Sr. Program Manager/Director

Hybrid - onsite in Midtown NYCLong term contract roleOpen to C2C and W2Job Summary:

• 5+ years of hands-on program leadership experience in a variety of different contexts (different team sizes, different organizations, different cultures, co-located vs. distributed, etc.),
• Project Management Professional (PMP) / PRINCE 2 certification is a plus.
• Waterfall/Agile methodologies and governance tools

• Lead the delivery of strategic cross divisional initiatives using Waterfall/Agile methodologies and governance tools that ensure implementations are delivered on time, on budget and are high quality •
• Partner alongside IT, Business and Operations project sponsors and bring stakeholders to the table to build complex solutions while balancing competing priorities
• Identify, report and escalate project risks to senior partners; oversee remediation of risks raised

• Identify and remove impediments at program level, leveraging stakeholders, sponsorship and other relationships to do so

• Work with product owners to build the strategic vision and forward looking roadmap and refine the backlog of demand

• Define quality assurance and testing approaches, provide coaching to the team on testing best practices and develop migration strategies for post testing
• Provide transparency and progress of projects, issues, timelines and budgets by running governance committees with senior GMD leadership and Program sponsors. Skills & Experience Requirements
• Bachelor's Degree

• Project management skills including project scope definition; project issues, challenges, risks definition; status reporting; User Acceptance Test execution
• A proven track record of scoping and driving delivery of projects. Has delivered results in a cross functional team setting, on time and to budget • Strong analytical and business analysis experience, including process analysis

• Extensive leadership experience demonstrated through empowerment, situational awareness, increasing transparency and conflict resolution on large program initiatives

• Must be hands-on, able and willing to work with teams while coaching them to reach efficient and effective performance levels
• Ability to engage with and influence stakeholders outside their direct control • Use facilitation skills to lead data gathering, analysis and design efforts
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with senior stakeholders

• Strategic thinker able to identify cross functional issues, provide innovative solutions, and communicate the implications of solutions across existing processes, systems and teams, (e.g. costs, risk, scope, etc.)

• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills • Risk management Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of products and processes related to the financial services industry, as is related experience in technology strategy or in a client service or business function and / or management consulting
• Core knowledge base of Global Markets