Senior Project Manager

Job Description:
This job is responsible for managing complex to high risk cross-functional and/or inter-departmental programs or projects for Line of Business products, processes, functions, and employee readiness. Key responsibilities include partnering with the business to develop a plan to sustain change, evaluate current methods, and drive strategies to implement changes/improvements. Job expectations include serving as the primary point of contact to department managers for critical change initiatives, using tools to document program performance, and influencing stakeholders to make strategic changes.

The Global Markets Change and Transformation team are looking for a Senior Project Manager. We are a team of 30+, split into two equal sub teams, spread across Chester, London, Dublin and New Jersey. You will be responsible for overseeing projects and workstreams to implement transaction reporting regulation changes. Role will provide project lead oversight of delivery along with local resources.

• You will provide management and oversight of multiple regulatory transaction reporting implementation projects within TRCG
• You will work closely with internal stakeholders to deliver to regulatory requirements and plan timelines across a number of parallel projects
• Liaise with Technology partners to understand costs and timeframes for development work and factor this in to project plans and project communications
• Manage and run senior governance routines to manage the project portfolio
• Provide senior management updates and engage senior leaders in status updates and escalation discussions
• You will liaise with testing and quality assurance processes to confirm accuracy of reporting and ensure project development is aligned to requirements
• You will identify critical risks and dependencies and work to mitigate these to maintain project delivery
• Help to manage resource alignment and cost allocation in partnership with stakeholder teams

Responsibilities:

• Defines responsibilities and accountabilities for key project roles and oversees the execution of defined programs and/or project tasks through tracking of deliverables and their statuses, developing project plans, and measuring progress against ongoing key performance indicators
• Leads the adoption and sustainment of change initiatives and assesses adoption risks
• Leads remediation requirements documentation efforts based on identified gaps and controls needed for sustained performance
• Leads and plans programs and projects using appropriate tools and techniques, including Technology platforms used by client facing employees, change management tools, and risk and issue management tools to ensure efficient and effective project completion
• Develops, maintains, and reports on an overall integrated delivery plan, raising any risks, developing a mitigation plan, and escalating issues appropriately to respective stakeholders

Required Skills:

• You will have knowledge of financial regulatory reporting requirements e.g. MiFID/MiFIR (TR and PTT), EMIR, SFTR and FinfraG reporting
• You will have experience of working with regulatory projects within Investment Banking (Global Markets) or financial services
• You will have Project Management experience including analysis techniques and an understanding of project management methodologies.
• You will have experience of providing both written and verbal updates for senior leaders and managing effective escalations
• Experience of tracking multiple projects/workstreams as part of a portfolio of work and the governance routines required to manage broad workstreams

Desired Skills:

• Excellent communication, both verbal and written, will be an advantage
• Track record of effective stakeholder management
• A proven track record of liaising with technology teams will be a plus
• Being able to work unsupervised and to tight deadlines would be a plus
• Experience working with Microsoft Office and JIRA would be an advantage

Skills:

• Controls Management
• Issue Management
• Problem Solving
• Process Management
• Process Performance Measurement
• Monitoring, Surveillance, and Testing
• Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines Management
• Process Design
• Program Management
• Project Management
• Critical Thinking
• Influence
• Prioritization
• Process Mapping

Shift:
1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week:
40

Pay Transparency details

US - NJ - Jersey City - 101 Hudson St - 101 Hudson (NJ2101)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range

$97,000.00 - $153,600.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.