Senior Project Manager
We are currently seeking candidates for a Senior Project Manager role with a highly-successful investment management firm located in Boston, MA. The Senior Project Manager will lead the execution of a complex, high-impact global program designed to accelerate the growth of the Prime Services business. The ideal candidate will have 7+ years of project management, ideally withing financial services.
This is a 12-month contract position paying between $60-$70/hour (depending on experience).
Responsibilities:
- Lead the end-to-end delivery of key initiatives driving global business growth, acting as the primary accountability partner to the Head of Prime Services.
- Chair steering committees and governance forums, providing regular, high-level updates to global strategy committees and other key stakeholders.
- Coordinate with program leads across the broader enterprise to align related projects and foster strong working relationships across different teams, locations, and disciplines.
- Create and maintain robust project plans, managing critical milestones, dependencies, and risks while ensuring all documentation meets Change Management Framework minimum standards. Manage diverse workstreams to define operating models and technology requirements, ensuring alignment with internal and external approval processes.
- Oversee the delivery of governance and oversight programs required for new business launches, ensuring full regulatory compliance and securing necessary product launch approvals.
- Actively drive project execution by challenging working group members on their deliverables to ensure timeline and quality targets are met.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree required; MBA is preferred.
- 10+ years of project/program management experience, specifically driving enterprise-level, cross-functional initiatives.
- 7-10 years of experience acting as a Senior PM within Equity Finance, Prime Brokerage, Synthetics, or Equity Derivatives is highly desirable.
- Thorough understanding of modern project management techniques and frameworks (e.g., Agile, SCRUM).
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex concepts into clear summaries for diverse audiences.
- Proven ability to influence senior-level stakeholders and manage complex, multi-workstream programs toward a common goal.
- Ability to perform under pressure with a high degree of attention to detail.
- Strong presentation and reporting skills, capable of delivering insights to executive leadership.
For immediate consideration, interested and qualified candidates should send their resume to Jackson at [email protected].
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