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About the Role

Adaptive is a financial consulting firm seeking a Project Manager to join their NYC team. This role will be instrumental in building and shaping a new, Adaptive-owned product suite that is key to the company's future product strategy.

Responsibilities

• Ensure projects are executed as planned, on time, and on budget.
• Engage and inform stakeholders, ensuring their satisfaction.
• Provide teams with a clear understanding of project goals and their role, empowering them to deliver.
• Manage projects, understanding Agile delivery philosophy and tailoring processes to team structure and circumstances.
• Collaborate with clients and internal stakeholders to document scope and build delivery plans.
• Provide accurate and timely updates on milestones and progress.
• Actively manage and mitigate project risks.
• Maintain a product roadmap, balancing requirements from multiple stakeholders.
• Coordinate with Adaptive teams using the product.
• Oversee production and maintenance of technical documentation and marketing materials.
• Share knowledge with the Adaptive Support team.
• Promote a Servant Leader mindset, empowering team members and involving them in decision-making.
• Identify and drive the resolution of problems affecting team harmony and performance.
• Understand software concepts to discuss problems and orchestrate strategy with various talents (Developers, QA, UX, BA, DevOps, Support).
• Work with distributed teams across multiple global offices.
• Listen to team members regarding job satisfaction and aspirations.
• Liaise with directors/HR to report relevant information.
• Participate in the probation process for new staff.
• Own or support the resourcing plan for projects or programs.
• Review proposed resourcing models with Delivery leadership and maintain resource forecasts.
• Identify team gaps and engage with delivery leadership to recruit new hires.
• Participate in the hiring of PM peers.
• Provide regular project status reporting to stakeholders.
• Use effective and transparent communication.
• Actively manage stakeholder expectations, make assumptions explicit, and create an audit trail of decisions.
• Liaise with the Account Manager to define and implement the communication plan.
• Report project status on a weekly basis.
• Escalate issues to the respective Engagement and/or Account Manager.
• Understand the legal framework for engagements.
• Ensure Adaptive and client contractual obligations are met.
• Escalate issues where breaches of obligations occur or are at risk.
• Own or support the delivery of target revenue and margin.
• Control budget and actuals, and forecast revenue and costs.
• Manage costs including resources, expenses, licenses, and vendors.
• Manage expenses in line with agreements.
• Identify IP to be captured for Adaptive (code, process, functional knowledge).
• Liaise with CTO and head of Project Execution to agree on IP capture plans.

Requirements

• Strategic thinker with great communication skills.
• Great relationship builder with team and clients.
• Problem-solver and team player.
• Experience with Agile delivery philosophy.
• Experience managing projects, including scope documentation, delivery plans, and risk mitigation.
• Experience managing product roadmaps and coordinating with product users.
• Experience overseeing technical documentation and marketing materials.
• Experience promoting Servant Leadership and empowering teams.
• Experience resolving team performance issues.
• Understanding of software development concepts (real-time programming, high availability, TDD, BDD, acceptance criteria, visual design, backlog management, domain knowledge, DevOps, Support).
• Experience working with distributed teams.
• Experience in staff management, including listening to team members and liaising with HR.
• Experience in resourcing, including planning, forecasting, and recruitment.
• Experience in client and stakeholder management, including reporting and expectation management.
• Understanding of legal frameworks and contractual obligations.
• Experience in financial management, including revenue, margin, budget control, and cost management.
• Experience in capturing and sharing intellectual property.

Skills

• Project Management
• Agile Methodologies
• Stakeholder Management
• Product Roadmapping
• Risk Management
• Servant Leadership
• Team Management
• Client Relationship Management
• Financial Management
• Communication
• Problem-Solving
• Collaboration
• Technical Documentation
• Software Development Concepts
• Distributed Team Management

Location

• New York

Work Type

• Hybrid

Experience Level

• Mid-level
• Senior-level

Salary/Compensations

• $160,000 - $200,000 USD

Benefits

• Flexible hybrid working model
• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 23 days of vacation
• 11 public holidays
• Group disability insurance (short-term and long-term)
• 401K safe harbor plan with company match up to 5%
• Gym subsidy up to $50 per month
• Life insurance at 2x salary
• Commuter benefits
• Health Savings Account
• Flexible Spending Account

About the Company

• Adaptive is a financial consulting firm that partners with capital, commodity, and digital market participants.
• We value differentiation through technology.
• Our experienced teams design and deliver complex front-office technology solutions using our proven accelerators to create long-term competitive advantage.
• Our clients include the world’s leading investment banks, investment managers, fintechs and capital market service providers.
• We have a global reach with offices in Barcelona, London, Manila, Montreal and New York.
• We have a proven track record delivering powerful, elegant and intuitive trading technology solutions.
• We are immersed in high-standard engineering culture.
• Our teams take pride in crafting complex technical solutions and sharing knowledge.
• We are a growing company.
• Our teams feel free to speak up, make suggestions and raise concerns.
• We foster a collaborative team environment.
• We provide a positive, collaborative and inclusive culture.
• We positively impact our staff and local communities through well-being, diversity and inclusion programmes.

Equal Opportunity

• Diversity and inclusion are key to a great workplace, and Adaptive is better when it’s more representative of the world around us.
• We want everyone to feel comfortable bringing their whole selves to work without any fear of judgment or negativity.
• All we ask is that our colleagues are respectful, collaborative, passionate about what they do, and have the skills needed to be successful in their roles.
• Adaptive Financial Consulting Inc. makes use of E-Verify to validate someone's right to work in the US.
• The employment/engagement is subject to an acceptable background check that will be run by Adaptive.