Job Description
Job Description
Junior Program Manager
MUST be local to New York City. Hybrid Schedule at least 3 days onsite. 5-8yrs exp
Salary Range: $110k to $150k
No Sponsorship
To qualify for this role, you must have current experience working in a financial firm on banking transformation projects, have the ability to dive deeply into projects and have the personality to push back stakeholders to gather necessary information. Must be able to work independently, pro-actively, multi-task, be open to learning and building relationships. You must have cross-functional experience working on the programs covering majority of the functional areas at the firm (e.g. Finance, Compliance, Legal, IT, HR, FO, Data Management,etc).
You will be responsible for leading and managing the assigned large programs, within the determined timeline. You must be able to adapt to potential changes in program delivery, have critical thinking multitask, be highly structured and organized, and have attention to detail
Key Responsibilities:
- Drive execution of key initiatives through the full project life cycle from strategic project planning to delivery including development of target state business processes. Work across multiple functions and legal entities to structure and manage end-to-end project efforts through deep understanding of requirements, technologies, cross-functional impact, and business strategy
- Ensure target end state is delivered inclusive of required governance, business process redesign and appropriate controls
- Manage weekly status reporting (Steercos), understand and maintain program's RAID log, run daily and/or weekly working groups to support successful program delivery
- Provide appropriate information share and updates with senior management and other key stakeholders
Qualifications:
- Experience and track record of delivery of major cross functional initiatives at large and complex financial institutions. This includes how to structure initiatives, project planning, budgeting, and resource allocation
- Knowledge and experience of regulatory change management
- Strong business, analytical, quantitative, problem-solving and decision making skills
- Exceptional stakeholder management skills including experience at performing this across multiple functions, committees and areas
- Superior communication skills: both written and oral with technical and non-technical staff
- Solid knowledge and expertise in the use of project management methodologies and tools