Senior Principal Project Manager

Talon Professional Services; Coppell (TX); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Talon Professional Services is seeking a Senior Principal Project Manager to lead complex programs in the financial markets space. The role requires driving governance, coordination, and delivery across multiple initiatives from our Coppell, TX client site on a hybrid schedule.

The ideal candidate will demonstrate leadership, risk management, and strong communication skills to align priorities and deliver high-impact outcomes for diverse teams and stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Drive cross-program alignment, ensuring projects contribute toward strategic objectives, dependencies are actively managed, and roadmaps across domains remain synchronized.
• Act as escalation point for PMs and delivery teams, resolving issues related to scope, resources, sequencing, or stakeholder alignment while ensuring minimal disruption to critical initiatives.
• Lead daily team coordination and progress tracking, ensuring blockers are identified early and routed to the right technical or business owners for resolution.
• Lead project planning and portfolio-level forecasting, including capacity planning, resource strategy, and budget reviews in collaboration with finance and engineering leadership.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality status reporting across all PMs, synthesizing program-level insights for senior leadership and facilitating data-driven decision making.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and COE teams to align priorities, remove blockers, and maintain transparency of delivery outcomes.
• Facilitate key cross-team communications, supporting quarterly planning, roadmap reviews, and executive updates with well-prepared, accurate materials.
• Ensure compliance with delivery frameworks and controls, including SDLC, financial controls, regulatory requirements, and internal audit expectations across all managed projects.
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to other project managers, ensuring consistent delivery practices, effective risk management, and adherence to governance standards.
• Oversee the health of the full project portfolio, maintaining an up-to-date view of initiative status, financials, risks, interdependencies, and delivery progress across all squads and programs.
• Promote best practices, strengthening communication and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-program execution and ensure alignment with strategic objectives across multiple initiatives.
• Escalate and resolve issues affecting scope, resources, or sequencing with minimal disruption to critical projects.
• Coordinate daily team activities and monitor progress to promptly remove blockers.
• Forecast at portfolio level, manage capacity planning and budget awareness with finance and engineering leadership.
• Publish consistent PM status reports and deliver program insights to senior leadership for informed decisions.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and COE teams to keep priorities aligned and deliverables transparent.
• Support quarterly planning, roadmap reviews, and executive updates with prepared materials.
• Ensure SDLC and regulatory compliance across all managed projects.

Skills

Project management escalation

Progress tracking

Project and portfolio planning

Risk regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Job Title: Senior Principal Project Manager

Employment Type: Contract

Looking to make a significant impact in a leading organization at the forefront of financial markets innovation?

We are seeking an accomplished Senior Principal Project Manager to join our client's dynamic team. In this role, you will lead complex projects and programs, ensuring strategic alignment, effective communication, and delivery excellence across multiple initiatives.

This is an exceptional opportunity to drive critical projects, influence cross-team collaboration, and foster continuous improvement within a forward-thinking environment. The ideal candidate will thrive in a fast-paced setting, bringing strong leadership, governance expertise, and a proactive approach to project delivery.

Required Skills: Project management escalation, progress tracking, project and portfolio planning. Experience working in Risk, Regulatory, and/or Compliance

Preferred Education and Experience: Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

• Drive cross-program alignment, ensuring projects contribute toward strategic objectives, dependencies are actively managed, and roadmaps across domains remain synchronized.
• Act as escalation point for PMs and delivery teams, resolving issues related to scope, resources, sequencing, or stakeholder alignment while ensuring minimal disruption to critical initiatives.
• Lead daily team coordination and progress tracking, ensuring blockers are identified early and routed to the right technical or business owners for resolution.
• Lead project planning and portfolio-level forecasting, including capacity planning, resource strategy, and budget reviews in collaboration with finance and engineering leadership.
• Ensure consistent, high-quality status reporting across all PMs, synthesizing program-level insights for senior leadership and facilitating data-driven decision making.
• Partner closely with Product Owners, Engineering Managers, and COE teams to align priorities, remove blockers, and maintain transparency of delivery outcomes.
• Facilitate key cross-team communications, supporting quarterly planning, roadmap reviews, and executive updates with well-prepared, accurate materials.
• Ensure compliance with delivery frameworks and controls, including SDLC, financial controls, regulatory requirements, and internal audit expectations across all managed projects.
• Provide leadership, direction, and coaching to other project managers, ensuring consistent delivery practices, effective risk management, and adherence to governance standards.
• Oversee the health of the full project portfolio, maintaining an up-to-date view of initiative status, financials, risks, interdependencies, and delivery progress across all squads and programs.
• Promote best practices, strengthening communication and analytical skills.

Other Requirements: This position requires a hybrid working arrangement with three onsite days per week, located at our client's facility in Coppell, TX. Candidates should be prepared for an extensive project management leadership role involving cross-program coordination, risk management, and stakeholder engagement. Strong communication skills and a strategic mindset are essential to succeed.