Opening For Project Manager (Research Operations)

ISS STOXX is actively hiring a Project Manager for Mumbai (Goregaon East) location.

Overview:

Exciting Opportunity at ISS STOXX: Join our Governance Research Team as a Project Manager! ISS STOXX is offering a fantastic opportunity for you to join our team. We provide an engaging, creative, and team-oriented operations environment that fosters growth and innovation. By taking on this role, you'll have the chance to contribute to our organization's growth and make a significant impact.

As a skilled Project Manager, you will be responsible for planning and executing multiple concurrent business and software projects. Your primary focus will be the effective management of significant Research projects with a global scope. This involves ensuring the successful delivery of project commitments and maintaining clear communication with key stakeholders around the globe, including ISS Research leadership, Data teams, Research analysts, and other departments.

In addition to project management, you will also lead in the planning, implementation, and introduction of projects related to new systems and technologies. This role offers a dynamic, and diverse set of responsibilities, by occasionally working outside of standard business hours to facilitate effective collaboration, allowing you to contribute to the development and success of our organization.

Responsibilities:

• Lead planning and/or implementation of program.
• Keep management and Executives informed about key milestones, risks, and issues.
• Experience of leading other Project managers.
• Become knowledgeable about ISS-Stoxx Research Business Processes, Products, and Services
• Participate in the design and/or testing phases.
• Facilitate the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements
• Resolve or assist in the resolution of conflicts within and between projects or functional areas
• Manage escalations, project/scope/requirement changes, and logs to ensure adequate attention to impediments with potential impact to time/quality/resources.
• Develop methods to monitor project or area progress and provide corrective supervision if necessary.
• Assemble the project staff; for their technical or functional development, performance, and/or termination during the project or projects.
• Manage project resource allocation.
• Work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes.
• Follow a defined, agreed upon project management methodology.
• Ensure successful post deployment support and prompt issue closure.
• Ensure the communication and training are professional quality and fully deployed
• Present oral and written reports defining plans, problems, and resolutions to appropriate levels of management.
• May act as Service Delivery Manager, helping with tasks related to the Research Change Management board.
• Document/Support change management process swim lanes and task flow.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree is preferred but will consider experience in lieu of degree completion.
• Supervisory Experience.
• Minimum 10 years of experience, preferably managing projects with application development and financial services (Waterfall, Agile and hybrid).
• We are looking for a candidate that has 3 years of post PMI certification experience.
• Excellent command of MS Office (Word, Excel, MS Project, PowerPoint), Knowledge of Microsoft Visio, Power BI and data visualization tools, and knowledge of Jira software, is strongly preferred.