Project Manager (Banking/Investment/Trading exp required)

We’re ALTEN Technology USA, an engineering company that provides solutions for engineering, technology, and product development projects. For decades, we’ve been helping our clients develop products that are changing the world, whether that’s by shaping the future of space exploration, saving lives with medical devices that set a new standard of care, or creating the fully autonomous electric taxi of tomorrow. Our team of more than 600 people works across industries including aerospace, medical devices and life sciences, unmanned systems and robotics, automotive OEM and tier 1 suppliers, commercial vehicle, electric vehicles, rail, and more. Our offices across the US have different industry focuses and engage with our clients in different ways, ranging from working on-site at client facilities to performing product development at our delivery centers.

ALTEN Group, our parent company, has been a leader in engineering and information technology for more than 30 years. ALTEN Group operates in 30 countries across Europe, North America, Asia, Africa and the Middle East and employs more than 36,000 people, 88% of whom are engineers. The company covers the whole development cycle and offers a choice of service levels, from technology consulting to complete project outsourcing.

When you join ALTEN Technology USA, you join a group of people passionate about collaborating to solve some of the world’s most technical engineering challenges. Our success is tied to taking care of our employees by building relationships and providing opportunities for mentorship and career growth. We offer comprehensive benefits for all full-time employees, including medical, dental, and vision insurance; a 401(k) plan with employer matching; paid time off (PTO); paid parental leave; and mentorship to help you take your career to the next level. You don’t have to take our word for it that we are a great place to work—we were named on the 2023 Top Workplaces list thanks to feedback from our proud employees.

Key Responsibilities:

• Establish and lead project governance (operational committees for regular follow up and steering committees for top management reporting and strategic decisions)
• Follow up the implementation of the project with IT teams after budget allocation and business prioritization
• Define and follow SLA, KPIs and KRIs with different actors
• Maintain strong interaction and communication with all teams involved in order to remain aligned with the global framework, optimize processes and represent AMER interest in global projects and developments

Project & Delivery Methodologies

• Project Management Frameworks: Agile (Scrum/Kanban), Waterfall, or hybrid approaches.
• Tools: Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Trello, or equivalent.
• Release Planning: Coordinating with dev, QA, and operations for controlled releases.
• Change Management: ITIL change control processes in production-critical environments.

Technical Communication Skills

• Ability to translate business requirements into technical deliverables and vice versa.
• Document functional specifications, technical integration plans, and deployment checklists.
• Communicate effectively with traders, developers, quants, and infrastructure teams.

Risk & Quality Management

• Identify technology and operational risks in projects affecting front-to-back trade flow.
• Build contingency and rollback plans for high-impact changes.
• Conduct UAT planning and coordination for system upgrades or migrations.
• Ensure performance and load testing is included for latency-sensitive systems.

Interpersonal skills

• Strong analytical skills follow up capability and problem-solving ability
• Pragmatic, curious, dynamic, detail oriented and fast learning capacity so as to be able to and work in high-pressure environment and flexible enough to adapt to a changing environment
• Strong teamwork that should not impede autonomy on assigned topics
• Client focused, able to identify and anticipate client requirements
• Good written and verbal communication skills adapted to recipients (local IT vs global IT vs Business)