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Senior Project Manager

Neuberger Berman


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Monthly Salary: $ 185000 - 225000
Posted: 17 July 2026 (30+ days ago)
Application Deadline: 14 October 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Business Execution Partners is a centralized team of change agents partnering across regions business lines and functions to deliver high-impact initiatives. We are seeking a Senior Project Manager with a solution design focus who can partner well with senior and junior partners to deliver thoughtful strategic change. Depending on the initiative you will lead end-to-end execution lead discovery and requirements or own bothdriving solutions from problem definition through implementation and measurable outcomes.

Initiatives may include software builds vendor onboarding process improvement operating model and organizational change outsourcing and other cross-functional programs spanning operations legal and compliance risk sales and marketing.

Key Responsibilities:

Discovery analysis and solution definition

  • Lead discovery to define the problem statement objectives scope (in/out) stakeholders assumptions constraints dependencies and success metrics.
  • Elicit document and manage solution design alongside key subject matter experts industry forums and external consultants when appropriate.
  • Partner with business and technology teams to evaluate solution options (build/buy) assess impacts risks dependencies and operating model/process changes.
  • Define and execute quality and readiness activities including test strategy test scenarios UAT planning and coordination defect triage and go-live readiness.

Delivery leadership governance and execution (Project/Program Management)

  • Lead end-to-end delivery from initiation through implementation and benefits realization managing scope plan timeline resourcing dependencies risks/issues and outcomes (including budget where applicable).
  • Establish governance and operating cadence (status reporting steering committees decision logs RAID) driving timely escalation and resolution.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams and align business and technology work into an integrated delivery roadmap; manage interdependencies across workstreams.
  • Manage vendors when applicable including milestones deliverables and performance against commitments.
  • Drive adoption and change outcomes through communications training rollout planning and post-launch stabilization; measure adoption and results against baseline/targets.
  • Track and report benefits realization and lessons learned to continuously improve delivery outcomes.

Required Qualifications:

  • Bachelors Degree
  • 15 years of experience across project/program management and business analysis with meaningful depth in both disciplines.
  • Demonstrated success delivering complex cross-functional change initiatives end-to-end - with the ability to multi-task.
  • Strong stakeholder management and executive-level communication skills; ability to influence decisions and drive alignment.
  • Experience in asset management or financial services working in BAU functional teams as well as managing change.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience operating in hybrid delivery environments (Agile and Waterfall) adapting approach to initiative type and risk profile.
  • Strong analytical and process skills (process mapping requirements definition structured problem solving).
  • Process improvement background (Lean Six Sigma BPM).
  • PMP Agile or Scrum certifications.

Location: New York City; hybrid with a minimum of three days per week in office.

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Applicants must be authorized and have the right to work in the country where the role is located without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Compensation Details

The salary range for this role is $185000-$225000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and the range may be modified in the future. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in the job posting location. An employees pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location business sector performance shift travel requirements sales or revenue-based metrics market benchmarking data any collective bargaining agreements and business or organizational needs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission production or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

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