Senior Project Manager - Risk & Regulatory

Phyton Talent Advisors; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Phyton Talent Advisors seeks a Senior Project Manager to oversee delivery of critical Risk and Regulatory initiatives at a major financial institution. You will manage scope, timelines, and stakeholder engagement, translating complex business needs into actionable IT and functional requirements.

Responsibilities include leading requirements elicitation, cross-functional collaboration across multiple geographies, and governance of testing, training, and change-management activities throughout

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional experience within large financial institutions.
• Strong experience supporting Risk and Regulatory initiatives, including CCAR, FRTB, or similar programs.
• Hands-on experience with regulatory implementations, reporting, and supporting documentation.
• Strong knowledge of Credit Risk, financial instruments, market data, trading systems, and risk governance.
• Experience within commercial or investment banking.
• Understanding of financial operations, MIS, data management, and reporting processes.
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile project-management frameworks.
• Proficiency with Jira, MS Project, Confluence, ServiceNow, Visio, and Excel.
• Proficiency in SQL; Databricks experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Ability to communicate complex technical and financial concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, UAT, and post-production support.
• Partner with developers, QA teams, subject-matter experts, business users, and senior management across multiple geographies.
• Perform root cause, gap, and current-state versus future-state analyses.
• Analyze business processes and recommend improvements.
• Translate business needs into clear IT and functional requirements.
• Oversee testing, training, and change-management activities throughout project rollouts.
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and action plans.
• Provide regular project updates and recommendations to senior management.
• Manage multiple complex initiatives with minimal supervision.

Skills

Regulatory programs

Stakeholder management

Requirements tracing

Jira

MS Project

Confluence

ServiceNow

Visio

Excel

Databricks

Tools

Jira

MS Project

Confluence

ServiceNow

Visio

Excel

Databricks

Job description

We’re seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee the delivery of critical Risk and Regulatory initiatives within a large financial institution. This individual will manage project scope, timelines, cross-functional coordination, and stakeholder engagement while translating complex business needs into clear functional and technical requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead requirements elicitation, analysis, documentation, UAT, and post-production support
• Partner with developers, QA teams, subject-matter experts, business users, and senior management across multiple geographies
• Perform root cause, gap, and current-state versus future-state analyses
• Analyze business processes and recommend improvements
• Translate business needs into clear IT and functional requirements
• Oversee testing, training, and change-management activities throughout project rollouts
• Manage project scope, timelines, risks, issues, dependencies, and action plans
• Provide regular project updates and recommendations to senior management
• Manage multiple complex initiatives with minimal supervision

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional experience within large financial institutions
• Strong experience supporting Risk and Regulatory initiatives, including CCAR, FRTB, or similar programs
• Hands-on experience with regulatory implementations, reporting, and supporting documentation
• Strong knowledge of Credit Risk, financial instruments, market data, trading systems, and risk governance
• Experience within commercial or investment banking
• Understanding of financial operations, MIS, data management, and reporting processes
• Experience with Waterfall and Agile project-management frameworks
• Proficiency with Jira, MS Project, Confluence, ServiceNow, Visio, and Excel
• Proficiency in SQL; Databricks experience is a plus
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, leadership, and stakeholder-management skills
• Ability to communicate complex technical and financial concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences