Program Manager

Key Responsibilities

• Project Management: Lead end-to-end delivery of regulatory projects, including audit findings, and control remediation efforts. Develop project charters, plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Regulatory Expertise: Manage projects that address requirements under major regulatory frameworks such as Dodd-Frank Act, Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX), or similar initiatives.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with cross-functional teams including compliance, risk, audit, legal, and IT to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify risks, issues, and dependencies. Develop mitigation strategies and escalation plans to address challenges effectively.
• Governance and Reporting: Develop and deliver regular status reports, project updates, and dashboards for senior leadership and stakeholders. Maintain documentation for audits and reviews.
• Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to enhance regulatory compliance processes, automate workflows, and improve project efficiency.
• Team Leadership: Provide direction to project team members, fostering collaboration, accountability, and a result-driven culture.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of related experience in managing technical and regulatory projects.
• 2 years focused on regulatory or compliance-related technology projects.
• Experience in financial services, or other regulated industries is highly desirable.
• Skills and Competencies
• Experience managing technology projects that includes regulatory and compliance frameworks e.g., SOX.
• Knowledge of control frameworks such as NIST, COBIT, or ISO 27001 is a plus.
• Proven ability to manage complex projects with multiple stakeholders and dependencies.
• Exceptional problem-solving, critical thinking, and decision-making skills.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and negotiation skills.
• Can work effectively with all organization levels and can tailor the communication when presenting project updates to executive management.
• Expertise in project management tools such as ADO, JIRA, or Microsoft Project.
• Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies.