testing and management to ensure project activities are executed in accordance with established requirements, budgets and schedules to achieve project completion on time and within budget.• Document or coordinate the documentation of processes, workflow and or Disaster Recovery details related to various systems and integration points.• Responsible for coordinating and in some cases, performing testing and ensures that: all interface points are tested; conflicts are analyzed, documented, and escalated to the vendor to be appropriately resolved; testing confirms compliance with performance and security requirements; and, regression testing plans are followed at each stage of integration.• Ensure that appropriate project documentation is maintained and updated.• Quality assurance and post-implementation testing and validation.