IT PM - (Commodities/ trading lifecycle and settlements)

Job Title: IT PM – (Commodities/ trading lifecycle and settlements)

Location: Manhattan , NY – 5 Days/Week onsite

FTE Role

US citizens and Green Card Holders and those authorized to work in the US are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor H1b candidates at this time

Job summary

• Looking for - an IT PM with experience in Commodities/Trading, someone who has worked with traders and understands the trading lifecycle and understands settlements. 15+ years of exp as IT PM,

Job Description:

• We are seeking a Project Manager with strong experience in commodity trading and financial services, ideally with middle- and back-office exposure. The role requires strong project management fundamentals, a pragmatic hands-on approach, and the ability to deliver end-to-end in a lean, fast-paced environment.
• The successful candidate will be able to mobilise quickly, bring structure and control, manage vendors and stakeholders with authority, and deliver projects from initiation through closure. They will also be comfortable recovering and re-baselining challenged projects and restoring confidence with senior stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end project delivery from initiation through closure, including scope, plan, schedule, budget, quality, risks, issues, dependencies, change control and benefits.
• Mobilise projects quickly by confirming outcomes and success measures, establishing governance and RACI, setting delivery cadence, and producing a realistic, credible plan.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across Trading, Operations, Risk, Finance, Business Change and all relevant IT disciplines.
• Manage delivery to plan, including resource coordination, dependency management, RAID management, budget tracking, and stakeholder communication through working groups and Steering Committees.
• Maintain a single source of truth for project status, with succinct, executive-ready reporting and a 'one team, one voice' approach.
• Surface risks and issues early, supported by options, facts and data-led recommendations, to create a no-surprises environment.
• Control project financials, including forecasting and tracking costs and benefits, managing change impacts, and keeping spend aligned to approved plan.
• Manage third-party vendors and delivery partners, including statements of work, acceptance criteria, milestone tracking, deliverables and change control.
• Recover and re-baseline projects where needed by conducting rapid health checks, focusing teams on critical path and dependencies, and executing credible recovery plans.
• Partner closely with the Business Change team, who will lead stakeholder mapping, communications, training, BAU handover and measured adoption.
• Lead delivery teams and ways of working by setting pace and standards, coaching contributors, and modelling pragmatic project management practice.

Experience:

• Significant IT project management experience, ideally 15+ years, with a strong track record in commodity trading and/or financial services environments.
• Good understanding of trade lifecycle processes, with strong exposure to middle- and back-office functions.
• Good understanding of core IT trading applications disciplines and sufficient technical awareness to work effectively across delivery teams.
• Experience leading complex projects in global environments involving stakeholders and resources across multiple locations.
• Experience managing external software vendors and delivery partners to firm outcomes in lean, hands-on environments.
• Evidence of successfully recovering challenged or distressed projects and restoring senior stakeholder confidence.
• Experience delivering projects in Agile environments and across geographically dispersed teams.
• Experience using Jira for project delivery and tracking.

Key competencies and skillset:

• Strong project management discipline across planning, scheduling, RAID, dependency management, financial control and change control.
• Autonomous and outcome-focused, comfortable working in ambiguity and applying best practice pragmatically rather than as box-ticking.
• Strong interpersonal and influencing skills, with the ability to manage demanding stakeholders across multiple locations and functions.
• Executive-ready communication skills, with concise written and verbal updates tailored to business, IT and senior leadership audiences.
• Confident designing and facilitating effective Steering Committees and working with senior stakeholders, including CIO, CRO, CFO and Heads of Function.
• Calm under pressure, highly organised, and able to adjust quickly while maintaining delivery control and momentum.
• Strong team player who builds alignment, reduces noise and works effectively across local and remote teams.
• Willing and able to be hands-on when required, including support for analysis, testing, UAT and other delivery activities where needed.
• Skilled user of Microsoft SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft Project and Microsoft Office tools, including Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• PRINCE2 or PMP qualification is an advantage, but not a prerequisite.

• A reasonable, good faith The anticipated base pay compensation range for this position is $120,000 to $210,000 per year as base

• Benefits: Full time employees are eligible For Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, and 401k match

  * The pay range listed above reflects the expected starting salary /Pay rate for this role. This range may be adjusted based on market conditions, location, and other relevant factors. The Company will determine the final starting salary/Pay rate in consultation with the selected candidate(s), in full compliance with applicable laws