Project Manager

IEX Group•New York, NY

10d•$170,000 - $190,000•Hybrid

About The Position

IEX is looking for a driven and experienced Project Manager to guide the development and deployment of mission-critical projects. You will create and execute processes to streamline workflows and minimize friction for the development team. You will track and stabilize critical projects, resolve roadblocks, and anticipate the team’s needs to enable IEX’s engineers to focus on the technical problems they are best equipped to solve. You will collaborate extensively with Engineering, Compliance, Operations, Marketing, Information Security and Executives to ensure that IEX’s highest-priority projects produce industry-transforming results. Your work will be varied based on IEX’s changing needs; at times, you will be enlisted to manage a complex project pipeline, coordinate engineering work and schedules, and contribute to internal and external inquiries as needed. This position requires a versatile combination of project management, process optimizations, and creating or maintaining documentation. In any capacity, you are above all else a leader who does whatever it takes to fix tough problems with order and integrity.

Requirements

5+ years’ experience in project management role, having broker-dealer, financial vendor, or experience working at an exchange is a plus
Agile project management experience
Experience with Atlassian toolset (such as JIRA, Confluence and Atlassian Roadmaps) preferred
Excellent communication, organization and problem-solving skills
Ability to multi-task various projects within targeted timelines
Understanding of regulatory requirements relating to data, information retention, and technology infrastructure management
Familiarity with Regulation NMS is a plus

Responsibilities

Communicate to the various levels of the organization around project status, risks, issues, actions, and dependencies. Ability to synthesize based on the audience is a must
Curate and maintain IEX’s roadmap and development life cycle, being the steward of the development life cycle framework and creating the structure to iteratively produce better outcomes
Capture and prioritize backlog of business goals and associated projects
Create and track schedules for a multitude of deliverables, funneling all data into the strategic roadmap
Run daily stand ups to capture project statuses, remove impediments and open bridges of communication
Promote adherence to strict compliance policies and software development procedures
Assisting with planning, budgeting and tracking expenditures to ensure projects remain within the approved financial limits
Work with other project managers to ensure smooth transitions between delivery teams