Sr. Project Manager

Motion Recruitment; Charlotte (NC); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Motion Recruitment is seeking a Sr. Project Manager in Charlotte, NC for a long-term contract opportunity. The ideal candidate will have over 7 years of project management experience, particularly in Capital Markets, and strong skills in stakeholder engagement.

This role will involve managing multiple projects, reporting on progress, and ensuring successful delivery in a hybrid environment. Strong Jira and Confluence experience is essential.

The position offers a comprehensive benefits package and a dynamic work culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of Project Management experience.
• Strong understanding of status reporting.
• Experience with integrated project planning and risk management.

Responsibilities

• Manage a family of projects associated with a specific business strategy.
• Lead matrixed project teams across the organization.
• Drive delivery of all program deliverables including project planning and implementation.

Skills

Project Management

Stakeholder engagement

Risk management

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Outstanding long-term contract opportunity! A well-known Financial Services Company is looking for a Sr. Project Manager with full life cycle project and Capital Markets experience to work in Charlotte, NC (Hybrid).

Work with the brightest minds at one of the largest financial institutions in the world. This is long-term contract opportunity that includes a competitive benefit package! Our client has been around for over 150 years and is continuously innovating in today's digital age. If you want to work for a company that is not only a household name, but also truly cares about satisfying customers' financial needs and helping people succeed financially, apply today.

Required Skills & Experience

7+ years of Project Management experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work or consulting experience, training, military experience, education.

Must be a strong, end-to‑end Project Manager:

Understand status reporting deeply – reports go enterprise wide.

Must know how to build project plans, link milestones to tasks, and derive insights for reports.

Must manage RAID logs, identify which risks go to leadership, and credible challenge when needed.

Stakeholder engagement and communication skills are critical.

Experience with integrated project planning, risk management, and status reporting is non-negotiable.

Needs to be independent and confident

Must work in a high-pressure environment, interact with strong personalities, and push back confidently.

Uses Jira and Confluence, but the program is a hybrid model (some waterfall components).

What You Will Be Doing

The role will manage a family or series of projects combined within a program associated with a specific business strategy to obtain benefits and controls. The ideal candidate will have a strong track record of leadership, successfully delivering complex programs, and have knowledge in capital markets & institutional brokerage.

Leadership Responsibilities Should Include:

Act as the key liaison with bringing together matrixed project teams across the organization, including Technology, Operations, Legal, Compliance, Finance and other impacted partners

Demonstrate the ability to work in an agile environment / understanding Jira/Jira plans

Strong planning and reporting skills needed

Participate in program governance forums and share overall program health, issues, risks and dependencies when needed

Drive delivery of all program deliverables including business case, requirements, project planning, testing, implementation, and closing

Create and deliver presentations to executive and senior management on program or project goals and plans, including progress reports

Recognize and manage areas of change. Document internal & external impacts, and a plan for implementation & readiness

Execute end to end project management using the Enterprise Project Methodology, demonstrating ownership of the entire process from beginning to end

Identify, analyze and manage risks, issues and interdependencies