Project Manager Advanced (>6 years)

Description

Job summary

As an Associate Transformation Project Manager in Digital and Platform Services - Market Operations, you will lead cross-functional initiatives that improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance the client experience. You'll partner with teams across operations, technology, and business stakeholders to plan, govern, and deliver change from idea through implementation. We work collaboratively, use data to make decisions, and focus on practical solutions that scale.

This role will be 100% onsite in Brooklyn, NY.

Job responsibilities

Lead multiple transformation projects and workstreams from initiation through delivery

Build and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, and dependency tracking

Run governance routines, including meeting cadences, materials, action tracking, and escalations

Partner with stakeholders across operations, technology, trading and sales, data and analytics, finance, legal, compliance, and human resources to align priorities and deliver outcomes

Collect, analyze, and synthesize operational and financial data to inform decisions and recommendations

Develop clear status reporting and communications for senior leadership audiences

Identify risks, issues, and blockers, and drive timely resolution and decision-making

Design, document, and improve operational processes and ways of working

Support business case development, benefits tracking, and results measurement

Contribute to change management planning to support adoption and sustained outcomes

Use digital tools to enable scalable solutions, automation, and improved transparency

Requirements

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution

At least 5 years of experience in project management and/or business analysis (see note below)

Demonstrated experience delivering end-to-end projects, including scoping, planning, implementation, and results tracking

Experience running project governance and producing clear status reporting for senior stakeholders

Strong written and verbal communication skills, including creating and delivering presentations

Strong analytical skills, including the ability to interpret and work with operational and financial data

Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint

Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines

Demonstrated ability to collaborate across teams and influence outcomes without direct authority

Proven ability to identify issues, evaluate options, and drive practical solutions in a fast-changing environment

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills

Experience in markets and/or financial services operations

Familiarity with regulatory, control, and reporting considerations in an operations environment

Experience delivering digitization, automation, or operational efficiency initiatives

Experience with process re-engineering and target operating model design

Exposure to emerging technologies and modern digital tools used for workflow and reporting

Experience working with geographically distributed and culturally diverse teams

Knowledge of fixed income and/or credit derivatives products

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