IT Project Manager - Capital Markets Domain

Overview

Job Title: IT Project Manager - Capital Markets Domain
Location: Prabhadevi, Mumbai
Experience: 8-14 years
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role: We're hiring a Product Project Manager to lead the execution of high-impact products in the capital markets domain, including back office, front office, mobile, thick client, and web platforms. You will manage cross-functional teams, align product releases with business timelines, and ensure high-quality, timely delivery across environments.

Key Responsibilities:
Project Execution & Delivery:
- Drive end-to-end delivery of trading and broking applications.
- Plan and manage capacity, effort estimates, and Gantt-based delivery timelines.
- Coordinate with product owners and engineering teams to align timelines with business goals.
- Handle priority changes, manage dependencies, and re-sequence deliverables when needed.

Agile Execution & Tracking:
- Lead agile ceremonies: sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retros.
- Track sprint progress using burndown/burnup charts, velocity, and custom JIRA dashboards.
- Maintain delivery health with transparent tracking of epics, stories, bugs, and technical debt.

Multi-Environment Oversight:
- Ensure visibility and coordination across Dev, UAT, and Prod environments.
- Work with QA, DevOps, and Infra teams to manage deployments and environment readiness.

Incident & Metrics Reporting:
- Track operational metrics like MTTF, MTTR, ageing, and post-release incidents.
- Coordinate RCA processes and report resolution trends to stakeholders.

Project Governance & Documentation:
- Maintain key artifacts: Project Plan, Risk Register, Decision Log, Change Log.
- Proactively identify and mitigate risks.
- Implement structured communication plans for daily team updates, weekly stakeholder briefs, and monthly leadership decks.

Skills & Qualifications:
- 8-14 years of total experience, with 4+ years in capital markets or stock broking domain.
- Solid understanding of front office trading systems, RMS/OMS, and back office workflows.
- Hands-on with JIRA, Confluence, and tools like MS Project or ClickUp.
- Strong grasp of Agile/Scrum, project tracking, stakeholder alignment, and delivery governance. - Excellent communication and escalation handling skills.

Reports To: Head of Digital Applications / CTO