Senior Project Manager

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager with 5+ years of project management experience in the Banking and Capital Markets domain. The ideal candidate will lead complex business and technology initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, and ensure successful delivery of projects that support strategic business objectives, regulatory compliance, operational efficiency, and digital transformation across capital markets and banking operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery for banking and capital markets initiatives, ensuring projects are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
• Manage project planning, scheduling, budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, and stakeholder communications.
• Collaborate with business leaders, product owners, technology teams, operations, compliance, risk management, and external vendors.
• Drive requirements gathering, business analysis, solution design, and implementation activities.
• Develop and maintain project governance frameworks, status reporting, and executive-level presentations.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
• Ensure adherence to regulatory requirements, audit standards, and internal governance policies.
• Coordinate testing, user acceptance testing (UAT), deployment, and post-implementation support activities.
• Facilitate steering committee meetings, project reviews, and stakeholder workshops.
• Monitor project performance using key metrics and implement corrective actions when necessary.
• Support Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery methodologies depending on project requirements.
• Mentor junior project managers and contribute to project management best practices.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
• 5+ years of project management experience within Banking and Capital Markets.
• Proven experience managing medium to large-scale business and technology transformation projects.
• Strong understanding of capital markets products and processes, including:
• Equities
• Fixed Income
• Derivatives
• Foreign Exchange (FX)
• Trade Lifecycle Management
• Securities Processing
• Asset Management
• Investment Banking Operations
• Experience working with front-office, middle-office, and back-office functions.
• Strong knowledge of project management methodologies, including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience with project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PRINCE2, Certified Scrum Master (CSM), SAFe, or equivalent certification.
• Experience with regulatory initiatives such as:
• Dodd-Frank
• MiFID II
• Basel III
• EMIR
• SEC/FINRA regulations
• Experience leading digital transformation, cloud migration, data modernization, or automation initiatives.
• Knowledge of risk management, compliance, and operational controls within financial institutions.
• Familiarity with data governance, reporting, and analytics platforms.

Key Skills

• Project & Program Management
• Banking & Capital Markets Expertise
• Stakeholder Management
• Risk & Issue Management
• Budget & Resource Management
• Business Analysis
• Regulatory Compliance
• Agile & Waterfall Methodologies
• Vendor Management
• Change Management
• Strategic Planning
• Executive Communication
• Leadership & Team Management

Success Factors

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects in a fast-paced financial services environment.
• Strong leadership and influencing skills across business and technology teams.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver complex initiatives with measurable business outcomes.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage stakeholders at all organizational levels, including senior executives.
• Proactive, results-oriented mindset with strong attention to detail and execution excellence.