Senior Project Manager - Capital Markets

Grow your career with an innovative global bank in New York, NY as a Senior Project Manager with a focus on Capital Markets. Contract role with strong possibility of extension. Will require working a hybrid schedule 2-3 days onsite per week.

Join one of the world's most renowned global banks and trusted brand with over 200 years of continuously evolving financial services worldwide. Will be part of a core central Program Management Team tasked with ensuring the timely execution of deliverables across all workstreams while imparting subject matter expertise and know-how. You will work alongside some of the smartest minds in the industry who are excited to share their knowledge and to learn from you.

Contract Duration: 6+ Months

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor's/University degree.
• 10+ years of Project Management experience in the financial industry.
• Significant experience in Capital Markets Transformation.
• Change management experience with a focus on Capital Markets initiatives to address regulatory, audit, risk and control and/or risk management issues.
• Strong & proven track record in strategic project management and delivering complex solutions.
• Significant experience in scoping, developing and prioritizing plans for strategic initiatives.
• Working knowledge of Markets business and products (FICC and Equities) and/or regulatory capital.
• Ability to influence and build collaborative relationships across Global Markets front-to-back stakeholders, e.g., trading desk, finance, operations, technology, risk management.
• A solid understanding of mechanisms to track and communicate performance.
• Effective communication with key stakeholders, both internal and external to the program / project, including obtaining buy-in for business process and infrastructure changes.

Desired Skills & Experience

• Master's degree.
• Project Management certifications e.g. PMP or equivalent.
• Experience in Credit Risk, Market Risk and Regulatory related projects.
• Experience analyzing large datasets using SQL, Python, a plus

What You Will Be Doing

• Transformation / change management / PMO experience with a focus on Capital Markets initiatives to address regulatory, audit, risk and control and / or risk management issues.
• Partner with the Business, Finance and Market Risk to implement strategic solutions for the firm.
• Represent MSS Transformation across various streams of work to ensure the timely delivery of key initiatives, milestones, issue tracking, and issue remediation.
• Work closely with the Markets Business and Technology teams to ensure that the data is accurate, complete, has proper data lineage, and help steer the overall data governance.
• Delivering effective, articulate, and concise presentations to senior management covering project / program status, resourcing and plans.
• Assist in ensuring that all target state tools, processes and controls are socialized effectively and are approved at or by the appropriate governance forum or level.
• Manage internal and external dependencies across initiatives, including working closely with Risk Managers, Product Owners, Front Office, Product Control and Technology teams.
• Identify challenges and proactively seek to resolve or escalate risk and issues in a timely and well-articulated manner to the projects by engaging relevant stakeholders and PMs.
• Engage senior stakeholders continuously by escalating and resolving issues as they arise.
• Produce accurate and insightful project update materials and artifacts, tailoring to various forums and committees.
• Build strong relationships, adopting a joined-up approach, to support the execution of programs.