Associate Director Project Management

Jersey City, NJ, United States

Job Description

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and encouraging team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We're committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to crafting a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

Pay and 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).

The impact you will have in this role:

The Project Management role specializes in the management of significant technical projects (e.g., strategic organizational change, new business and product initiatives, process re-engineering, establishment of control procedures, etc.). Be responsible for all aspects of project lifecycle including project planning, goal setting, leading schedules, and coordinating sources to ensure projects are completed to specification, within the established timeframe, and budget.

Your Primary Responsibilities: Your responsibilities are not limited to weekly status reporting, participating in quarterly planning, assisting in annual resource demand planning, crafting, and leading assigned projects using both the DTCC Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) system and the Jira project management application, and understanding and following a defined software delivery process and associated controls.

Successful candidates will have significant experience in Risk Identification and Risk Management, Team member Coordination, Communication and Reporting. Regulatory reporting is an additional responsibility for applicable projects and applications.

Responsible for the execution of an individual project or multiple smaller projects

Lead cross-functional team to meet the success criteria for the project.

Actively manage and complete overall project delivery plans, which includes schedule, achievements, critical path and delivery expectations; Create, track, report and supervise project metrics.

Negotiate time, scope, resources with project sponsors and functional managers to ensure timely deliverable of each project.

Communicate information between project team and collaborators to ensure alignment.

Clearly track, report and communicate regular project status (including scope, schedule and budget) to project collaborators, management and established governance groups

Identify, document and manage project issues and risks; Mitigate, resolve or escalate appropriately when support is needed from management.

Track all projects against approved budgets and report on actuals, forecasts, and variances. Develop action to bring projects on or under budget unless a variance is approved.

Coordinate and update all project documentation; ensure reviews and signoff/approvals.

Handle project site and artifacts.

Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to supervise and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

Mitigates risk by following established procedures and supervising controls, spotting key errors and demonstrating strong ethical behavior.

**NOTE: The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

Talents Needed for Success: A minimum of seven (7) years in IT Project Management

Bachelors' Degree and/or equivalent years of experience

Shown experience forecasting on project effort and financials and tracking and reporting against budget.

Shown experience with project management tools such as HP PPM or MS Project.

Shown experience with project resource planning, budgeting & estimates.

Experience in resource and project management using HP PPM.

Experience using a Phased (waterfall) delivery approach, Kanban concepts and Agile Deliveries

Experience in Automating Processes

Experience working in the Financial Services or Financial Technologies (FinTech) space.

Experience with MS Project, PowerPoint, Visio, Teams, SharePoint, Excel Pivot Tables or Power BI

Nice to have skills: Accountability: Pays close attention to detail and accurately reports status of risk items.

Communications: Communicates with transparency to all levels of personnel

Self-Starter: Works independently with minimal direction

Fast Learner: Learns quickly in a fast-paced environment.

Works well as part of team. Self-motivated, tenacious learner

Curious and agile attitude

The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.