Technology Project Manager – Risk & Regulatory

Phaxis; New York (NY); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Phaxis in New York leads end-to-end technology delivery for complex financial services initiatives across Market Risk, Credit Risk, and Trading. You will drive regulatory programs from requirements through production, working closely with Engineering, QA, and technology partners to coordinate the SDLC.

The role requires hands-on collaboration, strong reporting to senior stakeholders, and practical knowledge of risk concepts (VaR, CVA, P&L Explain).

Qualifications

• Experience leading complex financial services delivery programs.
• Experience driving regulatory transformation initiatives (FRTB, SA-CCR, Client 239, or similar).
• Hands-on collaboration with Engineering, QA, and technology partners across the SDLC.
• Proficient with Jira and Confluence for workflows, dashboards, and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder communication with proactive risk escalation and options for delivery decisions.
• Knowledge of risk/trading concepts (VaR, CVA, P&L Explain).
• Budget monitoring and financial impact communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end technology delivery for complex financial services initiatives across risk, credit, and trading domains.
• Drive regulatory transformation programs from requirements through production.
• Coordinate development, testing, releases, and overall SDLC execution with engineering and QA.
• Leverage Jira and Confluence to establish project workflows, dashboards, and management reporting.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for senior stakeholders with concise status reporting and proactive risk escalation.
• Maintain RAID logs, track dependencies and milestones, and oversee delivery risks.
• Monitor project budgets and communicate financial impacts alongside program progress.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Regulatory delivery

SDLC oversight

Jira/Confluence

Risk management

Budget oversight

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

• Lead end-to-end technology delivery for complex financial services initiatives, across Market Risk, Credit Risk, Trading, and related technology environments.
• Drive regulatory transformation programs from requirements through implementation and production, with experience across initiatives such as FRTB, Client 239, SA-CCR, or comparable regulatory mandates.
• Work hands-on with Engineering, QA, and technology partners to coordinate development, testing, releases, and overall SDLC execution.
• Leverage Jira and Confluence extensively to establish project workflows, maintain delivery transparency, build dashboards, and provide meaningful management reporting.
• Serve as a trusted point of contact for senior stakeholders, providing concise status reporting, proactive risk escalation, and well-structured options for key delivery decisions.
• Apply practical knowledge of risk and trading concepts, including VaR, CVA, and P&L Explain, while maintaining disciplined oversight of RAID logs, dependencies, milestones, and delivery risks.
• Support strong financial governance by monitoring project budgets, tracking actuals versus plan, and communicating financial impacts alongside overall program progress.