Lead Project Manager

SupportFinity™; United States; Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Comprehensive health and life insurance

Pension / Retirement benefits

Paid Time Off

Flexible/hybrid work model

Job summary

SupportFinity™ is seeking a Lead Project Manager to oversee complex projects with significant cross-functional collaboration. The ideal candidate will have at least 6 years of related experience, including 5+ years in project management for infrastructure delivery.

The role requires strong communication skills and the ability to manage project risks effectively while ensuring high-quality deliverables. This position offers a hybrid work model and a commitment to diversity.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience.
• 5+ years as a project manager with infrastructure delivery project experience.

Responsibilities

• Support the iterative business planning process.
• Define, plan, document and review project scope.
• Proactively identify and manage risks.

Skills

Project management

Infrastructure delivery

Agile methodologies

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Full-time

United States

Negotiable

Advanced (5-10 yrs)

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

Pay and Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

The Impact You Will Have In This Role

The Lead Project Manager is focused on structuring and organizing projects that are complex with significant cross‑functional collaboration requirements, setting milestones in conjunction with the Area Lead taking into consideration business time‑to‑market requirements and coordinating with each team that delivers to those outcomes to meet them. The candidate must be a self‑starter, possess great written and verbal communication skills, and be able to engage both executive and technical audiences. They must demonstrate a positive and can‑do attitude and be a great teammate. They must possess the ability to push for target dates, while being empathetic to challenges and obstacles and be the team’s voice in raising and mitigating risks with the help of senior management. The candidate must be open to new and modern approaches to delivery, including agile Program Increment planning processes.

Your Primary Responsibilities

• Support the iterative business planning process
• Successfully plan and track execution while maintaining profitable engagement with collaborators and work closely with all project collaborator groups to coordinate the project achievements.
• Define, plan, document and review project scope
• Understand and translate cross-team dependencies into actionable plans
• Identify and secure resources required to implement the plan and monitor resource utilization by continuously analyzing staffing requirements and resource allocations.
• Ensure delivered products meet defined business requirements and are of high quality
• Proactively identify and manage risks and plan for effective risk mitigation
• Lead and define the change management process for projects
• Define and lead financial management for the project if necessary, with the ability to track project actuals against defined achievements
• Track projects against approved budgets and report on forecasts and variances
• Provide periodic progress report on project status and create a dashboard or required decks to keep sponsor and executives abreast of status and hold them accountable for facilitating mitigation of risks and resolution of advanced issues
• Inspire and lead through effective team management
• Resolve issues in a timely manner
• Work with multiple collaborators to meet the desired objectives
• Build a communications strategy and execution plan for the project
• Align risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; advance appropriately

Qualifications

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed For Success

• 5+ years as a project manager with infrastructure delivery project experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage delivery of 1 to 3 projects simultaneously through structured execution and routines
• Demonstrated ability to manage project accounting and artifacts including status, project plans, etc.
• Excellent project routine facilitation and skills
• Ability to implement a project with key critical business achievements while supporting and enabling an agile delivery process.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

About the company: The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC)