Saturday, December 3, 2011

[itroundtable] Digest Number 2637

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1.

LEAD: Business Analyst NYC

Posted by: "Ann Bergquist" annber55@yahoo.com   annber55

Fri Dec 2, 2011 5:53 am (PST)



From my LinkedIn connection.  Please contact Shayne directly.
 
Ann Bergquist

From: shayne@erssearch.com
To: AnnBer@hotmail.com
Subject: Business Analyst
Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2011 11:29:23 -0500

Ann,

Thanks for the connection..
I hope you don't mind me asking.. I have a client looking for a Business Analyst with experience in the Health Care sector. I thought you might know someone.. this role will be based in NYC there is travel for this role.
 
Business Analyst III is a senior level position for business analysts with five or more years of healthcare experience preferably at a Carrier, TPA, or Broker. Experience on software development projects and knowledge of claims systems, HRIS, EDI, and data migration are a plus. This senior level position should have strong health, dental, and prescription product knowledge, and be comfortable interacting with a variety of audiences at the Carrier.
 
Ann,
 
Thanks for the connection, hit send to soon on the last message. oops
I'm not sure if you know anyone on the market. My client is looking for a BA but flexible on the Health care exp..
 
The Business Analyst is a predominantly client facing role. They work with minimal supervision and lead a team of Business Analysts to gather and document the requirements for front end applications and product definition. The Business Analyst is a mentor to less experienced Business Analysts and assists the Project Manager with estimating work effort.

The Business Analyst must interpret client requirements to create clear and concise documentation for use by internal and external business and technical users. This role requires an understanding of the software development lifecycle (SDLC) and current technologies in order to effectively translate between the clients and Developers.
 
The successful applicant will:
 
·         Lead requirements workshops to address application functionality or the definition of product information for the product model
·         Consult with clients on alternate options for the implementation of front end functionality or product structures
·         Consult with the client to ensure the firm's Solution is aligned with the client strategy and vision
·         Maintain a high level understanding of the products and offerings marketed by the firm
·         Create HTML or Visio screen mockups to use in prototype review sessions
·         Write Use Cases
·         Use The firms Implementation Methodology for requirements and analysis gathering and proactively contribute to process improvement
·         Make effective use of The firms collaborative software tools to organize and publish documents
·         Understand the project scope and how individual work packets impact the schedule
·         Provide accurate estimates of work effort for requirements and documentation activities
·         Ensure all appropriate customer sign offs are achieved
·         Ensure consistency between front end requirements and the associated product modeling requirements
·         Guide clients in the development and auditing of product definition templates
·         Act as the project's point of contact for client questions on strategy and requirements, documentation, functionality and deliverables
·         Have a detailed knowledge of the technical frameworks used by the firm and is able to advise other Business Analysts and the client on alternate options when requirements conflict with the framework limitations
·         Understand the meta-model and product structure and how generated code interacts with the front end applications
·         Understand and applies the concepts of usability and best practices in User Interface design
·         Assist product modelers with data entry for basic model components
·         Assist the Project Manager in managing the requirements gathering phase of the project
·         Work with the Project Manager as Business Analysis Lead to schedule and track the work of other team members
·         May contribute to the reviews of other team members
·         Communicate effectively in writing and verbally with the client and other team members
·         Follow the firms and customer standards for documentation naming and format
·         Manage client relationships in a professional manner
·         Maintains an understanding of the direction and strategic initiatives in the Insurance industry and how they may impact the firm's solutions. Communicates this knowledge to other the firms associates via mentoring and internal training sessions
·         Develop and/or contribute to White Papers
 
 
Shayne Kahn
ERS
917-921-9789
shayne@erssearch.com 
2.

Jobs via Fierce Pharma and Fierce Biotech

Posted by: "Joseph" joesonline@yahoo.com   joesonline

Fri Dec 2, 2011 6:14 am (PST)




Job Alert 2011.12.01

Welcome to the FierceBiotech & FiercePharma job alert. This regular update will bring details on the hottest Life Science industry jobs posted on our site.

Featured Jobs

Tools Engineer - MedImmune
Telecommunications Engineer - MedImmune
Manager, Telecomm/Facilities - MedImmune
Telecomm Mgmt Engineer - MedImmune
IT Account Administrator - MedImmune
Process Control Technician I - MedImmune
Director of Operations - Pharm-Olam International
Sr. Product Manager Job - Celgene Corporation
Program Manager - Research & Development - MedImmune
IT Program Manager - Commercial - MedImmune
Executive Support Specialist - MedImmune
Manager, Strategic Forecasting & Analytics Job - Celgene Corporation
Director, Reagent Manufacturing & Operations - Fluidigm
Storage Architect - MedImmune
Architect, Active Dir & DNS - MedImmune
Data Center Fac.Engineer - MedImmune
Senior Manager, Open Systems - MedImmune
Associate Director, Application Support & Systems - MedImmune
System Engineer - MedImmune
Systems Analyst - MedImmune
Senior Manager, Information Architect - MedImmune
Senior WAN Engineer - MedImmune
System Engineer (R&D LIMS) - MedImmune
IT Infrastructure Portfolio & Planning Analyst - MedImmune
Business Analyst - MedImmune

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LEAD:  Dir Sol Architecture - NJ - 135k

Posted by: "john sampson" jcsspike@yahoo.com   jcsspike

Fri Dec 2, 2011 7:08 am (PST)



Title: Director of Solutions Architecture
Salary: 130-135K
Location:  Bergen County NJ
Contact: Tony Chiocco tony@pinnacle.us.com
 

This position is responsible for providing a wide range of technical expertise to program teams in the assessment of proposed solutions.  This person will ensure that the appropriate steps are followed to assess the impact on the enterprise landscape and that all efforts are made to follow the published technology standards.
 
Solutions will be assessed to ensure they are adequately scaled to meet the performance and capacity needs of the business for the full lifecycle of the application and associated infrastructure.
 
The candidate will have a proven track record in the design and deployment of programs spanning multiple technologies across a large and complex enterprise environment.
 
Principal Duties:
• Evaluate, understand and document current architecture.
• Develop a roadmap and implementation plan for key aspects of enterprise architecture based on business requirements and IT strategies.
• Participate in the analysis of the current IT environment to detect critical deficiencies and recommend solutions for improvement.  Leads problem investigation and RCA analysis for severe application outages.
• Participate in detailed analysis to align requirements and equipment configurations with defined system specifications.
• Incorporate SOA principles into enterprise architecture design, including identifying opportunities for common services and service reuse.
• Standardize processes and technology.
• Document all architecture design and analysis work.
• Develop, improve, validate, and use tools to facilitate enterprise architecture efforts.
  
Technical Responsibilities:
 • Provide technical leadership, guidance, and support in the deployment of complex applications in global distributed computing environments
• Ensure overall solution-level integrity of applications
• Provide broad understanding of platforms and applications across all technologies
• Verify technical components of enterprise architecture
• Provide guidance for development teams on how to modularize their application into cohesive, reusable services
• Consult with infrastructure development project teams to fit infrastructure to architecture
• Identify when it is necessary to modify the technical architecture to accommodate infrastructure needs
• Consult with project teams to fit projects to enterprise architecture
• Perform advisory role on complex projects
• Ensure projects maintain an enterprise-wide view

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

Required Technical Skills:
• Project Management experience
Architecture lifecycle development methodologies
• Security Architecture
• Data Architecture
• Software Solution Architecture
• Network Architecture
• Architecture Frameworks
• Manage and direct multiple engagements developing key architecture artifacts and standards while following an architecture development process
• Systems engineering techniques such as portfolio analysis, analysis of alternatives, and architecture modeling
• Architecting multi-tiered applications into a high-availability environment
• Experience in all phases of an established SDLC methodology
• IT strategic planning and business alignment
 

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Nov 29th - Your Career Night Out Panel - Dinner Mtg - Bill Belknap Moderator, Janelle Razzino Razzino Associates - Marty Latman CIT/FENG/SENG - Alex Freund Landing Expert - Cathy Love Fairleigh Dickinson - Diane Young LYF Experience

Dec 6th - Tues Reg Mtg - 6 pm - Berman Larson Kane Offices, Paramus - DO NOT use GPS for directions - Get dir from BLK site - Bring 15 copies of your resume

Dec 27th NO Meeting - Xmas Holiday

Jan 3rd NO Mtg - New Years Holiday
4.

Fw: Senior Project Manager II

Posted by: "Sabina Margeton" sebm1027@yahoo.com   sebm1027

Fri Dec 2, 2011 9:13 am (PST)





--- On Fri, 12/2/11, Pamela Misthos <pmisthos@kaztronix.com> wrote:

From: Pamela Misthos <pmisthos@kaztronix.com>
Subject: Senior Project Manager II
To: SabinaMargeton@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011, 9:40 AM

 Sabina,
 
I hope all is well.  My name is Pamela Misthos and I'm a recruiter with Kaztronix.  We came across your resume in our database and feel that you could be qualified for one of our positions with a Global Pharmaceutical Company.  The job description is posted below for your review.  If you are interested, please respond with an updated copy of your resume in MS Word format.
 

Phone calls and faxes will not be accepted, all interested candidates must apply on-line at www.kaztronix.comor simply reply to this email with an updated copy of your resume.  Otherwise, should your qualifications meet the requirements of a position with Kaztronix, a recruiter will be in contact with you.
 
If this position does not match your background and skills, we would like to keep you in mind for future openings.  However, if you happen to know someone who may be qualified or interested, we have a great referral bonus program.
 
Job Title:  Senior Project Manager II
 
Location:  SKILLMAN, NJ
 
Job Description:
 

Description
Job Title: Project Manager – System/Process Implementation

Responsibilities:
• Manages all aspects of project assessment to deploy the process improvement and software support within the business
o Document As-IS Business process
o Develop Business requirement
o Manages System Validation – System setup and Testing
o Develops Change Management/Communication plan
o Manages site training (users and admin)
o Coordinates implementation plan
• Develop and document workflow, system requirements, process analysis and testing to provide efficient, cost-effective solutions and identify and document expected impact of solution on existing and future systems
• Lead cross-functional members within functional departs (including Information Technology)
• Manage various e-Business and infrastructure projects of a complex nature
• Management areas to provide solutions and resolve issues for managed projects
• Development team member for multiple parallel workflow efforts

Requirements/Skills:
• B.A./B.S. and MS Degree required
• Six Sigma Green Belt Certified or any Process Improvement Methodologies is a plus
• Must have 4-6 of years in a business analyst/project management capacity
• Ability to manage concurrent activities and issues are a must
• Take a lead role to ensure successful execution of the detailed project work plan
• Ability to provide executive level analysis and recommendations on project well being
• Business requirements analysis experience / Possess excellent analytical skills
• Strong understanding of Software Development Life Cycle and overall knowledge of system validation activities
• Success in team building, problem solving and conflict resolution.
• Strong conceptual grasp of technology
• Good understanding of the following topics: consumer products, packaging, design, process excellence and marketing
• Project Management and IT/MIS background preferred
 
Best Regards,
 
Pamela Misthos
 
Kaztronix, LLC
33 Wood Ave. South First FloorIselinNJ08830
(888) 525-7073
 Email:  pmisthos@kaztronix.com

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5.

Fw: Commerical Loan Position

Posted by: "Paul" pengmail@optonline.net   pengmail95

Fri Dec 2, 2011 1:12 pm (PST)




----- Original Message -----
From: Lauber, Bruce
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 3:39 PM
Subject: FW: Commerical Loan Position

All the Best,

Bruce

Voice: 201-329-9600, Ext. 5755

From: Nick Kontoleon [mailto:nkontoleon@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 3:17 PM
To: Lauber, Bruce
Subject: Commerical Loan Position

Hi Bruce:

I just got this today and thought that it may be a good fit for one of our PSG members.

Best regards,

Nick

Commercial Real Estate Lending Specialist

Credit Advisor - New York, NY

Overall Summary of the Job

The Private Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending Specialist is the subject matter expert for all commercial real estate related credit and risk based products. Primary responsibilities are origination, oversight and management of all CRE credit and derivative facilities to HNW and UHNW Private Bank clients. This includes managing, reviewing and recommending credit limits and risk ratings and ensuring adherence to all applicable credit procedures and policies.

Primary Responsibilities/Essential Functions

a.. Effectively communicate Private Bank lending strategy and risk appetite
b.. Operate with a sense of urgency, ability to work under tight and sometimes competing priorities. Establish a reputation of execution excellence.
c.. Ability to train, lead and/or assist credit advisory team and relationship managers in the identification and screening of proposed CRE transactions and providing solutions
d.. Strong relationship building skills and presence, understands importance of building credibility, has skills to influence and negotiate with credit risk, relationship managers and clients
e.. Prescreen all new loan requests with credit advisors, reject credits or moves forward with recommendations as appropriate
f.. Understand competitive environment and develop strategies to retain and win high quality new client financings or restructurings while ensuring that all solutions are consistent with PB credit policies and credit FIMs
g.. Structure credit facilities to ensure optimum balance between customer and company interests while remaining within the bounds of prudent banking and approved bank policies
h.. Creation of a business plan which identifies steps for meeting all risk management, portfolio quality and revenue goals as captured in the balanced scorecard objectives
a.. Play lead role in credit approval process by performing high quality credit analysis, due diligence and credit presentations.
b.. Recommend risk ratings
c.. Recommend and review documentation
d.. Establish and/or monitor risk management KRIs, documentation and compliance requirements
a.. Ensure that pricing meets all required ROA and ROE pricing hurdles and screens all pricing exceptions with region managers, group heads and head of front office lines of business
b.. Monitor activities on facilities to ensure usage complies with approved terms and conditions, manage CRE portfolio and complete annual reviews, renewals and extensions. Ensure early identification of potential problem accounts and protection of the bank's position through early remedial action
· Stay abreast of legal and regulatory changes, industry trends

Required Experience

a.. 10+ years experience and proven success in area of Commercial Real Estate product and risk management
b.. Thorough understanding of commercial real estate industry, and regulations impacting the business, lending, credit approval and portfolio monitoring.
c.. The following skills are required at the highest levels of excellence: product management, credit analytics, business development, leadership and interpersonal skills, portfolio management,
d.. Ability to meet deadlines and manage relationship manager and client expectations
e.. High quality collaboration skills in a team-oriented environment
f.. Possess excellent oral and written communication skills. Exceptional presentation skills.
g.. Completion of formal credit training preferred.
h.. BA Required; MBA preferred.


Contact:

Jamie Schwartz

Executive Agent

www.stantoneg.com

Jamie@stantoneg.com

914-600-5811

6.

Fw: Career Opportunity from MedImmune

Posted by: "Sabina Margeton" sebm1027@yahoo.com   sebm1027

Fri Dec 2, 2011 1:33 pm (PST)





--- On Fri, 12/2/11, Bryan Hutchinson <Bryan.Hutchinson@rightthinginc.com> wrote:

From: Bryan Hutchinson <Bryan.Hutchinson@rightthinginc.com>
Subject: Career Opportunity from MedImmune
To: sabinamargeton@yahoo.com
Date: Friday, December 2, 2011, 2:50 PM

Dear Sabina,
My name is Bryan Hutchinson. I am a recruiting partner with MedImmune and our team is working on a rather difficult search for a Program Manager - 70011172 in MD, Gaithersburg - Corporate Headquarters. 
You were recently surfaced by one of our researchers as an expert in this area so I felt that reaching out to you would be beneficial. I have included a detailed description of the opportunity at the bottom of this email. Please review the information and contact me at your earliest convenience.
If you feel there is someone who could benefit from our opportunity, please feel free to pass along my contact information. Thanks again and I look forward to speaking with you soon!
Thank you for your time,
Bryan Hutchinson
MedImmune, Talent Acquisition Team 
866-203-8227 ext 6810
Bryan.Hutchinson@rightthinginc.com
 
 
Please do not reply to this email
JOB DESCRIPTION:
 Position Summary:
 Position Summary:
The Program Manager leads major business and transformation programs, shapes vision, and ensures that business strategies are effectively being addressed. The role is accountable for ensuring solutions solve business needs and can be completed within the approved program budget and schedule commitments while meeting required quality and compliance standards. Focus areas include stakeholder management (varies by organization) risk management and delivery of business benefit. This role is also required to follow established project management standards and drives/supports enhancement of the project/program management capability.
Major Duties and Responsibilities :
* Work with Relationship Manager (RM), SDD Associate Director (AD) and Business Sponsors to establish the program vision and realization approach ensuring technical solutions fit with MedImmune architecture roadmap
* Oversee and approve plans for programs, including activities, resources, costs, roles, responsibilities and quality as defined in the IS Project Delivery Methodology (IS PDM)
* Manage and coordinate program budgets, forecasts, tasks, schedules, and change management to support effective program decisions
* Manage and coordinate interdependencies between program work streams (intra-program and across portfolio)
* Oversee the development of strategic risk analysis and control plans acting as escalation point for all program-level risks and issues
* Manage relationship with senior business stakeholders to ensure the effective capturing of business requirements and commitments to project/program objectives. Responsible for steering/stakeholder meetings, communications of status, issues and risks.
* Drive effective risks and issues management, ensuring processes are in place and effectively used. Ensure problems resolved and escalated as appropriate
* Build a cohesive project/program team and provide the leadership necessary to maximize the team's success
* Own program improvement plans and oversee execution of remediation plans.
* Oversee changes to program scope, ensuring that all impacts and changes are approved and appropriately communicated to senior stakeholders and review boards.
* Ensure service transition plans including controlled integration with/into support and maintenance is performed.
* Ensure the program adheres to all standards including IS PDM, quality, and compliance, as well as processes, defined technical capabilities and best practices.
* Ensure expected benefits realization is consistent with program deliverables and clearly understood by senior stakeholders and program team
* Lead/drive/support enhancements of the project/program management capability
* Lead/drive/support effective collaboration with embedded IS organization in support of the program
* Works collaboratively with:
o Senior/executive business stakeholders to ensure understanding and commitment to program objectives and development and refinement of deliverables
o IT stakeholders including RM, SDD senior leadership, Enterprise Architecture, Quality, Security, and Support to ensure understanding and commitment to program objectives and can be collectively supported by IT
o IT Business Operations and Strategic Sourcing to ensure development and negotiation for appropriate resource needs are on-boarded as program needs dictate

MedImmune
7.

FW: International Middle Office Supervisor - Chicago

Posted by: "Scott Sommer" sommer@frontiernet.net   sommerscott

Fri Dec 2, 2011 8:00 pm (PST)





-----Original Message-----
From: David Pieper [mailto:david@brokerageconsultants.com]
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2011 8:02 PM
To: scott.sommer@ieee.org
Subject: International Middle Office Supervisor - Chicago

Hello,

Im with BCI and was curious if you or someone from your network might be
interested in this opportunity:

Title: International Middle Office Supervisor (0191-007-711)
Location: Chicago
Compensation: Commensurate with experience

Summary/Responsibilities:
Money Manager/Mutual Fund company seeks an International Middle Office
Supervisor to oversee their middle office outsourcer and be responsible for
any operational functions that support international/global products Support
international/global operations during international market hours
(US/Europe/Asia) Periodic travel to domestic outsourcer site may be
necessary Serve as a back up to domestic operations functions as necessary
Manage daily functions serviced by the middle office outsourcer including
but not limited to trade matching/confirmations/settlements/settlement
instruction maintenance/tax lot accounting/performance/composites/corporate
actions/new account set up/account maintenance/security master set-up and
maintenance/custodial set-up/relationships/reconciliation/reporting
Daily/weekly/monthly/quarterly/annually audit the middle office outsourcer
via exception reports, periodic meetings, monitoring activity via
website/on-site visits Process proxy memorandums; monitor Proxy Voting
Service to ensure all shares are voted Liaison between Portfolio
Managers/Research Analysts/Compliance/Proxy Voting Service Review client
voting reports from ISS for accuracy/completeness Execute process of
matching buy/sell orders for security trading in the international/global
product during open market hours (including Asia/Europe outside of US hours)
Work with middle office outsourcer/international trader to ensure trades
settle in a timely manner Process paperwork to establish relationship with
brokers for trading in international/global products Serve as back up to the
Senior Operations Specialist/Senior Account Administrator/Director of
Operations as necessary including daily/monthly reconciliation, new account
set-up/terminations, deposits/withdrawals, proxy voting, class
actions/corporate actions, new security set-up/maintenance, and performance
management

Requirements:
Comprehensive knowledge of international investment products/services/and
operational functions including multi-currency/trading in direct markets
College degree (BS in Business Administration) required
3-5+ years financial industry experience required (investment
3-5+ management/custodians/ brokers/outsourcer)
In-depth knowledge of back office functions required Prior software/systems
experience with Access, Macgregor XIP, Portfolio Management Systems
preferred Process Management experience preferred

If you are interested in this opening, please email us a copy of your resume
as an MS Word attachment.

Thank you,

David Pieper
BCI - Financial Services Recruiting
10 S. Wacker Dr., Suite 1250
Chicago, IL 60606
312-460-8111 x113
david@brokerageconsultants.com
www.brokerageconsultants.com

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