Lead Project Manager

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Job description

Are you ready to explore a world of possibilities?
Join our DTCC family, and you'll grow your expertise and become the best version of you. As you embark on a new journey, you'll be supported and surrounded by other professionals as you learn new skills, advance your career, and see the impact of your efforts every day.
Pay and Benefits:

Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
Retirement benefits
Paid Time Off and other leave of absence
Flexible/Hybrid Work Arrangements

Why you'll love this job:
Lead Project Manager will communicate with Program stakeholders on POC's, Prototypes in Research & Innovation Department. You will apply knowledge of technical trends and vendor practices in Program/Project Management to ensure successful delivery of the program. Develop processes and tools that encourage continuous performance improvements, support projects in DTCC.
As a Lead Project Manager, you will establish and maintain working relationship with technology management, business management, program sponsors, vendors, and business clients. Act as a communication channel between Engineering and Agile scrum masters for ongoing program management status and issues, managing communication channels, and risk escalation. Proactively identify and resolve issues that would present a risk to program/project implementation across geographies. Promote effective teamwork, educate peers or assigned subject matter expertise areas, and manage interpersonal issues.

Your Primary Responsibilities:

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 execute against overall project delivery plans, which includes schedule, milestones, critical path and delivery expectations; Create, track, report and monitor 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 stakeholders to ensure alignment
Clearly track, report and communicate regular project status (including scope, schedule and budget) to project stakeholders, 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
Manage project site and artifacts
Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

Talents Needed For Success:

Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience
Minimum of 5 years of related experience
PMP preferred
Excellent verbal and written communication
Managing technology infrastructure projects are a plus

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.