Job Description

Program Manager (Level II)

Location: Jersey City, NJ/Hybrid
Duration: 12 months

Description:
The role will be as a Hybrid Project Manager/Business Analyst working on the Operations Change and Transformation team within Global Markets. The key purpose of the Change & Transformation Project Manager is to partner with the business & support partners with responsibility for prioritising, sponsoring and implementing multiple and varied change initiatives driven by business, legal, regulatory, compliance or market requirements. The change portfolio includes a mix of strategic, discretionary and mandated initiatives. The discretionary items aim to improve the client experience, support revenue growth, reduce operating costs, improve processing efficiency/control and support the delivery of new products and services. Mandates are driven by legal, regulatory, compliance or market changes.

The extent of the Change & Transformation team involvement in projects depends on the ownership, nature, scale and complexity of each. For some projects the team manages the initiative from inception through to implementation of the solution. For others, the team is accountable for just part of the project life cycle, such as production of a business case and requirements or co-ordination of user acceptance testing. In delivering a project, the team works closely with the Global Markets Operations functions, as well as other stakeholders including the Front Office, Technology, Finance, Tax and Treasury

This role\'s primary focus is the project management focused on Transaction Reporting within Regulatory Change, with management of the Business Analysis tasks associated with project completion also a requirement.

There are multiple streams of work within the Operations Change Transaction Reporting Portfolio which include changes across each LOB to be compliant with various regulations such as MIFID II, EMIR, CFTC, SFTR amongst others. This role will also involve partnering with our Operations & Technology teams to define and build out solutions for the post implementation gaps including coordination of SIAIs, tail risk co-ordination and delivery.

Required Skills:
Significant experience working in project / change management
Previous global markets / regulatory projects background advantageous
Strong business partnering skills with individuals across the organisation
Desire to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
Business Analysis experience
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Ability to prioritise work and meet deadlines
Ability to work independently
Management of strict deadlines
Experience with DAIC and Agile methodologies

Desired Skills
As a Project Manager your qualifications will ideally include:
Educated to degree level
Project management experience in Financial Services, especially Investment Banking
Knowledge of structured project management methods such as PRINCE2 or Microsoft Solutions Framework.
Knowledge of structured business analysis (e.g. 6 Sigma) techniques.
Product Knowledge: global markets products
Knowledge of sales/trading and post trade processing

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