Project Manager

Overview

• Coordinate and execute project management tasks within a structured environment, ensuring seamless collaboration across cross-functional teams.
• Serve as a liaison between business and engineering teams, fostering effective communication and alignment on project goals.
• Track, document, and report on project progress, providing transparency and accountability to stakeholders.
• Participate in gathering functional business requirements and documenting process flows for firm-wide applications.
• Facilitate meetings, ensuring outcomes are clearly documented, owned, and executed effectively.
• Produce executive-level reports and dashboards, showcasing development activity and progress.
• Drive ongoing improvements to current processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.
• Build strong relationships with business and engineering teams, strengthening collaboration and alignment.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Lead projects from initiation to delivery, ensuring adherence to timelines and objectives.
• Partner with development leads on resource forecasting and capacity planning to optimize project execution.
• Manage and prioritize discretionary change requests, ensuring alignment with project goals.
• Document process flows and system details, supporting firm-wide application development and implementation.
• Maintain project tracking systems, ensuring tasks and priorities are up-to-date and accurately reflect team progress.
• Facilitate meetings, ensuring outcomes are clearly documented, owned, and executed effectively.
• Produce executive-level reports and dashboards, providing transparency on development activity and progress.
• Drive ongoing improvements to current processes, enhancing efficiency and effectiveness.

Job Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in technology, finance, or relevant field required.
• 0-3 years of experience in project management or business analysis preferred.
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, essential for success.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite; experience with JIRA is a plus.
• Knowledge of the financial services industry and software development processes advantageous.
• Highly analytical, detail-oriented, and adept at navigating ambiguity.
• Ability to multi-task, take ownership of issues, and follow through accordingly.
• Flexibility to work individually, in a team, across teams, and with different management levels.