Senior Project Manager – Prime Brokerage experience

Synechron•New York, NY

1d•$150,000 - $160,000

About The Position

Synechron is seeking a senior Program/Project Manager with hands-on Equity Prime Brokerage experience to lead global delivery. The role involves building a largely new client-facing platform and upgrading shared enterprise services, while reducing the load on internal teams from day one. The position works across technology, business, and operations stakeholders and coordinates delivery across multiple workstreams and teams. The successful candidate will oversee Prime Brokerage capabilities and related enterprise integrations, support technology assessment and platform decisions, manage vendor dependencies, establish program governance, and protect the go-live date through coordinated workstreams and early escalation of blockers. The role requires substantial capital markets technology and global program delivery experience, with direct Prime Brokerage or qualifying adjacent experience.

Requirements

12+ years in capital markets technology, including 8+ years managing large programs or projects globally.
Direct delivery experience in Cash and/or Synthetic Prime Brokerage at a global bank or major broker-dealer; experience in Securities Finance, securities lending, or equity swaps also counts.
Working knowledge of Prime Brokerage front-to-back flows, including trade capture, financing, margin, collateral, settlement, corporate actions, and client reporting.
Track record of leading greenfield builds or large platform modernizations through go-live.
Experience managing multiple delivery teams, including distributed and offshore models.
Ability to work with senior stakeholders and translate business priorities into delivery plans.
Hands-on experience with Agile and hybrid delivery, program governance, and financial tracking.

Nice To Haves

Experience launching or scaling a Prime Brokerage business, rather than only maintaining an existing one.
Experience with Prime Brokerage or Securities Finance vendor platforms, such as swap lifecycle, collateral, margin, or portfolio accounting systems (for example, SS&C Geneva).
Exposure to multi-entity, multi-jurisdiction setups across the US, Europe, Canada, or Asia.
Familiarity with relevant regulation, such as SEC Rule 15c3-3, Reg T, FINRA margin rules, and UMR.
Background in data, client reporting, or API-based integration programs.
PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or similar certification.

Responsibilities

Plan and run delivery across several workstreams and pods, owning scope, milestones, dependencies, risks, and budget.
Act as the client's day-to-day delivery counterpart, working with technology, business, and operations stakeholders.
Drive delivery across Prime Brokerage capabilities, including trade management and lifecycle processing, synthetic prime swap lifecycle management, risk, margin, exposure, collateral, corporate actions, and integrated client reporting.
Coordinate integration with treasury, liquidity, finance, product control, and operations.
Work with architects to embed modular design, integration frameworks, scalability, resilience, and multi-entity and multi-jurisdiction support.
Support current-state technology assessment, gap analysis, and build, buy, or modernize decisions.
Manage vendor and third-party dependencies, including product selection and onboarding.
Set up program governance, including status reporting, RAID logs, steering committee packs, and release planning.
Run parallel workstreams to protect the go-live date and escalate blockers early.

Benefits

Highly competitive compensation and benefits package.
Possibility to work abroad.
10 days of paid annual leave, plus sick leave and national holidays.
Maternity and paternity leave plans.
Comprehensive insurance plan including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and long- and short-term disability; plans vary by region.
Retirement savings plans.
Higher education certification policy.
Commuter benefits; availability varies by region.
Extensive training opportunities focused on skills, substantive knowledge, and personal development.
On-demand Udemy for Business access to more than 5,000 curated courses for all Synechron employees.
Coaching opportunities with experienced colleagues from Financial Innovation Labs and Center of Excellences groups.
Flexible workplace arrangements, mentoring, internal mobility, and learning and development programs.