About Persistent
We are a trusted Digital Engineering and Enterprise Modernization partner, combining deep technical expertise and industry experience to help our clients anticipate what’s next. Our offerings and proven solutions create a unique competitive advantage for our clients by giving them the power to see beyond and rise above. We work with many industry-leading organizations across the world, including 12 of the 30 most innovative global companies, 60% of the largest banks in the US and India, and numerous innovators across the healthcare ecosystem.
Our disruptor’s mindset, commitment to client success, and agility to thrive in the dynamic environment have enabled us to sustain our growth momentum by reporting $345.5M revenue in Q2 FY25, delivering 18.4% Y-o-Y growth. Our 23,500+ global team members, located in 19 countries, have been instrumental in helping the market leaders transform their industries. We’re also pleased to share that Persistent has been recognized as a Leader in the ISG Provider Lens™ Digital Engineering Services Quadrant Report for the U.S. and Europe 2024. We were also recognized for excellence in governance and executive leadership in Institutional Investor’s 2024 Asia Executive Team Survey. Throughout our market-leading growth, we’ve maintained a strong employee satisfaction score of 8.2/10.
About Position:
Role: Project Manager
Location: Dallas, TX or Austin, TX (4 days Onsite)
Job Type: Full-Time
What You'll Do:
- Accountable for overall successful program delivery
- Liaison with Client stakeholder/leadership to manage expectations, handle contractual obligations and execute steering committee discussions
- Drive the regular review of program/project status review & client communication
- Manage project team (onsite/offshore), handle capacity planning, onboarding/offboarding
- Manage risks and operational KPI for project engagement – schedule, quality, cost budget
- Drive the regular review of program & project status review meetings with Client Project sponsor and leadership
- Manage client relationship, project priorities, track progress and risk mitigation. Work closely with business/product owner to plan scope, business drivers and prepare relevant plan, resources ready for executing delivery.
- Will serve as First escalation point for all issues. Ensure quick resolution, coming up with proactive mitigation plan to minimize disruption.
- Establish guard rails for project delivery KPI - schedule, quality, budget
- Coordinate with BA to drive requirement analysis, solution assessment, prepare solution mockup, and identify opportunities for optimization and value-add solution improvements
- Collaborate with architect to drive solution design, prepare project plan, identify dependencies, drive scrum/team meetings
- Establish guardrails for strong governance and implement the best practices, Review Templates and KPIs
- Schedule and facilitate team meetings (including demos, sprint / release planning, grooming, deployment meetings, technical discussions, issues/resolution meetings, retrospective etc.)
- Undertake full responsibility work delivery meeting quality, schedule and cost expectations. Review project deliverables, ensure quality and completeness.
- Manage large, distributed team (onsite/offshore), track team member performance and enable required measure to mentor and improvise while maintain positive team relationship.
Expertise You'll Bring:
- Overall 10+ years’ experience working leading large solution delivery programs in Retail brokerage, investment trading domain.
- Experience working with large enterprise, ability to navigate through ambiguous requirements, handle client negotiation and manage expectations.
- Strong experience working with JIRA and Confluence, driving agile program while managing schedule and cost
- Excellent Oral communication and soft skills – ability to engage with business and technical stakeholder to effectively communicate ideas, understand business expectation and front end to clarify any questions.
- Good experience with SQL – be able to quickly write queries for perform data analysis.
- Experience leading business analysis or leading large BPM project implementation
- Experience handling large, distributed (offshore/onsite) teams
- Experience with BPM solutions such as Appian or Pega.
- Knowledge of Investment banking and Trading domain.
- Business and Data Analysis experience in combination.
- Project management certification (PMP / Prince2)
- Excellent Communication, negotiation and presentation skills
- Excellent Analytical skills
- Excellent People Management and client handling
Benefits:
- Competitive salary and benefits package
- Culture focused on talent development with quarterly promotion cycles and company-sponsored higher education and certifications
- Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technologies
- Employee engagement initiatives such as project parties, flexible work hours, and Long Service awards
- Annual health check-ups
- Insurance coverage: group term life, personal accident, and Mediclaim hospitalization for self, spouse, two children, and parents
Our company fosters a values-driven and people-centric work environment that enables our employees to:
- Accelerate growth, both professionally and personally
- Impact the world in powerful, positive ways, using the latest technologies.
- Enjoy collaborative innovation, with diversity and work-life wellbeing at the core.
- Unlock global opportunities to work and learn with the industry’s best.
Let’s unleash your full potential at Persistent - persistent.com/careers
“Persistent is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind.”
