Senior Project Manager

Role Description

We are actively seeking a talented and experienced Senior Project Manager to oversee the planning and implementation of a wide variety of projects. The Project Management Office (PMO) for TradeStation sits at the group level and manages projects for both the brokerage side (TradeStation Securities) and the technology side (TradeStation Technologies) plus subsidiary Group companies as required. The PMO is responsible for managing the corporate priority projects from conceptual planning through implementation and reporting on the health and progress to both the project stakeholders and our executive team.

What You’ll Be Doing:

• Effectively lead and direct multiple global projects to completion by leveraging best practice PMO methodology.
• Work with stakeholders to define project scope, goals, and objectives.
• Develop, monitor, and manage all timelines and make detailed reports on progress towards milestones and deliverables.
• Create and maintain the following project artifacts:
  • Project plans
  • Working group and Steering committee decks
  • Detailed Agendas and Minutes
  • Stakeholder matrix
  • RACI
  • RAID
  • Closure packets
• Coordinate personnel and oversee task estimation to ensure resource availability and allocation.
• Define and execute the project communication plan to ensure ongoing communication of the project status is timely and consistent.
• Identify problems, create solutions, and implement efficiency improvements.
• Proactively engage the Executive Stakeholders, Project Sponsor, PMO, and project team to ensure that project risks and issues are identified, documented, quantified, and communicated early.
• Provide the necessary information and/or recommendation option(s) in a timely manner to Project Sponsors on key issues that will require a decision to be rendered that will impact the project scope, quality, resources, deliverables, timeline, or costs.
• Review proposed modifications on project plans, including meeting with interested parties to approve and implement beneficial changes.
• Coordinate all project tasks with internal and external teams.
• Ensure that all projects follow standing financial service audit best practices.
• Leverage AI tools to accelerate project reporting, documentation, and risk analysis.

Qualifications

• Excellent Project Management skills.
• Experience in business, financial service, and IT.
• Excellent organizational and presentation skills.
• Great communication skills.
• Ability to build relationships across functions.
• Results driven with a “get things done” attitude.
• Comfortable holding people accountable for their deliverables.
• Constantly learning and improving skills.
• Capable of handling multiple projects and priorities with minimal oversight.
• Team oriented with a focus on continual improvement.
• AI-fluency using tools like Claude, ChatGPT, and Glean.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite of products.
• Familiar with software development tools such as JIRA.
• Sound understanding of Agile and Hybrid development processes.
• Demonstrated ability to provide exemplary leadership within an organization.

Requirements

• University undergraduate level education required in Accounting, Finance, Engineering, or another related field.
• 10+ years of experience in project management in the financial services industry or other related field.

Desired Qualifications

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification desired.
• Demonstrated use of LLMs (e.g., Claude, ChatGPT) integrated into project tracking and workflow tools.

Benefits

• Collaborative work environment.
• Competitive Salaries.
• Yearly bonus.
• Comprehensive benefits for you and your family starting Day 1.
• Unlimited Paid Time Off.
• Flexible working environment.
• TradeStation Account employee benefits, as well as full access to trading education materials.
• Pay Range (US) $150-165K.