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. You will be working on banking transformation projects and must have the ability to dive deeply into projects to identify problems 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 will be responsible for leading and managing the assigned large programs, following the PMO guidelines within the determined timeline.

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, understand and maintain program’s RAID log, run daily and/or weekly working groups to support successful program delivery
• Coordinate all activities and dependencies of UAT to ensure successful acceptance by the business owners including defect management and reporting in JIRA
• 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