Senior Project Manager - Capital Markets Products

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading global bank in New York as a Senior Project Manager focusing on Capital Markets Products. This contract role offers a hybrid work schedule and involves managing large-scale transformation projects while collaborating with top industry professionals. You will ensure timely execution of deliverables and utilize best PMO practices to drive project success.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of Project Management experience with large-scale transformation projects.
• Experience in Big 4 consulting firms and/or large global banks.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record.

Responsibilities

• Preparing concise Markets activity/progress reports.
• Driving end results of the project as a representative of Markets.
• Proactively tracking project progress against goals.

Skills

Project Management

Communication

Leadership

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor’s/University degree

Tools

MS Project

Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Grow your career with an innovative global bank in New York, NY as a Senior Project Manager with a focus on Capital Markets Products. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. Will be part of a core central Program Management Team charged with ensuring the timely execution of deliverables across all workstreams whilst imparting subject matter expertise and know-how. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 12+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s/University degree.
• 8+ years of Project Management experience with large-scale transformation projects.
• Must have Markets products knowledge (e.g., risk and controls, trade lifecycle, products, etc.)
• Experience in Big 4 consulting firms and/or large global banks or financial services companies.
• Experience with regulatory programs or consent order projects.
• Proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MS Project.
• Experience managing inter-department dependencies (e.g., working with Compliance, Technology, Internal Audit, etc.).
• Articulate and effective communicator, both verbally and in writing.
• Extremely detail oriented and ability to both investigate deeply into content of the material but also look across the portfolio.
• Strong interpersonal skills, with evidence of working in collaboration across large organizations, including a proactive and 'no surprises' approach in communicating issues/requests/escalation.
• Ability to drive progress issue-by-issue and ensure deadlines are met.
• Ability to plan and organize, working well both in a team setting and independently.
• Strong leadership skills with a proven track record in driving positive and sustained change.
• Demonstrated ability to think critically, strategically and analytically and to creatively problem solve.

What You Will Be Doing

• Preparing concise Markets activity/progress reports adjusted to the audience
• Providing check and challenge on activity/progress reports by other functions
• Utilizing best practice PMO methodology (e.g., maintain plans, risk and issues, etc.) that fit stakeholders needs
• Driving end results of the project as a representative of Markets
• Facilitating remediation-related engagement with the Markets product lines
• Proactively tracking project progress against goals
• Possess the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming
• Clearly articulating problems, bringing the right people together to solve problems and knowing when it has been properly addressed and closed
• Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status across a varied set of stakeholders
• Defining, teaching, and enforcing the use of good project management practices (i.e., resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled)