Project Manager
Job Title: Senior Project Manager
Location: New York City, NY
Onsite Requirements: Onsite 4 days/week
Compensation Range: $110-115/hr
Introduction
Our client, a large global consulting firm, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a complex, multi-year program for a Financial Services organization based in New York City. The program involves the design and delivery of a custom, internally developed enterprise platform supporting Compensation and Rewards.
The ideal candidate will have a strong track record managing large-scale programs for global, Fortune 500 organizations, with specific experience delivering custom-built enterprise platforms. This individual should be highly proactive and able to anticipate the needs of a complex platform development program, particularly within an Agile environment.
The Project Manager will serve as a key leader across the program, coordinating development activities, anticipating testing and future work requirements, managing stakeholders, and communicating the progress and value of the program to senior leadership. This role requires someone who is highly adaptable, creative, resourceful, and comfortable navigating complex environments where priorities and needs can change quickly.
In addition to traditional project and program management responsibilities, this individual will lead Change Management and Training activities.
The initial contract is 6 months, with the expectation of a long-term extension as part of a multi-year program.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
Location: New York City, NY
Onsite Requirements: Onsite 4 days/week
Compensation Range: $110-115/hr
Introduction
Our client, a large global consulting firm, is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a complex, multi-year program for a Financial Services organization based in New York City. The program involves the design and delivery of a custom, internally developed enterprise platform supporting Compensation and Rewards.
The ideal candidate will have a strong track record managing large-scale programs for global, Fortune 500 organizations, with specific experience delivering custom-built enterprise platforms. This individual should be highly proactive and able to anticipate the needs of a complex platform development program, particularly within an Agile environment.
The Project Manager will serve as a key leader across the program, coordinating development activities, anticipating testing and future work requirements, managing stakeholders, and communicating the progress and value of the program to senior leadership. This role requires someone who is highly adaptable, creative, resourceful, and comfortable navigating complex environments where priorities and needs can change quickly.
In addition to traditional project and program management responsibilities, this individual will lead Change Management and Training activities.
The initial contract is 6 months, with the expectation of a long-term extension as part of a multi-year program.
Day-to-Day Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of a complex, custom-built enterprise Compensation and Rewards platform for a global Financial Services organization.
- Manage program execution across multiple workstreams, stakeholders, and product development teams.
- Anticipate upcoming program needs and proactively develop plans to address testing, dependencies, resources, risks, and future phases of development.
- Coordinate Agile product development activities and manage delivery through Jira.
- Plan and coordinate testing activities associated with ongoing platform builds and releases.
- Develop plans for subsequent tranches of work and ensure teams are prepared for upcoming development cycles.
- Manage highly complex stakeholder environments and maintain alignment across business, technology, product, and consulting teams.
- Provide clear communication and executive-level narratives regarding program progress, challenges, accomplishments, and business value.
- Lead Change Management activities to support organizational adoption of the new platform.
- Develop and coordinate Training initiatives for impacted stakeholders and users.
- Identify and resolve roadblocks, dependencies, and resource challenges through proactive program management.
- Serve as the central coordinator across teams, driving accountability and keeping the program moving forward.
- Adapt quickly to changing priorities and use creative, resourceful approaches to solve execution challenges.
- Ensure program activities remain aligned with business objectives, timelines, and expected outcomes.
- 8+ years of Project Management experience.
- Proven experience delivering internally developed or custom enterprise platforms for large, global, Fortune 500-sized organizations.
- Experience managing highly complex stakeholder environments involving multiple business and technology groups.
- Experience with HR technology platforms or enterprise HR systems.
- Financial Services industry experience.
- Experience leading Change Management and Training initiatives.
- Experience working as a Project Manager within a large global consulting firm, such as a Big 4 firm or equivalent.
- Demonstrated ability to anticipate program needs and proactively plan within an Agile development environment.
- Experience coordinating testing, development cycles, dependencies, and subsequent tranches of work.
- Strong executive communication skills, including the ability to articulate program progress, business value, risks, and challenges.
- Ability to operate effectively in complex, fast-moving environments and creatively resolve execution challenges.
- Direct experience delivering a custom Compensation and Rewards platform.
- Experience with comparable platforms such as Oracle HCM, BEQOM, or SAP SuccessFactors.
- Experience leading large-scale, multi-year enterprise transformation programs.
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