Project Manager

Granite Solutions Groupe, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Company-paid life insurance

Commuter benefits

401(k) plan

Job summary

Granite Solutions Groupe, Inc. is seeking an experienced Senior Consultant, Project Management to lead large-scale ETF platform conversions, system upgrades, or modernization programs within a regulated financial services context.

The role requires coordinating diverse teams, driving governance, and ensuring successful delivery across multiple workstreams. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of PM/Program Management experience, strong executive communication, and the ability to operate

Qualifications

• 8+ years experience leading complex technology or business transformation initiatives in a project/program manager role.
• Proven track record managing system conversions, migrations, upgrades, or platform modernization programs.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams across business, product, operations, technology, testing, and implementation resources.
• Strong planning, milestone management, and delivery execution skills.
• Experience managing risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and escalation processes.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to independently drive progress with limited day-to-day direction.
• Experience working in a regulated financial services environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project management activities for ETF platform conversions, modernization, or system transformations.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, and roadmaps.
• Coordinate activities across business, product, operations, technology, testing, and implementation teams.
• Establish governance, reporting structures, status updates, and executive communications.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items across multiple workstreams.
• Drive accountability across internal teams, vendors, and consulting partners.
• Support testing readiness, implementation activities, and production cutover planning and execution.
• Facilitate project meetings, steering committees, and stakeholder discussions.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Independent drive

Financial services

Regulatory environment

Job description

Senior Consultant, Project Management

About Our Firm:

Granite Solutions Groupe provides financial services decision makers with people and solutions that deliver. Our clients count on us to deliver the right talent at the right time to achieve critical business results. We leverage our industry knowledge and passion for client priorities to deliver human capital solutions. GSG was founded in 1998 as a consulting firm delivering project management and technology solutions for the financial services industry. GSG now has a global presence, with team members deployed across the U.S. at Fortune 1000 companies and high-performing Fintech firms.

High-caliber consultants are the face of GSG at our client organizations and offices. We value the deep relationships we have with our consultants that enable us to place them in roles where their skills will have an immediate impact. The GSG consulting team is comprised of diverse, experienced, driven, and dynamic contributors who excel at getting things done.

About the Opportunity:

GSG is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support a large-scale ETF platform conversion, system upgrade, or infrastructure modernization initiative within a financial services environment. The Project Manager will be responsible for leading coordination, planning, governance, and execution across multiple business and technology workstreams. This individual will partner closely with business stakeholders, product teams, operations, technology teams, testing teams, and external partners to ensure successful delivery of a complex platform transformation. The ideal candidate will bring prior experience managing major system conversions, migrations, upgrades, or modernization programs and can apply lessons learned from similar initiatives. Candidates should be comfortable operating independently, driving accountability across teams, identifying risks, and challenging stakeholders when needed. ETF, investment operations, asset servicing, or fund-services experience is highly preferred.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end project management activities for an ETF platform conversion, modernization, or system transformation initiative.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, and delivery roadmaps.
• Coordinate activities across business, product, operations, technology, testing, and implementation teams.
• Establish project governance, reporting structures, status updates, and executive communications.
• Manage risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and action items across multiple workstreams.
• Drive accountability across internal teams, vendors, and consulting partners.
• Support planning and execution of testing readiness, implementation activities, and production cutover activities.
• Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, steering committee updates, and stakeholder discussions.
• Identify potential delivery challenges and proactively recommend mitigation strategies.
• Ensure alignment between business objectives, technical execution, and operational readiness.
• Apply experience from previous platform conversions and modernization programs to improve delivery outcomes.

Requirements:

• 8+ years of experience as a Project Manager or Program Manager leading complex technology or business transformation initiatives.
• Proven experience managing system conversions, migrations, upgrades, or platform modernization programs.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional teams including business, product, operations, technology, testing, and implementation resources.
• Strong project planning, milestone management, and delivery execution skills.
• Experience managing project risks, issues, dependencies, decisions, and escalation processes.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to independently drive progress and operate with limited day-to-day direction.
• Experience working in a regulated financial services environment.
• Strong facilitation, communication, and organizational skills.

Preferred:

• ETF, investment operations, asset servicing, fund-services, or investment platform experience.
• Experience supporting fund accounting, trading, custody, or investment management platform conversions.
• Prior experience leading large-scale financial services technology transformations.
• Experience managing multi-resource delivery teams or consulting partners.
• Experience supporting testing, implementation readiness, and operational transition activities.
• Experience working with major banks, custodians, asset servicers, or asset managers.

Employee Benefits:

GSG is excited to offer its consultants excellent compensation and a robust option of benefits which include comprehensive medical, dental, vision and prescription coverage. You will receive company-paid life insurance. In addition, we hope you will take advantage of eligible commuter benefits-like paying for work-related public transit and parking with pre-tax dollars. Save for your retirement with pre-tax contributions that go directly into your 401K. We also care about your pets with several options for pet insurance, discount card and prescriptions.

GSG’s Commitment to Diversity:

As a diverse-owned business, GSG is committed to creating a diverse workforce, and we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.