Project Manager

Atlas Search; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Atlas Search is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives in their New York office. This is a high-impact role that includes overseeing project delivery and providing cross-functional leadership across trading, operations, risk, finance, and IT.

The successful candidate will have significant experience managing IT projects in the commodities trading sector and demonstrate the ability to deliver complex projects in a global organization.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT project management experience in commodity trading or financial services.
• Hands-on delivery experience with IT trading applications.
• Strong communication and organizational skills with C-level exposure.

Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end project delivery including planning and budgeting.
• Mobilize projects rapidly with actionable plans.
• Build strong stakeholder relationships across various functions.

Skills

IT project management experience

Understanding of trade lifecycle

Experience with Jira

Stakeholder management

Education

Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2)

Tools

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Microsoft Teams

Job description

Our client, a global leader in commodities trading, is seeking an experienced Project Manager to steer strategic initiatives from initiation to closure in their New York office. This is a high-impact role owning all aspects of project delivery and providing cross-functional leadership across trading, operations, risk, finance, business change, and IT.

The annual base salary is up to $200,000. Actual compensation offered to the successful candidate may vary from the posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level, among other things. Details about eligibility for bonus compensation (if applicable) will be finalized at the time of offer.

Job Responsibilities

• Drive end-to-end project delivery—including scope, planning, scheduling, budgeting, quality, risk, issue, dependency management, and benefits realization
• Mobilize projects rapidly by confirming outcomes, establishing governance, and translating strategy to credible, actionable plans
• Build and sustain strong stakeholder relationships across trading, operations, risk, finance, and IT
• Lead resource coordination, dependency management, RAID logs, budget and benefit tracking, and concise executive reporting via working groups and Steering Committees
• Maintain single source of truth for project status with clear, executive-ready updates and consistent communication
• Proactively identify risks/issues with data-driven recommendations to drive a no-surprises environment
• Oversee third-party vendor management, including SOWs, deliverables, acceptance, and change control
• Guide project health checks and re-baseline challenged projects with credible recovery plans
• Collaborate with Business Change and other partners for effective handover, adoption, and training
• Set pace and project management standards, coaching delivery teams and modeling pragmatic practices

Job Requirements

• Significant IT project management experience (15+ years strongly preferred), including hands-on delivery in commodity trading or financial services environments
• Deep understanding of the trade lifecycle and experience working closely with middle- and back-office functions
• Hands-on experience with IT trading applications and multi-location, cross-functional project teams
• Proven track record of successfully delivering large, complex projects in global organizations
• Experience managing software vendors and external partners to clear outcomes
• Demonstrated ability to recover and re-baseline distressed projects
• Experience managing Agile project delivery and geographically dispersed delivery teams
• Proficiency with Jira, Microsoft Project, SharePoint, Teams, and core Office Suite tools
• Strong project management skills-RAID, dependency management, financial control, planning and scheduling, change management
• Highly autonomous, outcome-focused, and pragmatic; strong organization, communication, and stakeholder management skills (including C-level exposure)
• Calm under pressure, able to work hands-on as required for project success
• Project management certification (PMP, PRINCE2) is a plus