Programme Management / PMO SME, Aladdin

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About The Position

We are seeking an experienced Programme Management / PMO professional with strong knowledge and experience with Aladdin to establish, lead, and mature the Program Management Office (PMO) for complex financial services transformation initiatives in the United States, with a strong focus on BlackRock Aladdin implementations and platform transformation programs. This role is responsible for designing, implementing, and operating the Program PMO that serves as the governance and coordination layer across multiple interdependent workstreams. The successful candidate will establish governance frameworks, integrated planning, program controls, executive reporting, and stakeholder management processes to ensure successful delivery of strategic transformation initiatives. The ideal candidate is a hands-on practitioner who has successfully built PMO capabilities from the ground up while leading large-scale transformation programmes. This individual will serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, driving governance, delivery excellence, and cross-functional coordination across business, technology, operations, client, and vendor teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Information Technology, Engineering, Project Management, or a related discipline.
10+ years of progressive experience in Programme Management, PMO leadership, or enterprise transformation within the financial services industry.
Demonstrated knowledge and experience with the BlackRock Aladdin platform, including implementation, migration, enhancement, or transformation programmes.
Prior management consulting experience with a leading consulting firm or equivalent advisory experience supporting complex business and technology transformation initiatives.
Proven experience establishing, building, and maturing enterprise Programme Management Office (PMO) functions.
Experience leading large-scale, cross-functional transformation programmes involving multiple stakeholders, workstreams, and third-party vendors.
Strong expertise in integrated planning, programme governance, RAID management, executive reporting, financial management, and portfolio oversight.
Experience delivering programmes using Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP)
Program Management Professional (PgMP)
Portfolio Management Professional (PfMP)
PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)
PRINCE2 Practitioner
SAFe Agilist or equivalent Agile certification
Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt

Responsibilities

Establish and lead the Programme Management Office (PMO) for enterprise-scale transformation programmes.
Develop and implement programme governance frameworks, delivery methodologies, standards, templates, and operating procedures.
Build and maintain integrated programme plans, ensuring alignment across multiple business and technology workstreams.
Define governance structures, decision-making forums, escalation paths, and programme controls.
Drive PMO maturity through continuous improvement and adoption of industry best practices.
Own and maintain integrated programme schedules, milestones, and cross-workstream dependencies.
Lead executive steering committees, governance meetings, and programme management forums.
Manage RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, and Dependencies), ensuring proactive identification, escalation, and resolution.
Develop executive dashboards, KPI reporting, financial reporting, and programme health metrics.
Monitor programme performance and implement corrective actions to ensure successful delivery.
Provide Programme PMO leadership for BlackRock Aladdin implementation, migration, upgrade, and transformation programmes.
Coordinate delivery across business, technology, operations, client, system integrator, and third-party vendor teams.
Ensure governance, reporting, and programme controls are consistently applied throughout the transformation lifecycle.
Manage interfaces across workstreams to support integrated delivery and successful business outcomes.
Build trusted relationships with executive leadership and senior business stakeholders.
Present programme status, risks, financials, and strategic recommendations to executive audiences.
Facilitate collaboration across cross-functional teams and drive timely decision-making.
Influence stakeholders and delivery teams without direct authority.
Develop and maintain PMO standards, templates, tools, and reporting processes.
Mentor project managers and workstream leads on programme governance and delivery best practices.
Promote consistency, transparency, accountability, and delivery excellence across the programme.
Drive lessons learned and continuous improvement initiatives.