Senior Project Manager

About Citco

Citco has been the market leader and premier provider in asset servicing since its incorporation in 1948, pioneering the evolution of the sector. This spirit of innovation continues to guide the company's expansion beyond industry boundaries, serving all alternatives, corporations, and private clients across diverse asset classes and geographies. Citco prioritizes performance, welcoming those who seek to excel at the vanguard of their space.

About The Team & Business Line

Fund Administration is Citco’s core business, offering one of the industry’s most respected alternative asset and accounting services. Continuous investment in learning and technology ensures employees are equipped to deliver seamless client experiences. We are looking for an energetic, motivated, and hands-on Senior Project Manager to join the IT PMO team at Citco. Your project portfolio will consist of both Interface Solutions and Market Data.

Interface Solutions (IS) develops and maintains batch and real-time interfaces for order entry, instrument creation, and pricing. We provide SWIFT connectivity, broker integration, and third-party vendor solutions through SFTP, APIs, and messaging protocols. Our hybrid cloud solutions utilize diverse technologies to deliver optimal client connectivity.

Market Data IT creates and maintains a centralized source for instrument and pricing data, partnering with premium vendors to ensure data quality. We deliver this information to downstream consumers through direct feeds, APIs, and SFTP, using ETL tools and hybrid cloud solutions to meet client timing requirements.

We are seeking a hands-on, energetic, motivated Senior Project Manager to actively manage and deliver critical projects across our Interface Solutions and Market Data platforms. This role requires direct day-to-day project leadership, strong technical understanding, and excellent stakeholder management skills.

Your Role

Project Delivery & Execution:

• Lead project planning, execution, and delivery of Interface Solutions and Market Data initiatives.
• Actively manage daily project activities, tasks, and resources.
• Run daily stand-ups, sprint planning, and project status meetings.
• Track and manage project dependencies, risks, and issues.
• Monitor project budgets and timelines.
• Identify and remove project roadblocks.
• Maintain comprehensive project documentation.
• Ensure quality delivery of project deliverables.

Stakeholder Management & Communication:

• Build and maintain relationships with development teams, business users, and vendors.
• Facilitate effective communication between technical and business teams.
• Create and maintain project status reports and dashboards.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and resolve conflicts.
• Escalate issues appropriately to senior management.
• Lead regular project status meetings and updates.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on project management experience with in-house application development and Agile/Scrum experience, preferably in a financial institution environment.
• PMP certification or equivalent (Agile certifications preferred).
• Strong understanding of capital markets and financial instruments.
• Experience with Interface solutions and Market Data systems.
• Expert knowledge of project management tools (JIRA, Confluence, MS Project).
• Practical experience with both Waterfall and Agile methodologies.

Technical Knowledge

• Working knowledge of financial market connectivity protocols (SWIFT, FIX, APIs).
• Understanding of Market Data systems and integration.
• Familiarity with hybrid cloud solutions.
• Knowledge of ETL processes and data management.
• Experience with JIRA administration and customization.

About You

Core Competencies:

• Strong hands-on project management skills.
• Excellence in day-to-day team leadership.
• Effective communication at all levels.
• Problem-solving and issue resolution abilities.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills & ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Team motivation and collaboration skills.

Additional Requirements:

• Financial services industry experience.
• Experience running Agile ceremonies and implementing best practices.
• Ability to manage multiple concurrent projects.
• Strong documentation and process improvement skills.

Our Benefits

Your well-being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. We provide a range of benefits, training and education support, and flexible working arrangements to help you achieve success in your career while balancing personal needs. Ask us about specific benefits in your location.

Key skills/competency

• Project Management
• Agile Methodology
• Scrum Framework
• Capital Markets
• Financial Instruments
• Interface Solutions
• Market Data Systems
• JIRA
• Confluence
• ETL Processes