Project Manager / Transformation Lead

Technology Strategy Adoption & Enablement Manager

Brokerage is a leading global financial services firm providing a wide range of Investment Banking, Securities, Investment Management and Wealth Management services. We advise, originate, trade, manage and distribute capital for governments, institutions, and individuals. As a market leader, the talent and passion of our people is critical to our success. Together, we share a common set of values rooted in integrity, excellence, and strong team ethics. We provide you with a superior foundation for building a professional career where you can learn, achieve, and grow.

Technology is the key differentiator that ensures that we manage our global businesses and serve clients on a market-leading platform that is resilient, safe, efficient, smart, fast, and flexible. Technology redefines how we do business in global, complex, and dynamic financial markets. We have many award-winning technology platforms that propel our businesses into market-leading positions across our global footprint. We have a vibrant and diverse mix of technologists working on different technologies and functional domains. There is a large focus on innovation, inclusion, giving back to the community and sharing knowledge.

The Technology Strategy Core Team is a highly inter-connected set of functions that drives a pivotal program to transform the overarching technical framework, product delivery and developer enablement teams at Brokerage. The Firm's multi-year Technology Strategy focuses on more effective and innovative technology platforms to enable our business in serving the evolving client demands in a highly competitive industry. As the group expands and matures, we continue to add top talent, experienced professionals driven by the pursuit of excellence, looking for complex and challenging roles with impact, visibility, and unparalleled opportunities to work across Technology in multi-disciplinary collaboration with high performing teams.

Brokerage is executing on a multi-year Technology Strategy that simplifies and modernizes its Technology, Architecture, and Practices, while also enhancing the productivity of Technology staff in their delivery. The program is seeking a successful candidate to support the management of the Technology Strategy Adoption & Enablement function, with special focus on Culture, Change Management, and Communications (3C). The primary focus for this role is to provide oversight of the 3C team focused on accelerating adoption of new technologies, practices, and architectures. These teams partner closely with existing execution and delivery teams to enable faster transformation. The work includes stakeholder management, program management, event management, communications (verbal, written, and media-based) and program operations. We are looking for a candidate with extensive experience in managing multiple priorities at once, navigating through a fast-faced environment that is constantly evolving, and can be successful working in a high-visibility, highly scrutinized environment.

High-level responsibilities will include:

• Program Management
• Manage multiple 3C "pods" that partner closely with Technology delivery teams to accelerate adoption of their work.
• This includes building a transformation strategy, executing on the plan, and tracking and reporting metrics.
• Contribute to the 3C pods, hands-on, as needed.
• Communications, Event Management, Logistics, Coordination
• Strategize, plan, and execute on communications plans to support the Tech Strategy.
• Partner with other members of 3C to leverage Tech Strategy-owned initiatives to support culture change, as well as with other teams including Technology Communications, Technology Talent & Development, Corporate Services, IT, Multimedia, Legal, Corporate Security and Communications / Marketing.

Required Skills:

• Strong organizational skills, with demonstrable project management experience
• Well-developed stakeholder management skills at all levels of the organization, including working with technical subject matter experts (SMEs)
• Super-user in 0365 suite specifically PowerPoint, Excel, Teams
• Ability to manipulate and synthesize data, presenting analysis and insights to management
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills, able to produce high quality content
• A broad understanding of the technology function / division in driving the business
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a global organization
• The successful candidate will have 5+ years' experience, ideally in a large enterprise environment

Desired Skills:

• Adobe Analytics
• Jive
• Financial Services or Professional Services experience preferred
• Knowledge of Agile practices & / or Project Management certifications a plus
• Strategy, or Business Management profiles with technology groups could be strong candidates