Senior Project Manager – Capital Markets Transformation

Job Title: Senior Project Manager – Capital Markets Transformation

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)

Duration: 12 Months (Possibility of Extension/Conversation)

Pay Range : $95 to $100 an hour on W2

Successful Candidate Traits:

• Initiative, follow-through, and ownership of work are crucial for success in this role.
• Experience in driving projects, proactive problem-solving, and the ability to work with diverse teams across different markets products.

Responsibilities:

• The person filling the role will manage projects, own workstreams, identify risks, resolve issues, and report to senior managers and stakeholders.
• The role involves facilitating progress on projects, not necessarily deep subject matter expertise.

Skills and Experience:

• Capital Markets Knowledge: Understanding capital markets products and their life cycles is important.
• Project Management: Ability to independently run projects and manage expectations is essential.
• Experience: Flexibility and the ability to juggle multiple priorities with various stakeholders is key.
• RWA Knowledge: Familiarity with regulatory capital and RWA is helpful but not required. The role doesn’t involve calculating RWA but understanding its components and the impact on the business is beneficial.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Support the Program Initiative lead(s) to drive execution of strategic deliverables
• Lead or participate in working groups, workshops and with stakeholders to understand business requirements, define project plans and manage timelines
• Impart subject matter expertise by providing guidance, support and constructive challenge on business initiatives to ensure alignment with program strategy
• Assist in ensuring that all target state tools, processes and controls are socialized effectively and are approved at or by the appropriate governance forum or level
• Manage internal and external dependencies across initiatives, including working closely with Risk Managers, Product Owners, Front Office, Product Control and Technology teams
• Identify challenges and proactively seek to resolve or escalate risk and issues in a timely and well-articulated manner to the projects by engaging relevant stakeholders and PMs
• Engage senior stakeholders continuously by escalating and resolving issues as they arise
• Produce accurate and insightful project update materials and artifacts, tailoring to various forums and committees
• Build strong relationships, adopting a joined-up approach, to support the execution of programs

Skills Required:

• Strong & proven track record in strategic project management and delivering complex solutions are essential
• Has significant experience in FO/COO/Finance Transformation with examples of execution deliverables met
• Significant experience in scoping, developing and prioritizing plans for strategic initiatives
• Excellent oral and written communications skills; must be articulate and persuasive with the judgement and authority to provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders
• A solid understanding of mechanisms to track and communicate performance
• Ability to drive change to business practices by working effectively across a global organization and understand different perspectives
• Thought leadership in target state design through engaging stakeholders at various levels of the organization
• Demonstrated analytical skills with follow-up and problem-solving capability
• 8 years of relevant industry experience
• Experience in managing Regulatory related projects
• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred
• Project Management certifications e.g. PMP or equivalent a strong plus"

Candidate should have:

• Familiarity and experience with Markets products, front office projects/initiatives and business-led implementations of end-to end deliveries across front office, technology and functional teams
• Understanding of Capital/RWAs, the importance for the business and what capabilities the business needs in terms of information and decision-making
• Familiarity with data and modelling related initiatives from Business, Risk and project management perspectives
• Demonstrated awareness of key project management requirements for structuring and driving projects from initiation to closure in a well-managed fashion.
• Ability to face senior stakeholders and summarize issues as well as respond to challenges in a succinct and convincing manner
• The role will be part of a core central Program Management Team charged with ensuring the timely execution of deliverables across all workstreams whilst imparting subject matter expertise and know-how.
• The candidate should be an individual experienced in project management and with sufficient subject matter expertise to be able to provide meaningful solutions that are functional and sustainable.

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