Technical Program Manager - Post Trade
About The Position
Millennium is seeking a senior individual contributor to serve as the operating partner to the Head of Trade Platform Engineering. The Technical Program Manager will bring structure, transparency, and execution discipline to a portfolio of mission-critical post-trade technology initiatives. The role translates strategic priorities into an executable portfolio, coordinates delivery across engineering and business teams, manages dependencies and risks, and represents the organization with stakeholders. It helps the Head of Trade Platform Engineering maintain a clear view of commitments, make informed trade-offs, and ensure important work progresses to completion. The position combines rigorous program management with business judgment, process-development skills, and technical fluency sufficient to engage credibly with engineering leaders. Its primary focus is program execution, operating rhythm, and stakeholder alignment rather than detailed requirements writing or solution architecture. Millennium is a global, diversified alternative investment firm founded in 1989. Its Information Technology organization supports the firm’s active, multi-manager business model through flexible, scalable technology and proprietary systems. The Trade Platform Engineering team supports the technology environment underpinning post-trade processes and works closely with partners across the firm. The estimated base salary range for this position is $175,000 to $250,000, specific to New York City and subject to change. Total compensation includes base salary, a discretionary performance bonus, and comprehensive benefits. Offer decisions consider an individual’s experience and qualifications.
Requirements
- Proven ability to plan and deliver complex technology programs across multiple teams and functions.
- Strong execution discipline, organization, and attention to detail, with a track record of driving actions and commitments to closure.
- Experience in financial services, fintech, trading technology, post-trade, operations, or another complex and highly controlled environment.
- Familiarity with trade processing, reconciliation, allocations, reporting, controls, data quality, settlement, or related operational workflows.
- Excellent stakeholder-management and communication skills, including the ability to influence without direct authority and communicate difficult news early.
- Strong prioritization and judgment, including the ability to frame trade-offs, recommend decisions, and escalate issues at the appropriate time.
- Experience managing dependencies across technology and the business, delivery risks, competing priorities, and executive-level communication.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain an integrated portfolio of post-trade technology programs and projects, including objectives, milestones, owners, dependencies, risks, and delivery commitments.
- Establish consistent practices for intake, prioritization, planning, status reporting, risk management, and closure across multiple teams and workstreams.
- Coordinate complex initiatives across engineering, operations, risk, compliance, front-office technology, and other partner organizations.
- Serve as the operating partner to the Head of Trade Platform Engineering, maintaining visibility into upcoming commitments, delivery pressure points, unresolved decisions, and stakeholder concerns.
- Prepare concise, decision-ready leadership updates and recommendations, including options, trade-offs, risks, and required actions.
- Create operating rhythms for portfolio reviews, dependency management, delivery updates, and follow-through on decisions and commitments.
- Act as a trusted point of contact for stakeholders seeking clarity on priorities, delivery status, risks, timelines, and ownership.
- Facilitate cross-functional meetings that produce clear decisions, actionable commitments, and timely follow-up.
- Build alignment across competing priorities and communicate changes in scope, sequencing, timing, or risk before they become surprises.
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits
- Discretionary performance bonus
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
