Project Manager for Trade Lifecycle Modernization
Soros Fund Management · New York, United States · 2 wk ago
Information Technology$200k–$300k/yrFull-time
Major Responsibilities
- Lead the planning, execution, governance, and delivery of a firmwide trade lifecycle transformation program.
- Develop and maintain program roadmaps, milestones, budgets, resource plans, and success metrics.
- Establish program governance structures, steering committees, and executive reporting processes.
- Manage interdependencies across multiple workstreams, vendors, and technology initiatives.
- Identify and mitigate program risks, issues, and execution challenges.
Business Process Transformation
- Analyze and redesign end-to-end trade lifecycle processes across:
- Trade Capture and Order Management
- Trade Confirmation and Allocation
- Treasury and Cash Management
- Securities Financing and Prime Brokerage
- Settlements and Reconciliations
- Corporate Actions
- Fund Accounting
- Compliance Monitoring
- Drive process standardization, automation, and control enhancements.
- Develop future-state operating models aligned with business growth objectives.
Stakeholder Management
- Serve as a key liaison between business stakeholders and technology teams.
- Facilitate requirements gathering, process workshops, and solution design sessions.
- Build strong relationships with portfolio managers, traders, treasury professionals, operations teams, compliance officers, and senior executives.
- Communicate program progress, risks, and decisions to executive leadership.
Technology Delivery Oversight
- Partner with technology teams to implement and enhance OMS, EMS, treasury, middle-office, back-office, and compliance platforms.
- Coordinate system integrations, data migrations, testing activities, and production deployments.
- Ensure business requirements are translated into actionable technical deliverables.
- Oversee vendor relationships and third-party implementation partners.
Change Management
- Develop organizational change management strategies to support adoption of new processes and technologies.
- Coordinate training, communications, and stakeholder engagement activities.
- Monitor business readiness and post-implementation stabilization efforts.