Lead Project Manager

JD:

 

• Develop and maintain project plans using PPM and Jira.
• Manage scope, risks, and quality throughout the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).
• Coordinate stakeholders and ensure compliance with defined delivery processes.

• Prepare weekly status reports and assist in quarterly/annual resource planning.

   

• Track and oversee infrastructure implementation projects.

  Facilitate meetings, document minutes, and follow up on action items.

  Maintain Jira boards for backlog grooming and task updates.

  Engage in Scrum ceremonies and collaborate with Product Owners and Scrum Masters.

  Create and maintain documentation for workflows and processes

   

  Facilitate Scrum ceremonies and ensure adherence to Agile principles.

  Remove blockers and navigate relationships between Product Owners and stakeholders.

  Promote psychological safety, collaboration, and transparency within squads.

  Act as a change agent and champion risk management mindset.

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC? 

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are 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 creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve. 

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.

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 Lead Project Manager is focused on structuring and organizing projects that are complex with significant cross-functional collaboration requirements, setting milestones in conjunction with the Area Lead taking into consideration business time-to-market requirements and coordinating with each team that delivers to those outcomes to meet them. The candidate must be a self-starter, possess great written and verbal communication skills, and be able to engage both executive and technical audiences. They must demonstrate a positive and can-do attitude and be a team player. They must possess the ability to push for target dates, while being empathetic to challenges and obstacles and be the team's voice in raising and mitigating risks with the help of senior management. The candidate must be open to new and modern approaches to delivery, including agile Program Increment planning processes.

Your Primary Responsibilities:
 

• Support the iterative business planning process
• Successfully plan and track execution while maintaining profitable engagement with stakeholders. Work closely with all project stakeholder groups to coordinate the project milestones.
• Define, plan, document and review project scope
• Understand and translate cross-team dependencies into actionable plans
• Identify and secure resources required to execute the plan and monitor resource utilization by continuously analyzing staffing requirements and resource allocations.
• Ensure delivered products meet defined business requirements and are of high quality
• Proactively identify and manage risks. Plan for an effective risk mitigation
• Lead and define the change management process for projects
• Define and lead financial management for the project if necessary, with the ability to track project actuals against defined milestones
• Track projects against approved budgets and report on forecasts and variances
• Provide periodic progress report on project status and create a dashboard or required decks to keep sponsor and executives abreast of status and hold them accountable for facilitating mitigation of risks and resolution of escalated issues
• Inspire and lead through effective team management
• Resolve issues in a timely manner
• Work with multiple stakeholders to meet the desired objectives
• Build a communications strategy and execution plan for the project
• Aligns risk and control processes into day to day responsibilities to monitor and mitigate risk; escalates appropriately

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 6 years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:

• 5 years as a project manager with Infrastructure delivery project experience
• Demonstrated ability to manage delivery of 1 to 3 projects simultaneously through structure execution and routines
• Demonstrated ability to manage project accounting and artifacts including status, project plans, etc.
• Excellent project routine facilitation and skills
• Ability to execute a project with key critical business milestones, while supporting/enabling an agile delivery process

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.