Investment Technology Senior Project Management

Ares Operations•New York, NY

About The Position

Ares is seeking a Vice-President to serve as Senior Project Manager for Investment Technology. This role is within the engineering team responsible for delivering Technology solutions across Credit, Real Estate, Real Assets, and Quant within Ares. The position acts as the central point of coordination across engineering, architecture, product, operations, vendors, and business stakeholders to ensure strategic initiatives are delivered on time, within scope, and with complete transparency. The successful candidate will have a proven track record of consistently delivering strategic initiatives with predictable execution, creating transparency for leadership, effectively managing complex dependencies, anticipating and mitigating risks before they impact delivery, and building trusted partnerships across technology and business teams.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Business, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
8+ years managing complex enterprise technology projects or programs.
Demonstrated success leading large, cross-functional initiatives in matrixed organizations.
Deep understanding of Agile delivery methodologies and project management best practices.
Exceptional organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with proactive risk management.
Experience presenting to senior executives and running steering committees.

Nice To Haves

Experience within asset management, financial services, or capital markets preferred.
Experience with Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or similar tools preferred.
Familiarity with Direct Lending, Fixed Income and Real Estate asset classes is preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead the end-to-end planning, execution, governance, and delivery of multiple concurrent technology initiatives.
Develop and maintain integrated project plans, roadmaps, milestones, budgets, and delivery schedules.
Drive accountability for commitments and proactively identify and resolve blockers.
Manage cross-team dependencies, resources, scope, and change to ensure coordinated execution.
Identify, assess, communicate, and mitigate risks, issues, assumptions, and constraints.
Facilitate governance forums and steering committees, driving timely decisions and clear escalation of issues.
Provide concise executive-level reporting on schedule, scope, budget, risks, dependencies, and delivery confidence.
Partner effectively with business, technology, and third-party stakeholders to maintain alignment on priorities and outcomes.
Champion Agile methodologies and promote Agile ceremonies to ensure effective backlog, sprint, and release planning, while applying hybrid delivery approaches where appropriate.
Promote continuous improvement through lessons learned and delivery metrics.