Project Manager
14 hours ago
New York
BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Project Manager role in New York, NY. Job Title: Associate Transformation Project Manager- Digital Services Location: New York, NY Duration: Contract - 6 months Anticipated Start Date: ASAP Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date. Job Type: [Fulltime] (40 HRS WEEKLY)], [CONTRACT], [ONSITE] Pay Range: $47/hr- $49/hr (W2) Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.). Job Title: Associate Transformation Project Manager- Digital Services Location: New York, NY Duration: Contract - 6 months Job Description: We are seeking an Associate Transformation Project Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in financial and operational transformation, governance, and cross-functional delivery, and a proven ability to turn strategy into measurable outcomes that improve efficiency, strengthen controls, and enhance client experience. Responsibilities: • Lead multiple transformation projects and workstreams from initiation through delivery., • Build and maintain project plans, timelines, milestones, and dependency tracking., • Run governance routines, including meeting cadences, materials, action tracking, and escalations., • Partner across operations, technology, trading and sales, data and analytics, finance, legal, compliance, and HR to align priorities and deliver outcomes., • Collect, analyze, and synthesize operational and financial data to inform recommendations., • Develop clear status reporting and communications for senior leadership., • Identify risks, issues, and blockers and drive timely resolution and decision-making., • Design, document, and improve operational processes and ways of working., • Support business case development, benefits tracking, and results measurement., • Contribute to change management planning to support adoption and sustained outcomes., • Use digital tools to enable scalable solutions, automation, and transparency. Required Skills & Qualifications: • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution preferred., • At least 5 years of transformation experience across financial and operations areas., • Project management and/or business analysis experience delivering end-to-end initiatives., • Demonstrated governance execution and senior stakeholder status reporting., • Strong written and verbal communication skills with executive-ready presentations., • Analytical skills with ability to interpret operational and financial data., • Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint., • Organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines., • Ability to collaborate across teams and influence outcomes without direct authority., • Proven issue identification, option evaluation, and solution delivery in changing environments., • PMP certification is a strong plus. Preferred Skills: • Experience with AI or modern digital tools for workflow and reporting., • Product management experience., • Regulatory experience, including reporting and controls in operations., • Experience delivering digitization, automation, or operational efficiency initiatives., • Process re-engineering and target operating model design., • Experience in markets or financial services operations., • Knowledge of fixed income, bond trading, FX, and/or credit derivatives. Job Description: • The Digital & Platform Services Market Operations Transformation team is responsible for the delivery of the Strategic End State Programs drive scale, mitigate risk and improve overall client experience., • The Market Operations Transformation team is seeking an Associate who will be part of the Transformation Strategy team responsible for aligning cross-functional projects, ensuring that they're fiscally and technically within reason and aligned to the business priorities. The candidate will be asked to lead governance routines, work streams and projects across Markets Operations. The role will require collaboration with various internal teams and business leaders alike, delivering Target State Solutions that are aligned with the strategy, cost optimization, regulatory reporting, and end state client experience., • As a Project Manager for Markets Operations Initiatives, you'll manage strategic and tactical projects, and provide analytical, reporting, communications, and change management support for Markets Operations senior management. Projects may include digitization/automation, operational efficiency, regulatory, control, business resiliency and/or people initiatives. Responsibilities: • Lead, manage, and drive execution of multiple projects across Markets Operations areas, • Activities supporting the governance infrastructure and protocols of the program, • Manage end-to-end delivery of projects/programs, partnering closely with teams across Operations, Technology, Sales & Trading, Data & Analytics, Legal & Compliance, Finance, Human Resources, and other corporate functions. This will include project planning and analysis, resource management, driving or overseeing project execution, and reporting of status to senior management, • Conduct data collection, data analysis, and synthesis to develop recommendations for management or to inform management decisions, • Leverage the latest digital tools and technologies to support development of scalable, leading-edge solutions, • Design and documentation of organizational and operational processes to support program execution, • Partner within the business and senior-level stakeholders to achieve stated goals, • Lead problem solving and data driven decision making inclusive of process design, re-engineering, and target state modeling Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution, • 3 - 5 years project management / business analysis experience, • Markets or other related financial services experience preferred; experience in an operations and knowledge of industry regulations is a plus, • Excellent written/verbal communication and presentations skills targeting various stakeholders and senior management, • Strong presentation skillset with effective story telling, • Intermediate/Advanced experience using Microsoft Office, including Excel, and PowerPoint, • Excellent analytical and logical thinking to understand and analyze complex business problems, • Strong data analysis skills, including analysis of operational, process, and financial data, • Strong organizational and prioritization skills, detail-oriented, and strong interpersonal and influencing skills, • End-to-end project management experience, including scoping, business case development, implementation, results measurement and change management, • Ability to analyze and resolve project-related issues and follow through with set objectives, • Experience with emerging technologies and the latest digital tools is a plus, • Experience working with geographically distributed and culturally diverse work-groups, • Ability to develop strong partnerships across lines of business to achieve goals, • Proven ability to achieve quality results in a high-pressure, rapidly changing environment requiring flexibility / adaptability to changeable directives., • Demonstrable experience in Fixed Income products and Credit Derivative products is desirable but not essential Benefits: BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k. About BCforward: Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward’s 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally. BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work. BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability. To learn more about how BCforward collects and uses personal information as part of the recruiting process, view our and . As part of the recruitment process, we may ask for you to disclose and provide us with various categories of personal information, including identifiers, professional information, commercial information, education information, and other related information. BCforward will only use this information to complete the recruitment process. This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.