Project Manager

DriveWealth•New York, NY

14d•$175,000 - $200,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As a Project Manager, you'll play a pivotal role in driving objectives and deliverables across high-impact initiatives. Operating within a Scaled Agile environment, you'll manage complex dependencies, ensuring seamless execution from planning to end-user adoption. This role requires excellent communication skills, as well as close collaboration with engineers, product managers, program managers, and stakeholders to deliver holistic and scalable solutions.

Requirements

7+ years of project management experience, ideally in technical environments with multiple cross-functional development teams
Background in brokerage, asset management, or payments processing
Demonstrated success leading initiatives in fintech, trading, or brokerage verticals
Proven ability to manage dependencies and deliver high-impact releases in environments with multiple competing priorities
Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with experience influencing across technical and business teams
Bachelor’s degree in a technical field or equivalent practical experience

Nice To Haves

Experience in Digital Assets, Web3 or Blockchain projects
Experience working with APIs and embedded finance platforms
CSM or similar Agile certification a plus
Familiarity with money movement, transaction handling, or compliance workflows

Responsibilities

Lead and cross-functional company initiatives from strategy through execution and delivery, guiding multi-phase releases across engineering, product, compliance, and operations
Own the standard agile ceremonies for software development scrum teams including sprint planning, sprint reviews and retrospectives, backlog grooming, and standups
Define and track milestones, identify and manage technical and business dependencies, and ensure timely, high-quality deliverables
Drive GTM strategy and implementations, working across nontechnical group within organizations such as legal, sales, compliance, and operations
Develop clear goals and measurable outcomes while maintaining adaptability in a fast-paced, Scaled Agile environment
Facilitate cross-functional communication and decision-making, ensuring alignment on priorities and trade-offs across teams
Maintain project plans, RAID logs, and other artifacts to describe the statuses and risk on project deliverables
Direct requirements gathering and technical design sessions for the project team, including full-day onsite workshops
Collaborate closely with product and engineering leads to ensure technical feasibility and alignment with customer and business needs
Embrace AI-assisted tooling to improve project visualization and real-time reporting
Use data to evaluate progress, highlight risk, and communicate program health to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Leverage tools like Jira, Confluence, and G-Suite to manage workflows, reporting, and communication