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Senior Project Manager - 1612312

Company: Fidelity Investments
Location: Boston, MA
Posted on: December 30, 2016

Job Description:

Duties: Will work within Fidelity’s emerging technology research and

development program, fully dedicated to Bitcoin and blockchain related

areas.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Serve as Ecosystem and Project Manager to foster, maintain, and

expand direct relationships with key industry players and potential

partners; and connect academic/research programs, collaborative Research

and Development programs, and industry events/conferences programming

providers with Fidelity business units and other internal departments.

• Develop an external presence/voice and set the foundation for

future business development activity with relevant companies, development

groups, and individuals.

• Identify, pursue, and coordinate opportunities with external

parties for educational and project/product-based partnerships and

coordination.

• Foster collaboration with and solicit feedback from internal

leadership, product/technology teams, business lines, customers, and

external partners.

• Develop focused project/product proposals, establish clear

objectives and parameters for project activities, and guide them through

organizational approval.

• Organize, plan, and lead execution of projects and development

activities, and/or facilitate the seamless handoff of such responsibilities

to a dedicated manager in the future.

• Serve as a subject matter expert responsible for maintaining a deep

understanding of the technology, ecosystem, industry landscape, and current

developments in the Bitcoin and blockchain space.

• Provide regular reports, educational programming, and internal

resources to both the leadership team and the broader organization.

• Champion the commitment to internal learning, continued

exploration, and potential future involvement within the area.

• Conduct analysis and proactive assessment of prospects,

opportunities, threats, and risks to established industries and their

incumbents.

Requirements: Bachelor’s degree (or foreign education equivalent) in

Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, Information Systems,

Mathematics, Applied Mathematics - Economics, Physics, or a closely related

field and two (2) years of experience in the job offered or two (2) years

of experience designing and implementing information technology solutions

within a financial services operations and product development environment.

Candidate must also possess: Demonstrated Expertise (“DE”) designing

organizational structures and tools for innovation management to identify

and design new financial products and services and continuous process

improvements using Design Thinking and Distributed Brainstorming

methodologies and crowdsourcing tools (Spigit); DE evaluating opportunities

through primary and secondary research and analysis, including peer review

processes as well as hackathons and Lean Startup methodologies; and

evaluating emerging technologies and vendor solutions to support the design

of system architectures and development of proof of concepts, according to

Agile methodologies; DE analyzing and assisting in the development of

technology solutions that utilize distributed databases, blockchains,

crypotgraphic proofs, and consensus algorithms -- including Bitcoin and

Ethereum cryptocurrencies -- within an asset management or digital payments

environment; DE in business and systems analysis, including developing

product proposals and strategic plans based on market requirements under

regulatory compliance for financial products and using Agile, Waterfall, or

Kanban methodologies to collaborate with cross-functional, globally

distributed teams to deliver software solutions.

To apply, visit http://jobs.fidelity.com and search for Job Number 1612312.

Keywords: Fidelity Investments, Boston , Senior Project Manager - 1612312, Finance , Boston, MA, Massachusetts


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