Senior Project Manager

Career Techniques; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Career Techniques based in New York seeks a Project Manager with a strong background in both finance and technology. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of experience managing projects in global financial environments and a degree in computer science.

This role involves leading cross-functional teams, developing project plans, and ensuring alignment with business objectives across various functions. Proficiency in Excel and exceptional communication skills are necessary for project tracking and performance reporting.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant project management experience in global financial or technology-driven industries.
• Experience with front office market activities in the financial industry.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with different timelines.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring projects meet defined business objectives.
• Leading and managing multiple global, multi-functional projects.
• Developing comprehensive project plans and documentation.

Skills

Project management

Software development

Data analysis

Excel proficiency

Communication skills

Education

Computer science degree or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

• Ensuring that projects are initiated, analyzed, planned and implemented so as to meet defined business objectives.
• Leading and managing multiple projects simultaneously, often involving global, multi-functional teams (e.g., IT, Finance, Operations, Risk, and Compliance).
• Leveraging industry experience to proactively request and discern business requirements from all departments. Continually improve industry and knowledge to enhance this capability.
• Identifying tactical vs strategic solutions to problems, and highlight tradeoffs between them, so that stakeholders can make informed decisions.
• Identifying recurring issues with technical debt, and guide prioritization of new projects to address them.
• Developing comprehensive project plans and documentation, including goals, timelines, resource allocation, budgets, and risk mitigation strategies, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.
• Directing cross-functional technical discussions and driving decisions involving system upgrades, digital transformation, software implementation, and emerging fintech solutions.
• Facilitating coordination and communication across business units, regions and or external parties fostering strong partnerships and engagement with key stakeholders.
• Contributing to centralized PMO support by offering project guidance, tools, and resources and to standardize project management practices across the organization, improve planning, tracking, and reporting processes, and ensure alignment of all projects with the firm's strategic goals while managing resources and risks effectively.
• Determining the appropriate level of administrative overhead for each project, depending on size and complexity. Manage projects for efficiency and execution first.

Qualifications

• A computer science degree or equivalent
• 5+ years of relevant project management experience, either in a global financial environment or in a technology driven industry
• Experience in the financial industry, specifically with front office market activities
• Software development background, either through CS degree or prior hands-on development roles
• Ability to scope, manage and execute multiple projects simultaneously, each with different timelines
• Ability to pivot tasks quickly with the evolving needs of the business and to effectively navigate through ambiguous, high-pressure, or uncertain environments, maintaining focus and delivering results
• Ability to support working across multiple time zones, as needed
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Hands‑on experience: Skilled in reporting and data analysis, able to create progress reports, dashboards, and KPIs to clearly communicate project performance
• Strong Excel skills, including data manipulation, pivot tables, and VLOOKUPs, for project tracking and deliverable analysis