Senior Project Manager - Director

SMBC Group; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 156,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid remote work

Annual discretionary incentive award

Benefits package

Job summary

SMBC Group, a global financial leader, is seeking an experienced Project Manager to support the COO organization with firmwide project governance and reporting. The role involves coordinating meetings, overseeing vendor management, and ensuring alignment with policy updates and KPI delivery.

You will produce high-quality dashboards and presentations, manage IT prioritization, and collaborate across business lines while benefiting from a hybrid work model in the Americas.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business analytics, finance, technology, or a related field with 7 years of project/business management experience and senior management reporting.
• Degree or credentials may be equivalent per a qualified evaluation service.
• Required skills include Project Management, Business Analysis, Documentation & Management Reporting, Issue Resolution, financial services experience, and work on Fixed Income/Equities projects and mid/back office systems.
• The skill set need not be maintained over the full term of the experience.

Responsibilities

• Support COO organization with Firmwide project management activities: act as Project Manager, coordinate meetings, track status, and manage resources.
• Lead management reporting, perform periodic reviews, monitor material projects, and provide governance as per group procedures.
• Oversee Billing & Delivery activities, review status updates for completeness, consistency, and severity alignment.
• Own and maintain tools/artifacts; chair and coordinate working group meetings.
• Provide vendor management support: contracts, onboarding consultants, and related tasks.
• Manage IT project prioritization with supervisor: review new items, maintain master list, and communicate with IT.
• Serve as primary contact for Enterprise management information; update on policies and ensure firm compliance; produce workflows, dashboards, and KPI presentations.
• Prepare/host meetings, take minutes, and drive adoption of new technologies for efficiency.

Skills

Project Management

Business Analysis

Documentation & Reporting

Issue Resolution

Financial services experience

Fixed Income and Equities

System applications

Education

Bachelor’s degree (business analytics, finance, technology or related)

Job description

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SMBC Group is a top-tier global financial group. Headquartered in Tokyo and with a 400-year history, SMBC Group offers a diverse range of financial services, including banking, leasing, securities, credit cards, and consumer finance. The Group has more than 130 offices and 80,000 employees worldwide in nearly 40 countries. Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, Inc. (SMFG) is the holding company of SMBC Group, which is one of the three largest banking groups in Japan. SMFG’s shares trade on the Tokyo, Nagoya, and New York (NYSE: SMFG) stock exchanges.

In the Americas, SMBC Group has a presence in the US, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Peru. Backed by the capital strength of SMBC Group and the value of its relationships in Asia, the Group offers a range of commercial and investment banking services to its corporate, institutional, and municipal clients. It connects a diverse client base to local markets and the organization’s extensive global network. The Group’s operating companies in the Americas include Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp. (SMBC), SMBC Nikko Securities America, Inc., SMBC Capital Markets, Inc., SMBC MANUBANK, JRI America, Inc., SMBC Leasing and Finance, Inc., Banco Sumitomo Mitsui Brasileiro S.A., and Sumitomo Mitsui Finance and Leasing Co., Ltd.

The anticipated salary range for this role is between $155,854.00and $199,500.00. The specific salary offered to an applicant will be based on their individual qualifications, experiences, and an analysis of the current compensation paid in their geography and the market for similar roles at the time of hire. The role may also be eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

Role Objectives

• Support Chief Operating Officer (COO) organization with Firmwide project management related activities including acting as Project Manager, coordinating meetings and steering committees, status reporting, issue tracking, and resource management.
• Lead management reporting, periodic review and monitoring for material projects, deep involvement in critical projects requiring special attention. Provide project governance as listed in group's procedure and guide project managers throughout project lifecycle from Initiation to Closure.
• Provide governance and oversight into Billing & Delivery activities, act as first line of defense, review status updates for completeness, consistency, and severity alignment.
• Own and maintain tools and artifacts, chair and coordinate the working group meeting.
• Provide vendor management support by working on contracts, onboard consultants, and any other vendor related tasks.
• Manage and be a gatekeeper of IT project prioritization process with help of a supervisor. Including but not limited to reviewing new items, cleaning up the master list, maintaining project management registration tool, communicating with IT (Business Management).
• Serve as a primary contact of Enterprise management information from the firm. Including but not limited to catching up with the new updates on the policy, making sure the firm comply with it and guide project managers. Produce high quality workflow diagrams, dashboards, documents, and presentations for reviewing key performance indicators.
• Prepare and host meetings, write up the meeting minutes and track action. Embrace and adapt new technologies to increase efficiency.

Hybrid remote work is permitted.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s degree in business analytics, finance, technology, or a related field and 7 years of experience in project and/or business management and senior management reporting.
• The employer will accept a single degree or any combination of education, experience, or professional credentials determined to be equivalent by a qualified evaluation service.
• Required skills: Project Management; Business Analysis; Documentation & Management Reporting; Issue Resolution; Experience working in financial services environment; experience working on projects supporting Fixed Income and Equities product; Experience working on system application supporting middle and back office.
• The required skill set does not need to be maintained over the full term of the required experience.

The role is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive award. In addition to cash compensation, SMBC offers a competitive portfolio of benefits to its employees.

For benefit information, please see the Careers page

SMBC’s employees participate in a Hybrid workforce model that provides employees with an opportunity to work from home, as well as, from an SMBC office. SMBC requires that employees live within a reasonable commuting distance of their office location. Prospective candidates will learn more about their specific hybrid work schedule during their interview process. Hybrid work may not be permitted for certain roles, including, for example, certain FINRA-registered roles for which in-office attendance for the entire workweek is required.

SMBC provides reasonable accommodations during candidacy for applicants with disabilities consistent with applicable federal, state, and local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please let us know at [e-mail].