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Project Manager

Agency Job via JusRecruit

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Full time
Undisclosed

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager with strong Capital Markets domain expertise to lead strategic business and technology initiatives across Front Office, Middle Office, Risk, Finance, and Operations functions. The candidate will be responsible for managing end-to-end project delivery, stakeholder engagement, governance, and transformation programs within a global capital markets environment.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of Capital Markets projects from initiation through implementation.
  • Develop and manage project plans, timelines, budgets, milestones, and resource allocation.
  • Identify, track, and mitigate project risks, issues, assumptions, and dependencies.
  • Drive project governance, status reporting, and stakeholder communication.
  • Ensure successful delivery within agreed scope, timeline, budget, and quality standards.
  • Collaborate with business users, technology teams, operations, risk, and compliance stakeholders.
  • Facilitate requirements gathering, solution design workshops, and business process reviews.
  • Manage stakeholder expectations and provide regular updates to senior management.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams across multiple geographies.
  • Drive strategic change initiatives across trading, risk, operations, and post-trade functions.
  • Support business transformation, process optimization, and platform modernization programs.
  • Ensure alignment between business objectives and technology solutions.
  • Manage vendor and third-party engagements where applicable.

Required Skills & Experience

  • 1-3 years of experience in Project Management within Banking or Financial Services.
  • Strong domain knowledge of Capital Markets.
  • Proven experience delivering large-scale business and technology transformation projects.
  • Experience working with Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid delivery methodologies.
  • Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
  • Experience managing distributed global teams.

Capital Markets Domain Expertise

  • Strong understanding of: Equities, Fixed Income, Foreign Exchange (FX), Derivatives (ETD & OTC), Trade Lifecycle Management, Front-to-Back Office Processes, Trade Capture, Confirmation, Settlement, and Reconciliation, Market Risk and Counterparty Risk, Trading & Investment Banking Operations.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, Scrum Master or equivalent certification.
  • Experience with JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, and Power BI.
  • Experience working with global investment banks, capital markets firms, or financial institutions.
  • Knowledge of trading platforms, risk systems, and market data ecosystems.

Key Competencies

  • Project Planning & Execution
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Capital Markets Expertise
  • Risk & Issue Management
  • Problem Solving & Decision Making
  • Executive Communication
  • Leadership & Team Management
  • Change & Transformation Management

Ideal Candidate: A seasoned Project Manager with deep Capital Markets knowledge who can effectively bridge business and technology teams while delivering complex strategic initiatives in a fast-paced investment banking environment.