Project Director

Company: The Computer Merchant, LTD.
Location: Boston
Posted on: May 23, 2025

Job Description:

JOB TITLE: Project Director

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JOB LOCATION: Hybrid Boston 4 days or 2 days Boston 2 days Quincy
WAGE RANGE*: 55 -59/ hour
JOB NUMBER: 215495-1

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE:Must haves are IT project management experience in the financial services field, experience with financial forecasting, and experience with project reporting to senior management. Applicants should have excellent Excel and PowerPoint, and Clarity skills.
5+ years in IT project management in Financial services


Nice to have:Nice to have would be experience with vendor management, global markets experience, and experience with Jira.


JOB DESCRIPTION

Create and publish project artifacts in collaboration with the project management practice team e.g., status reporting, financial tracking,
--- steering committee updates, etc.
--- Build governance and communications mechanisms e.g., regular communications meetings
--- Document risks, assumptions, issues, dependencies, actions and decisions and maintain in a central location.
--- Perform accountability activities on project plans and milestones to ensure teams are tracking to their commitments.
--- Maintain detailed project plans and/or plan sections based on input from the team, balancing resources and time to meet project goals.
--- Escalate and collaborate to resolve issues that are identified.
--- Participate in / lead portions of project team meetings.
--- Represent deliverables to the team and stakeholders in meeting settings e.g., present financials, milestone compliance, issues tracking, etc.

Qualifications / Skill Requirements
--- 5+ years of job related professional experience.
--- Comfort with ambiguous situations and the ability to bring structure to reduce ambiguity.
--- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent required.
--- Excellent self-management skills; self-starter and able to work independently while knowing when to ask for help.
--- Strong interpersonal and collaboration skills.
--- Knowledge of business analysis and/or project management methodologies viewed favorably but not required.
--- Strong relationship management and communication skills; exposure to executives and senior management a plus.
--- Proficiency in Microsoft PowerPoint, Project, Visio, Excel, and Word required.
--- Strong analytical skills and high attention to detail required.
--- Excellent communication and writing skills required.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities

* While an hourly range is posted for this position, an eventual hourly rate is determined by a comprehensive salary analysis which considers multiple factors including but not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills and qualifications, education and experience as compared to others in the organization doing substantially similar work, if applicable, and market and business considerations. Benefits offered include medical, dental and vision benefits; dependent care flexible spending account; 401(k) plan; voluntary life/short term disability/whole life/term life/accident and critical illness coverage; employee assistance program; sick leave in accordance with regulation. Benefits may be subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions.

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