Capital Markets Transformations Leader

JOB Details:

Job title: Capital Markets Transformations Leader

Duration: 12+ Months

Location: New York, NY (Hybrid – 3 days onsite)

What You Will Be Doing

• Lead Transformation/change projects within Capital Markets to address regulatory, audit, risk and control and / or risk management issues.
• Apply knowledge of Markets business and products (FICC and Equities) and/or regulatory capital to help steer and identify solutions.
• Ability to influence and build collaborative relationships across Global Markets front-to-back stakeholders, e.g., trading desk, finance, operations, technology, risk management.
• Engage senior stakeholders continuously by escalating and resolving issues as they arise.
• Manage internal and external dependencies across initiatives, including working closely with Risk Managers, Product Owners, Front Office, Product Control and Technology teams.
• Identify challenges and proactively seek to resolve or escalate risk and issues in a timely and well-articulated manner to the projects by engaging relevant stakeholders and PMs.
• Produce accurate and insightful project update materials and artifacts, tailoring to various forums and committees.
• Build strong relationships (especially with trading desks), adopting a joined up approach, to support the execution of programs.

Required Skills & Experience

• Bachelor’s/University degree.
• Extremely strong executional project management skills.
• Strong & proven track record in strategic project management and delivering complex solutions within the Markets/Trading Business.
• Significant background in Capital Markets Transformation programs.
• Significant experience in scoping, developing and prioritizing plans for strategic initiatives.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. Must be articulate and persuasive with the judgement and authority to provide insightful commentary to senior stakeholders. Expert level PowerPoint presentation skills.
• A solid understanding of mechanisms to track and communicate performance.
• Ability to drive change to business practices by working effectively across a global organization and understand different perspectives.
• Thought leadership in target state design through engaging stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated analytical skills with follow-up and problem solving capability.