Lead Project Manager

DTCC • Coppell, TX

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets, committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We foster a thriving internal community and are dedicated to creating a diverse workplace. The Information Technology group provides secure, reliable technology solutions, delivering high-quality information through development, infrastructure capabilities, and data standards. The Lead Project Manager will structure and organize complex projects requiring significant cross-functional collaboration, setting milestones with the Area Lead and coordinating with teams to meet business time-to-market requirements. This role requires a self-starter with strong written and verbal communication skills, capable of engaging both executive and technical audiences. The candidate must demonstrate a positive, team-player attitude, be able to push for target dates while being empathetic to challenges, and effectively raise and mitigate risks with senior management. Openness to modern delivery approaches, including agile Program Increment planning, is essential.

Requirements

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

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

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).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees