PROJECT MANAGER - FINTECH - NYC - Salary up to 200K depending on experience + Benefits

Adaptive Financial Consulting•New York, NY

8d•$160,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Adaptive is a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants, valuing differentiation through technology. Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage. Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs, and capital market service providers. With a global reach and offices in Barcelona, London, Manila, Montreal, and New York, we have a proven track record of delivering powerful, elegant, and intuitive trading technology solutions. We are seeking a Project Manager to join our NYC team to help build and shape a new, Adaptive-owned product suite that will be instrumental to the company's future product strategy. Our Project Managers are leaders who exemplify Adaptive’s culture and values, empowering teams with the autonomy needed for motivation and professional growth.

Requirements

Strategic thinker with great communication skills
Great relationship builder with team and clients
Problem-solver and team player
Experience with Agile delivery philosophy
Experience in identifying and documenting scope
Experience in building and maintaining delivery plans
Experience in providing accurate and timely updates on milestones and progress
Experience in managing and mitigating project risk
Experience in maintaining a product roadmap
Experience in coordinating with internal teams
Experience in overseeing production and maintenance of technical documentation and marketing materials
Experience in promoting a Servant Leader mindset
Experience in empowering team members
Experience in involving team members in decision making
Understanding of software concepts (real-time programming, high availability, TDD, BDD, acceptance criteria, visual design, backlog management, domain knowledge, DevOps)
Experience working with distributed teams
Experience in listening to team members regarding job satisfaction and aspirations
Experience in liaising with directors/HR
Experience in managing resourcing plans
Experience in forecasting resources
Experience in identifying team gaps and recruiting
Experience in providing regular project status reporting
Experience in managing stakeholder expectations
Experience in creating an audit trail of important decisions
Experience in defining and implementing communication plans
Experience in reporting project status on a weekly basis
Experience in escalating issues
Understanding of legal frameworks for engagements
Experience in ensuring contractual obligations are met
Experience in supporting delivery of target revenue and margin
Experience in controlling budget and actuals
Experience in forecasting revenue and costs
Experience in managing costs (resources, expenses, licenses, vendors)
Experience in managing expenses
Experience in identifying IP to be captured
Experience in agreeing on plans to capture and share IP

Nice To Haves

Experience with T&M or fixed price engagement models
Experience with variable team size, geographical spread, and engagement length

Responsibilities

Manage the project: Understand Agile delivery philosophy, tailor and manage processes based on team structure and circumstances, collaborate with clients and stakeholders to identify and document scope, build and maintain delivery plans, provide accurate and timely updates on milestones and progress, and actively manage and mitigate project risk.
Manage a product: Maintain a product roadmap, coordinate with Adaptive teams using the product, oversee production and maintenance of technical documentation and marketing materials, and share knowledge with the Adaptive Support team.
Manage a team: Promote a Servant Leader mindset, empower team members, involve them in decision-making, identify and drive resolution of problems affecting team harmony and performance, understand software concepts to discuss problems and orchestrate strategy with various talents (Developers, QA, UX, BA, DevOps, Support), and work with distributed teams.
Manage people: Listen to team members regarding job satisfaction and aspirations, liaise with directors/HR to report relevant information, and participate in the probation process for new staff.
Manage resourcing: Own or support the resourcing plan, review proposed resourcing models with Delivery leadership, maintain resource forecasts, identify team gaps, engage with delivery leadership to recruit new hires, and participate in hiring of PM peers.
Manage client & stakeholders: Provide regular project status reporting, use effective and transparent communication, actively manage stakeholder expectations, make assumptions explicit, create an audit trail of important decisions, and liaise with the Account Manager to define and implement the communication plan.
Report to Adaptive: Report project status on a weekly basis and escalate issues to the respective Engagement and/or Account Manager.
Commercial & Legal: Understand the legal framework for the engagement, ensure contractual obligations are met by both Adaptive and the client, and escalate issues where breaches of obligations occur or are at risk of occurring.
Finance: Own or support the delivery of target revenue and margin, control budget and actuals where necessary, forecast revenue and costs, manage costs (resources, expenses, licenses, vendors), and manage expenses in line with agreements.
Capturing and sharing knowledge: Identify IP to be captured for Adaptive, and liaise with CTO and head of Project Execution to agree on the plan to capture and share IP.