Contract Senior IT Project Manager for Market Risk Technology

MUST be local to New York City, Hybrid Schedule at least 3 days onsite

We are seeking two highly skilled and experienced Senior IT Project Managers to join the Risk technology PMO team for managing Market Risk projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple Major Projects in Market Risk Technology and manage Risk Stakeholders
• Manage planning, tracking open issues, documentation, and status updates for the ongoing projects.
• Ensure projects are delivered on time and communicate any delays to stakeholders.
• Gather estimates for new initiatives, manage project scope and timelines.
• Collaborate with other project managers to ensure that any dependencies are tracked and any blockers are resolved.
• Ensure that business requirements are translated into detailed functional and technical specifications.
• Act as a bridge between technical and non-technical teams, ensuring clear communication and understanding of project progress, design decisions, and Agile practices
• Work closely with Technology Leads and development teams to design solutions that meet business needs
• Track Development tasks and ensure product is thoroughly tested prior to Go-Live.
• For Agile Projects, serve as the Scrum Master for one or more agile teams, ensuring agile practices are followed and understood.
• Work with project sponsors on the Product Roadmap and prioritize new requests
• Generate and publish Weekly Status reports to all stakeholders and Monthly reports for Senior Management

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of experience as a Sr. PM in IT with 5 years in Market Risk, Capital Markets or Financial services
• Highly Preferred: Hands on Knowledge of concepts and processes of Market Risk
• Experience in Credit Risk or Liquidity Risk domains will be considered but such candidates will have lower priority.
• Excellent Stakeholder management
• Strong Knowledge of Financial Instruments, Derivatives
• Hands on experience with data analysis
• Excellent communication and presentation skills

Posted On: Wednesday, July 16, 2025