Project Manager

Technology Services team is integral to maintaining the Firms overall technology mobile and desktop devices and core infrastructure to ensure reliable secure and efficient operations. Technology Services is a single global operation with representation in each of the Firms offices. Additionally we have shared service centers in Tampa and Manila supporting a wide range of technologies and addition to overseeing critical enterprise systems and providing world-class client service to our global user community we are committed to achieving a balance between new and innovative technologies while constantly ensuring data security and compliance with legal and regulatory standards resulting in realizing value from the latest developments in technology such as generative artificial intelligence and cloud computing models while safeguarding sensitive client information against cyber threats and other business interruption events. Technology Services plays a significant role in supporting the Firms systems and people.

Position Summary
The Project Manager is a senior-level member of the Technology PMO responsible for leading complex cross-functional technology initiatives from initiation through implementation and closure. The role manages projects supporting Technology and various business services functions projects including Finance AI Infrastructure enterprise applications system upgrades data initiatives and system migrations.

The Project Manager provides structured leadership across the full project lifecycle ensuring that project objectives scope schedules budgets resources risks and dependencies are effectively managed. This position works closely with business sponsors technology leaders technical teams vendors and other stakeholders to translate strategic priorities into executable project plans and measurable outcomes.

Duties and Accountabilities

The roles and responsibilities of this job include:

• Lead complex technology projects from initiation and planning through execution implementation transition and closure.
• Manage projects supporting business services functions and technology domains including Finance AI Infrastructure Enterprise systems Data platforms System upgrades and Data or Application migrations.

Project Management Responsibilities:

• Develop and maintain integrated project plans covering scope schedules resources budgets milestones deliverables and dependencies.
• Lead project initiation activities including development of project charters delivery approaches governance structures and stakeholder plans.
• Manage multiple workstreams and ensure dependencies between business technical vendor data security and operational activities are understood and coordinated.
• Facilitate project meetings steering committee discussions working sessions risk reviews and executive status updates.
• Establish delivery baselines and manage changes to project scope schedule resources and budget through appropriate change-control processes.
• Monitor project performance and take corrective action when delivery is at risk.
• Develop recovery plans for projects experiencing schedule resource financial or delivery challenges.
• Maintain accurate project documentation decisions action items risks issues and change records.
• Manage vendor deliverables contractual milestones statements of work invoices and performance expectations in partnership with Procurement and project sponsors.
• Coordinate testing implementation migration deployment and stabilization activities as applicable.
• Ensure business readiness communications training support and adoption requirements are incorporated into project plans.
• Apply Technology PMO standards methodologies templates reporting requirements and governance processes.
• Use Smartsheet to create and maintain project schedules dashboards reports risk and issue logs resource views and stakeholder communications.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of PMO delivery practices tools templates and project management standards.
• Provide guidance and delivery leadership to project team members and less-experienced project managers when appropriate.
• Clarify how the solution works what data it uses where the data flows how integrations are designed and what technical dependencies exist.
• Explain risks options trade-offs and recommendations in a way that supports informed decision-making.
• Partner with business sponsors and technology leaders to define project objectives scope success measures governance and delivery expectations.
• Translate business and technical requirements into structured project plans schedules milestones and workstreams.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams that may include application owners engineers architects information security data teams business analysts change management resources procurement legal and external vendors.
• Establish appropriate project governance decision-making processes escalation paths and stakeholder engagement models.
• Manage project budgets forecasts resource requirements vendor commitments and financial performance.
• Identify and manage risks issues assumptions dependencies and constraints that may affect project delivery.
• Facilitate timely decisions and escalate material concerns with clear recommendations and potential impacts.
• Ensure project deliverables align with business objectives technology standards security requirements operational expectations and applicable governance processes.
• Provide clear and timely reporting on project status accomplishments risks decisions financials and upcoming milestones.
• Support operational readiness implementation planning knowledge transfer adoption and transition to support teams.
• Ensure projects are formally closed with completed deliverables documented outcomes lessons learned and appropriate stakeholder acceptance.

Qualifications

The qualifications for this role are:

• Bachelors degree in Information Technology Business Administration Project Management or a related field preferred.
• PMP PRINCE2 Agile or equivalent project management certification strongly preferred.
• 7 years of experience managing technology projects including responsibility for complex cross-functional or enterprise-level initiatives.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects with multiple technical teams business stakeholders vendors budgets risks and dependencies.
• Experience working within a Technology PMO or structured project governance environment preferred.
• Experience delivering projects for professional services financial services legal services or another complex global organization is beneficial.

Essential Job Requirements

• Ability to understand complex technical information and communicate its business impact to non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong executive communication presentation negotiation facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to influence outcomes resolve conflict facilitate decisions and maintain accountability with direct authority.
• Strong judgement and the ability to identify delivery concerns evaluate alternatives and recommend practical solutions.
• Experience working with global and geographically distributed teams.
• Knowledge of Smartsheet including project plans reports dashboards automated workflows or other collaborative work management systems.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel Powerpoint Word Team and other project collaboration and reporting tools.
• Familiarity with Agile Waterfall and hybrid project delivery approaches.
• Strong organizational analytical problem-solving and written communication skills.

Salary Range

• New York and Washington D.C. salary range for this role is $133600 - $200400.

This role reports to

Senior Manager Portfolio Operations

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The above is only a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

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