Job Title : Program Manager - W2 only - We can provide sponsorship as well
Duration : Long Term
Location : Westlake, TX - Local consultant preferred
Interviews : 2-3 step interview process
Duties :
Driving discussions / conversations with stakeholders-making sure the individual has a good understanding of things
Must be able to communicate to our leaders how complex things are so they understand
Someone with a foundation of a project manager(business or system analyst skillset background)
NEED a Program manager that likes to get their hands dirty-this is a more technical role-need to be in the weeds-be able to drive discussion
Good experience with Jira
Key Responsibilities :
- Lead end-to-end program management for large-scale, multi-year modernization initiatives across Brokerage Recordkeeping Technology, with a focus on Strategic Alerting and notification platforms for both B2B, B2C and B2B2C clients and customers.
- Oversee project planning, execution, and delivery using Agile and hybrid methodologies tying to key measurable outputs that comprise business outcomes
- Manage cross-functional teams, including internal stakeholders, external vendors, and business partners.
- Serve as a liaison between business users (trading desks, operations, money movement, etc.) and technology teams
- Serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership, providing executive-level updates, roadmaps, and performance metrics.
- Drive alignment across organizations, ensuring prioritization and resource optimization.
- Partner with enterprise architects to ensure modernization efforts align with target-state architecture driving integration strategies across legacy and modern platforms, ensuring seamless data flow and service interoperability.
- Data Strategy & Governance : ensure compliance with interim and strategic data strategies through tight facilitation and collaboration between business SMEs, technology teams, and data governance councils.
- Establish and maintain governance frameworks, risk and dependency management protocols, and change control processes.
- Identify, track, and mitigate program risks and critical path dependencies.
- Regulatory & Compliance Alignment : Collaborate with legal, risk, and compliance teams to ensure modernization initiatives meet evolving regulatory requirements.
- Understand product landscape, capabilities and interaction points within the technology ecosystem, as well as the current and target-state architecture.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across program teams.
- Provide leadership and mentorship to project managers, analysts, enablement leads, and delivery leads.
Qualifications :
BA or BS degree10+ years of experience in the software development space, at least 5 as a project manager with extensive technical delivery experience with analysis, development, and QA Fidelity experience preferredCertifications (preferred but not mandatory) : PMP, PMI-ACP, or SAFe Program Consultant (SPC).Experience in the financial services industry with a solid understanding of brokerage preferredProven success managing enterprise-wide programs with complex interdependencies and stakeholder landscapes.Experience with cloud migration, digital transformation, and platform modernization initiatives.Strong experience with software development methodologies (agile and waterfall)Experience in leadership / influence and collaboration in a matrix-managed environment, and across multiple and diverse groupsDemonstrated ability to take initiative, drive decisions forward, and persist through ambiguity and obstacles.Proactive and confident communicator with a strong sense of ownership and follow-through.Must be able to communicate with various levels in and across the organization, from C-suite level to detailed developer to business SMEInfluencing skills beyond organizational boundaries are a must