Brown Brothers Harriman · 1 day ago
Program Manager
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$130K/yr - $180K/yrBrown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a premier global financial services firm, known for premium service and specialist expertise. The Program Manager role oversees projects and programs through the complete project development life cycle, managing project planning, execution, and stakeholder communication to ensure successful project delivery.
BankingFinancial ServicesSecurity
Responsibilities
Drives execution of small, medium, and large inter-disciplinary projects and programs from requirements to production
Manages execution of the project plans, controls the project budgets, ensures the effective use of project resources and coordinates change (often high-risk processes and/or system changes) control activities
Facilitates trade off decisions between quality, costs, resources, scope and time to prioritize demand
Sets project priorities, provides overall direction and guidance to assigned project team and coordinates schedules and other related project activities
Negotiates the scope and approach, and acts as liaison between appropriate groups/individuals and vendors/contractors
Manage production support coverage and issue resolution acting as a point of escalation for critical production incidents
Manage Secure Coding vulnerability remediation program for distributed (java) based applications
Coordinate the strategic development, operational planning and implementation of a program(s) and their underlying projects
Assist product/discipline owners in the development of business cases and budgets, including ROI analysis
Ensure project scope and objectives align to the overall program strategy
Collect detailed individual work plans, schedules, project estimates, and resource plans to create an overall view of the program
Plan for risk and develop strategies for dealing with potential risks as well as covering them
Negotiate with project sponsors and other stakeholders to define project success criteria and disseminate them to involved parties throughout the project lifecycle
Organize project team and identify roles and responsibilities of each team member
Provide project and portfolio status reporting and analysis to senior leadership teams
Ensure that all participants understand the objectives of the project and work together toward a common goal
Drive execution of small, medium, and large projects from requirements to production
Effectively manage project team's time and allocate resources to ensure deliverables are completed
Identifies and manages project dependencies and overall critical path to ensure the project execution is carried out timely and within budget
Ensure that all project members adhere to strong project management and project execution standards and best practices throughout the project lifecycle
Facilitates stakeholder engagement
Communicates consistently with stakeholders to understand expectations and business strategy as well as to provide project status
Presents program updates to line of program/project oversight committees
Ensures all work and documentation adhere to appropriate department/service line/project and SDLC standards
May manage a team of project managers/business analysts
May act as a mentor to build and develop a strong team, as well as a growth and succession plans
Qualification
Required
Demonstrated understanding of project management principles, tools and techniques
Proficiency working with project management software (e.g. Jira, Confluence, Sharepoint, MS Project) to build and manage schedules, project financials and dashboard reporting
Experience in people management
Experience in risk management
Experience in change management
Demonstrated Influencing and leadership skills, including negotiation and conflict management
Demonstrated planning, organization, critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Customer-focused perspective, teamwork, negotiation, conflict management and adaptability
Effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
Demonstrated understanding in areas of application programming, database and system design
Demonstrated Decision-making skills, including delegation, teamwork
Demonstrated Communication and Presentation skills
Ability to learn, adapt, and apply new concepts and technologies
Experience prioritizing and executing tasks in a dynamic environment
Strong, effective interpersonal and negotiation skills and can communicate effectively with division executives, clients, and other external stakeholders
Strong multitasking skills actively managing and/or participating in multiple projects simultaneously
Preferred
Prior experience in Financial Institutions and/or Corporate Actions
Experience with managing development projects in mainframe and distributed (java) based applications
Experience with MS Office applications including Word, Excel, and Outlook
Benefits
Base salary
Discretionary bonuses
Profit-sharing
Long-term savings
Healthcare
Income protection
Professional development opportunities
Time off
Company
Brown Brothers Harriman
Brown Brothers Harriman is an American partnership bank that offers a range of international investment and banking services.
Founded in 1995
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (22)
2024 (16)
2023 (18)
2022 (23)
2021 (15)
2020 (10)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Dana Pasricha
Managing Director/ Head of Reference Data, Shared and Tax services at Brown Brothers Harriman
Douglas Maine
Senior Advisor
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