Program Manager - Capital Markets (FSI)

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Job Description

Contract Duration: 1 Year 

Sia Partners is seeking a high-performing Program Manager – Capital Markets Transformation to support complex regulatory and strategic transformation initiatives within the Financial Services practice. 

The role will work closely with business, functional, and technology stakeholders to drive large-scale change initiatives, ensure effective program execution, and deliver measurable business outcomes. 

This is a hybrid role, with a strong expectation of in-office collaboration. 

What You Will Do 

• Build and maintain strong relationships with business, functional, and technology stakeholders to drive successful delivery. 

• Lead cross-functional working groups, facilitate decision-making, resolve issues, and maintain momentum across complex transformation initiatives. 

• Develop and coordinate materials for senior leadership, steering committees, executive forums, and program governance meetings. 

• Support program-level status reporting, ensuring objectives, milestones, risks, and key decisions are clearly communicated. 

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, tracking deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and overall program progress. 

• Facilitate issue resolution and escalation while proactively managing program interdependencies and maintaining RAID logs. 

• Partner with third-party vendors, consultants, and external stakeholders as required to support program objectives. 

• Provide guidance and direction to junior team members, promoting continuous improvement, collaboration, and innovation. 

• Contribute to the execution of strategic and regulatory transformation initiatives across Capital Markets. 

Qualifications

Must Have 

• Undergraduate degree in Business, Finance, or a related discipline. 

• 7+ years of program management experience, with a demonstrated track record of leadership, problem-solving, stakeholder management, and delivery. 

• Experience leading or supporting large-scale regulatory programs. 

• Strong understanding of Capital Markets products, services, and processes. 

• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with senior business stakeholders, project/program managers, technology teams, and cross-functional partners. 

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at both working-team and executive levels. 

• Strong program governance and project management capabilities, including experience managing milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, and escalations. 

• Advanced proficiency with Excel, including pivot tables and lookups. 

• Strong PowerPoint skills, including executive-level storyboarding and presentations. 

• Experience using Visio or similar tools to develop process flows. 

• Comfortable working in ambiguous and complex environments with competing priorities. 

• Strong learning agility and a passion for continuous improvement. 

Nice to Have 

• PMP certification or another relevant project/program management designation. 

• Experience within consulting, financial services, or large enterprise transformation environments. 

• Experience managing complex initiatives involving multiple business, functional, and technology stakeholders. 

• Exposure to regulatory change, remediation, governance, or risk transformation programs. 

What You Can Expect at Sia Partners 

• Opportunities to work on complex, high-impact transformation initiatives across the Financial Services industry. 

• Exposure to challenging strategic and regulatory programs. 

• A collaborative, high-performing environment that supports professional growth and development. 

• Variety of assignments and opportunities to expand your consulting and transformation expertise. 

• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact through innovative solutions and trusted client advisory. 

What We Are Looking For 

We are looking for a Capital Markets generalist and transformation leader, rather than a specialist in one product or operational function. 

The successful candidate will be someone who can walk into a complex Capital Markets program, quickly understand the business context, bring structure to the problem, align senior stakeholders, manage change, and drive the program through execution. 

You do not need to be the deepest expert in settlements, derivatives, payments, trading, or another specific Capital Markets discipline. You do need to understand how Capital Markets businesses operate and be able to lead the people, change, and delivery required to transform them. 

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.  

We do not use artificial intelligence to screen or make decisions about candidates. Limited AI tools may be used for administrative or operational purposes in the recruitment process.

Sia is an equal opportunity employer. All aspects of employment, including hiring, promotion, remuneration, or discipline, are based solely on performance, competence, conduct, or business needs.