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Job Title: Project Manager (functional business in capital markets) Location: Jersey City, NJ (HYBRID) Duration:0-12 month(s)
DRIVE Project Implementation Americas seeks a Senior Project Manager with deep expertise in Global Banking and Capital Markets. The ideal candidate will manage multiple high-impact projects (e.g., strategic change management, new business/product initiatives, process re-engineering, and control framework establishment) and lead cross-functional initiatives requiring comprehensive company knowledge and a strong understanding of key business functions. Strong quantitative, analytical, and project management capabilities are essential.
Additional Job Details: Here are the top 3 skills I am looking for in a candidate: Project Management & Business Analysis o Ability to drive end-to-end project execution (planning, risk management, stakeholder alignment) while leveraging analytical rigor to translate business needs into actionable insights. o Experience bridging technical and business perspectives to deliver measurable outcomes. Executive-Level Communication & Strategic Storytelling o Confidence in crafting and delivering high-impact presentations for senior leadership, distilling complex topics into clear, concise, and decision-driven narratives. o Proactive in anticipating questions, surfacing key risks/issues, and framing discussions at the right altitude (avoiding weeds while highlighting strategic implications). Agile Learning and Fast Ramp-Up o Fast Ramp-up: Demonstrates ability to quickly master new domains, tools, or processes balancing independent problem-solving with knowing when to seek guidance. o Ambiguity navigation: Skill in defining structure where none exists breaking down vague challenges into actionable frameworks, identifying critical assumptions, and driving toward clarity. o Adaptability to shift priorities or contexts while maintaining focus on outcomes. Business Overview:DRIVE Project Implementation Americas is building its core expertise in managing transversal and transformation projects across all Global Markets & Global Banking Business Lines. We seek a
contract-based project manager with strong functional/business knowledge, regulatory compliance expertise, and deep understanding of Banking (corporate loans) and Capital Markets. Familiarity with client culture/operations is a plus.
*This role requires a combination of in-office and remote work, with regular physical presence in clients office(s) being an essential aspect of the position.
Candidate Success Factors:
Candidates to be measured on the following four performance drivers, which will dictate how individual impact is considered on the Americas platform:- Results and Impact
- Impacts division and influences peers and team
- Demonstrates good judgement when making decisions of high complexity and impact
- Relies on limited guidance for most complex decision making
- Is responsible for driving outcomes which have meaningful effect on team or department
- Leadership and Collaboration
- Creates trust with department leaders
- Acts in leadership capacity for large projects, processes, or programs for a team
- Client, Customer and Stakeholder Focus
- Able to build relationships with a mix of intermediate and senior colleagues or clients
- Interacts regularly with management and department leaders
- Demonstrates the ability to persuade and influence stakeholders at team level
- Compliance Culture and Conduct
- Takes full responsibility for personal actions and demonstrates courage in facing problems and conflicts
- Perceived as a person of high moral character; upholds corporate values and displays high ethical standards
Responsibilities:
Project Management:- Manage and lead assigned projects to completion with delivery of agreed objectives
- Ensure that all projects follow Group Policies and Procedure including proper Project Governance and reporting to senior management & stakeholders
- Create and lead appropriate project governance
- Identify and stabilize the scope of business topics to be addressed / resolved
- Identify and obtain the buy-in from the Primary Project Stakeholders and Sponsor
- Secure the resource plan and prioritization / funding of those resources
- Leverage expertise and problem-solving skills to propose solutions during each phase of the project
- Drive the delivery effort by maintaining project lists, organizing follow up meetings, creating and distributing meeting minutes
- Identify risk and dependencies that could jeopardize project execution.
- Ensure clear communication of goals, budget, risks, efforts involved, as well as on the progress of the project
- Work closely with all functions - Front office, Operations, Finance, IT, Compliance, Legal, Risk etc. to ensure successful delivery of project objectives.
- Manage situations of conflict and constraints to ensure the success of the project.
Business Analysis:- Elicit business requirements using interviews & subject matter expertise
- Document requirements, business process descriptions, use cases, scenarios, task and workflow analysis
- Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, & decompose high-level information into details
- Abstract up from low-level information to a general understanding, and distinguish user requests from the true underlying needs
- Proactively communicate and collaborate with external and internal customers to deliver the following artifacts as needed: (1) Business Requirements Documents, (2) Test & Use Cases
- Challenge business users on their assumptions & how they expect to successfully implement requirement
Contribute to the building of maximum efficiency within the Firm:- Analyze the current procedures and make change proposals to improve productivity, efficiency and risk control
- Work closely with the Operations and IT managers to properly measure the impact of new systems/processes on the staff's workload and determine the new staffing requirements where applicable.
Contribute to the successful implementation of new systems:- Work with various users to clearly identify business requirements from Front Office to Finance.
- Collaborate with IT to ensure that the system functionalities meet the user requirements.
- Propose procedural changes to take advantage of the new system functionalities.
- Facilitate the planning between IT and users to ensure all phases of the project are on track and that the appropriate level of testing is carried out.
Minimum Required Qualifications:- Bachelor s degree from accredited university with focus on Finance, Economics, Business Administration or other relevant field of study.
- 6 8 years of relevant industry experience.
- Expertise in Front Office and Operations (functional or in a project capacity), with knowledge of Banking and Capital Market activities
- A keen focus on Process and Risk awareness is a KEY CRITERIA for this position.
- Deep knowledge of & experience executing all project management concepts.
- Project planning, documentation experience, & stakeholder management is essential
Minimum Required Qualifications Cont d:- Excellent level of knowledge of MS Project, Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Business Analyst experience is valuable
- The candidate:
- Must have an in-depth understanding of project life cycle and what each phase implies.
- Must have excellent communication and reporting skills Both written and oral.
- Must be able to professionally and efficiently manage situations of conflict and work with collaborators to arrive at a solution.
- Needs to demonstrate the ability to adapt and learn new processes quickly.
- Needs to show ability to multi-task and shift gears for various topics and perimeter during the project life cycle (i.e. Knowledge of FO Products and processes, Operations, IT, Finance etc.).
- Must be able to demonstrate the ability to delve into complicated situations (issues, people, processes etc.), sort out the information and propose the solution/next steps.
Client Registrations Required:CFTC Swap Dealer Associated Person (if yes, NFA Swaps Proficiency Program is required):SEC Security-Based Swap Dealer Associated Person: 
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