Western Union - Senior Associate - Technology Project Management

The Opportunity : Senior Associate, Technology Project Management

Want to do work on a massively global scale with a FINTECH company that is poised to revolutionize the industry- Get to know Western Union as we establish a new, world-class Technology Engineering Center (TEC) in Pune, India to support global strategic initiatives. Be one of the first to join the team and help shape our company's digital capabilities and revolutionize an industry!

- Among digital, person-to-person, international money transfer providers Western Union is the leader in number of customers, transactions and receive countries. We- ve built a powerful, cross-border technology platform for quickly moving money almost anywhere in the world.

- What sets us apart is a combination of a physical AND rapidly expanding digital network across 200 countries and territories with access to over 130 global currencies, our global compliance expertise and the proprietary technology behind it all.

- We continue to invest heavily in using, and developing technology that allows us to move money seamlessly; eliminating barriers based on location, currency, payment method, platform, etc.

- Some companies specialize in cash-based retail money transfer and others play only in digital. We are a leader in both!

- As a Senior Associate, Technology Project Management you will be responsible for managing, coordinating and delivering global technology initiatives.

Key responsibilities :

- Determine overall technology project milestones and work with all stakeholders to monitor progress

- Ensure project documentation and deliverables adhere to company policies and standards

- Manage all technology resources and work streams within the project, including third party strategic partnerships

- Provide updates and reporting to stakeholders on overall technology performance metrics, project status and quarterly resource planning reviews

- Develop and manage the technology project budget and reporting, including project capitalization reviews

- Collaborate with program sponsor and stakeholder to ensure continuous alignment on program deliverables and overall technology solution

- Develop technology implementation plans across the organization to ensure seamless delivery of project into production

- Work with a software development team and Service providers in a geographically distributed structure

- Provide coaching to Junior Associates and Associates

- Works independently on complex projects

- Ensure all technology application development process disciplines (solution delivery, project management, work requests, QA, etc.) are followed, effectively managed and performed

What we require:

- B.E. / B.Tech. / MCA in Computer Science, Engineering or related field is required

- 4-5 years of project management experience

- Experience managing technology programs or projects; effectively managing multiple work streams

- Experience in the financial services industry or other highly regulated industry

- Practical knowledge of SDLC and ITIL processes; experience managing projects using Agile and Waterfall project methodology

- PMI/PMP and Scrum certification preferred

- Advanced knowledge of and successful demonstrated experience in all aspects of technology project management, including defining scope, schedules, budgets, priorities, milestones; schedule baselines; reporting cost and schedule variance; and managing change control and risk

- Strong business communication skills, comfort in working with developers, ability to own an issue from creation through resolution, status reporting on issues and change requests are required

- Prior experience working with onshore and offshore team, including working overlapping business hours to partner with onshore teams

- Demonstrated experience providing overall management of a moderately large and/or complex technical project

- Excellent problem solving skills, including the ability to analyze situations, identify existing or potential problems, and recommend sound conclusions and implementation strategies

- Team player with the ability to multi-task in a fast-paced dynamic environment

- Sound business ethics, including the protection of proprietary and confidential information

- Display business acumen in reviewing and understanding the business requirements as well as the technology requirements

- Must be a problem solver with demonstrated experience in solving difficult technology challenges, with a can-do attitude

Apply

If you're ready for a challenge and want to be involved in something that will change an industry and impact millions of people and businesses around the world, then apply today!

#LI-POST

To apply for this position, please use the external URL