Infrastructure Project Manager - Vice President

About Jefferies

Jefferies, the global investment banking firm, has served companies and investors for over years. Headquartered in New York with its European head office in London and staff in over global cities, the firm provides clients with capital markets and financial advisory services, institutional brokerage and securities research, and wealth and asset management. Jefferies provides research and execution services in equity, fixed income, foreign exchange, futures and commodities markets, and a full range of investment banking services including underwriting, merger and acquisition, restructuring and recapitalisation.

Role Summary

Working directly for the IT Programme Manager within the International IT organization, the International Engineering team is engaged in a programme of change which will result in the relocation of the European Head Quarters. You will be responsible for the delivery of key projects and workstreams relating to this programme of work, in addition to business-as-usual activities ( managing day-to-day operations in Data Center).

Key Responsibilities

To include but not limited to the below list :

• Maintain project plans and schedules for all work streams
• Resource planning to identify required resources and availability that include remote and hybrid team management & coordination
• Publish plans and schedules, managing execution of all tasks
• Raise quotes and requisitions for required services / materials
• Undertake project budget tracking activities
• Co-ordinate infrastructure and application team tasks
• Act as a liaison between technical teams and business stakeholders to ensure alignment
• Setup and maintain risk and issue registers
• Ensure infrastructure projects comply with cybersecurity and regulatory requirements
• Produce and present regular status reports
• Coordinate and oversee installation and cable patching works in Data Center, ensuring alignment with timelines and standards
• Collaborate with local vendors to identify and resolve conflicts and maintain smooth execution
• Schedule and chair regular meetings / updates with; Working Group Meetings Steering Group Meetings
• Ensure detailed communication and alignment with stakeholders across global time zones with conference / checkout calls (Inc. Weekend / Evenings)
• Effective escalation of issues to IT Programme and Infrastructure Managers
• Experience in office buildout, data center and infrastructure project will be preferred

Experience

Years’ technical project management experience working within financial services organisations. Working knowledge of IT infrastructure, specifically data centers, networks, storage and server technologies are essential. Experience of managing technical teams or functions would be desirable in addition to the planning of individual project workstreams. Whilst no formal project methodology is applied knowledge of Prince or equivalent would be beneficial.