Project Manager - ETRM

Talan • Houston, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Talan is seeking a Project Manager to support a large-scale Energy Trading and Risk Management (ETRM) transformation program for a client in the energy sector. The role coordinates multiple Business and IT workstreams, maintains program governance, and helps teams manage dependencies, resolve blockers, and deliver key milestones. It requires strong project management skills and experience in energy trading environments.

The position is based in Houston and follows a hybrid arrangement requiring at least three onsite days per week. Talan offers sponsorship under specific treaty-based U.S. work visas, including TN and E-2 for eligible Canadian, Mexican, and French citizens; it does not support or transfer other visa types, including H-1B. This is a coordination and delivery role: deep ETRM product expertise is not required, but the successful candidate must understand the context well enough to coordinate specialists and drive progress.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or Quantitative Finance.
• Proven experience managing or coordinating large, complex transformation programs involving multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Experience supporting ETRM implementation, migration, or replacement programs.
• A good understanding of energy trading organizations and their front-to-back operating model.
• Ability to identify dependencies across business functions and technology teams and engage the relevant stakeholders.
• Strong planning, governance, and follow-up skills, with a proactive approach to managing actions and deadlines.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the credibility to engage Business, IT, and senior management stakeholders.
• Ability to influence stakeholders, encourage ownership, and mobilize teams around shared objectives.
• Strong written communication skills, including the ability to turn complex information into concise, structured executive materials.

Nice To Haves

• French language proficiency.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate workstreams across an ETRM implementation, migration, or replacement program, maintaining an end-to-end view of progress and dependencies.
• Connect stakeholders across Front Office, Middle Office, Market Risk, Credit Risk, Operations, Back Office, Finance/Accounting, and IT.
• Clarify ownership, responsibilities, and deadlines, ensuring teams have the inputs, decisions, and resources required to progress.
• Maintain program plans, milestones, governance processes, and risk, assumption, issue, and dependency (RAID) logs.
• Proactively follow up on actions and blockers, escalating issues and decisions when appropriate.
• Provide management with clear visibility into delivery progress, risks, dependencies, and required decisions.
• Prepare executive status updates, Steering Committee materials, meeting summaries, and decision logs.
• Build alignment across Business and IT teams and support changes in priorities, processes, and ways of working.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching.
• 15 days of paid vacation per year at hire, increasing to up to 27 days according to seniority; annual untaken vacation days are cashed out.
• 8 paid holidays, 5 sick days, and 2 personal days per year.
• Company health, dental, and vision insurance plans, plus FSA.
• Voluntary short-term disability (STD) and long-term disability (LTD).
• Commuter/transit benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level