Technical Project Manager Financial
New York City, NY - USA
Job Summary
Job Title: Technical Project Manager
Location: New York City NY
Industry: Financial Services / Banking / Capital Markets
Employment Type: Full-Time / Contract
We are seeking an experienced Technical Project Manager with a strong Financial Services background to lead and deliver enterprise technology initiatives. The ideal candidate will have expertise managing complex technical projects coordinating cross-functional teams and driving successful project execution within highly regulated financial environments.
Required Skills & Qualifications- 8 years of experience as a Technical Project Manager managing enterprise-level technology projects.
- 5 years of experience within Financial Services Banking Capital Markets Investment Banking Asset Management or FinTech environments.
- Strong experience managing full project lifecycle (initiation planning execution testing deployment and support).
- Proven expertise in Agile Scrum Waterfall and Hybrid project management methodologies.
- Experience working closely with software development infrastructure cloud QA security and business teams.
- Strong understanding of SDLC application development system integrations and technology delivery frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with project management tools such as JIRA Confluence Microsoft Project Azure DevOps or Smartsheet.
- Ability to manage project budgets resource planning timelines risks issues and stakeholder communications.
- Experience leading projects involving financial applications trading platforms risk systems payment systems or regulatory initiatives.
- Knowledge of financial industry regulations compliance requirements and governance processes.
- Strong analytical problem-solving organizational and communication skills.
- Experience presenting project updates and executive-level reporting to senior leadership.
- PMP Certification.
- Scrum Master (CSM) SAFe or Agile Certification.
- Experience with AWS Azure or GCP cloud platforms.
- Exposure to cybersecurity data governance data warehousing and digital transformation initiatives.
- Experience working in highly regulated financial institutions.
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Technology Finance Business Administration or a related field.
- Masters degree preferred.