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Lead Project Manager
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
6+ years expDTCC is at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets, committed to helping employees grow and succeed. The Lead Project Manager is responsible for structuring and organizing complex projects, coordinating cross-functional teams, and managing risks to ensure successful project delivery.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Develop and maintain project plans using PPM and Jira
Manage scope, risks, and quality throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC)
Coordinate stakeholders and ensure compliance with defined delivery processes
Prepare weekly status reports and assist in quarterly/annual resource planning
Track and oversee infrastructure implementation projects
Facilitate meetings, document minutes, and follow up on action items
Maintain Jira boards for backlog grooming and task updates
Engage in Scrum ceremonies and collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters
Create and maintain documentation for workflows and processes
Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and ensure adherence to Agile principles
Remove blockers and navigate relationships between Product Owners and stakeholders
Promote psychological safety, collaboration, and transparency within squads
Act as a change agent and champion risk management mindset
Support the iterative business planning process
Successfully plan and track execution while maintaining profitable engagement with stakeholders. Work closely with all project stakeholder groups to coordinate the project milestones
Define, plan, document and review project scope
Understand and translate cross-team dependencies into actionable plans
Identify and secure resources required to execute the plan and monitor resource utilization by continuously analyzing staffing requirements and resource allocations
Ensure delivered products meet defined business requirements and are of high quality
Proactively identify and manage risks. Plan for an effective risk mitigation
Lead and define the change management process for projects
Define and lead financial management for the project if necessary, with the ability to track project actuals against defined milestones
Track projects against approved budgets and report on forecasts and variances
Provide periodic progress report on project status and create a dashboard or required decks to keep sponsor and executives abreast of status and hold them accountable for facilitating mitigation of risks and resolution of escalated issues
Inspire and lead through effective team management
Resolve issues in a timely manner
Work with multiple stakeholders to meet the desired objectives
Build a communications strategy and execution plan for the project
Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 6 years of related experience
Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
5+ years as a project manager with Infrastructure delivery project experience
Demonstrated ability to manage delivery of 1 to 3 projects simultaneously through structure execution and routines
Demonstrated ability to manage project accounting and artifacts including status, project plans, etc
Excellent project routine facilitation and skills
Ability to execute a project with key critical business milestones, while supporting/enabling an agile delivery process
Benefits
Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
Pension / Retirement benefits
Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).
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