Strategic Projects Lead - Operations & Middle Office

Millennium; New York (NY); On-site; USD 70,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Millennium is seeking a results-driven Project Manager to lead the Operations & Middle Office Projects team in New York. You will oversee initiatives from initiation through implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and regulatory requirements.

Applicants should have 4–8 years in project management within financial services or consulting, with strong knowledge of trading workflows and excellent communication skills.

Qualifications

• 4–8 years of project management experience within a financial services or consulting environment.
• Strong knowledge of trading workflows, operations, technology, and financial products.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and effectively across stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the project pipeline between Operations & Middle Office and Technology, overseeing initiatives from initiation through implementation.
• Plan, coordinate, and supervise projects supporting Private Credit, Loans, CLOs, and related operational workflows.
• Partner with stakeholders across departments to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Develop detailed work plans, project documentation, and other artifacts needed to support effective execution.
• Identify project risks, issues, and dependencies early, and recommend practical solutions to maintain delivery momentum.
• Provide regular project and program reporting on status, key deliverables, milestones, risks, and mitigating actions.
• Manage project budgets and resource allocations to support timely, effective delivery.
• Create clear, effective presentations for senior management that synthesize raw data into actionable information, and support ad hoc requests as needed.

Skills

Project management

Trading workflows

Communication

Attention to detail

MS Excel

PowerPoint

Visio

PM tools

Tools

Microsoft Project

Job description

Millennium is seeking a results-driven Project Manager to lead the Operations & Middle Office Projects team in New York. You will oversee initiatives from initiation through implementation, ensuring alignment with strategic goals and regulatory requirements.

Applicants should have 4–8 years in project management within financial services or consulting, with strong knowledge of trading workflows and excellent communication skills.