Technology Project Manager

Brown Advisory•Baltimore, MD

1d•$130,000 - $160,000•Onsite

About The Position

Brown Advisory is seeking a Technology Project Manager to join their Technology Project Delivery team. This role will drive critical projects, bring project management discipline and focus to the environment, and support a culture of agility, entrepreneurship, and innovation. The individual will also assist in broader project portfolio management activities, including implementing new tools for status reporting, dashboards, project registration, and requirements definition. Familiarity with financial portfolio management/accounting systems, including Addepar, is also required.

Requirements

4+ years’ experience as a project manager, supporting both application development and infrastructure initiatives.
Strong project management experience implementing and supporting financial systems, investment operations platforms, or portfolio accounting systems.
Experience leading system implementations, platform integrations, and operational process improvement initiatives within investment management environments.
Experience with data integration, reconciliation, workflow automation, enterprise data workflows, reporting/data warehouse solutions, and API-enabled platforms.
Familiarity with alternative investments, portfolio accounting, investment reporting, and/or financial data management processes.
Experience working within wealth management, asset management, family office, fintech, or related financial services environments.
Thorough understanding of, and experience implementing, various project management methodologies, including iterative development, Agile/Scrum, and structured approaches.
A strong knowledge and demonstrated skilled use of various project, workspace, and collaboration tools, including: MS Project, Jira, Confluence, GitHub, Agile Studio, Asana, SharePoint/OneDrive, Box.com.
Experience establishing, documenting and maintaining process information.
Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, including the ability to create and deliver technical presentations to technical and non-technical staff, and communicating with executive and operational management.
Gain a good understanding of the organization’s business goals and objectives.
Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States without the need for current or future employer-sponsored work authorization.

Nice To Haves

Experience in financial services, wealth management and regulated environments.
Experience with Addepar, Canoe Intelligence, or similar investment data, reporting, portfolio management, or operational workflow platforms.
Familiarity with alternative investment operations, document management, and data ingestion workflows.
Project Management Professional (PMP)
Prince II
Agile Certified Practitioner (ACP)
Certified Scrum Professional (CSP)
Certified Scrum Master (CSM)
Master’s degree

Responsibilities

Execution of day-to-day project management activities on key initiatives.
Establishing project governance according to project methodologies.
Managing project dimensions of resources, budgets, timelines, scope, and quality.
Building and maintaining detailed project plans according to standards.
Clearing obstacles, following up on tasks, holding project team members accountable, and escalating issues, as required.
Managing risks/issues/impediments lists and proactively resolve issues.
Oversight of schedules, milestones, and deliverables.
Establishing stand-up, routine meeting, and Steering Committee cadences.
Driving broad stakeholder engagement and communications.
Assistance with oversight of 3rd party suppliers that are engaged on projects.
Consultation with other team members regarding project management standards and activities.
Driving business process analysis and requirements gathering with business unit subject-matter-experts and product owners.
Translating requirements into actionable development/enhancement/user story increments.