Project Manager Head Office

We, Tradition, are a leading and international institutional brokerage group with a 65-year track record of trust, innovation and expertise. Our customers are the largest trading participants in financial and commodity-related markets, such as global and regional investment and commercial banks, hedge funds, energy trading companies and more. Altogether, around, 2,500 professionals work in our group which operates in more than 30 countries across the 3 time zones. We are passionate about building connections in a fast-paced environment within the markets.

At the core of our success lies a strong belief that our people define our business. Teamwork, creativity, reliability, and integrity have been fundamental values since our founding in 1959. We take pride in fostering a workplace that prioritizes leadership, career growth, and superior client service.

Join us and be part of a heritage-driven, innovation-powered environment, where your skills and ambitions can directly contribute to make an impact

Role Overview

As we continue to evolve our global data platform We are seeking a highly capable and structured Project Manager to join our Head Office and lead a portfolio of complex, interconnected data initiatives at the group level. This role is responsible for delivering projects across data platform architecture, data governance frameworks, and enterprise data management processes. The PM will coordinate with regional project managers, cross-functional teams, and stakeholders to ensure timely, consistent, and business-aligned execution.

Project Leadership

• Lead the Program Management for the global data platform and the planning, execution, and delivery of data related projects initiated by Head Office
• Ensure alignment with group data strategy and CIO office priorities
• Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders including Data, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Business teams
• Work closely with Senior management, preparing and delivering regular dashboards, status reports, and decision papers

Delivery Assurance

• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, define interdependencies
• Implement structured milestone tracking and reporting mechanisms
• Drive standardization and quality across projects while respecting local operational specificities
• Ensure appropriate risk management and escalation procedures
• Establish metrics and tracking mechanisms for platform benefits realization

Stakeholder Engagement

• Establish and maintain governance forums and working groups, and contribute to steering committee materials
• Facilitate collaboration between the holding company and subsidiaries
• Lead engagement with regional entities and ensure appropriate representation in governance
• Build effective relationships with C-level executives across the organization

Essential Experience and Skills

• Minimum 10 years of project/program management with at least 3 years in Senior Leadership role
• Demonstrated success in data-centric projects
• Experience working within matrix and/or decentralized organizational structures
• Strong organizational and executive communication skills — both verbal and written — with a track record of influencing senior stakeholders
• Proven ability to develop and present executive dashboards and reporting packs
• Familiarity with data governance and cataloging tools (e.g., Collibra, Alation), and cloud-based data platforms (e.g., Snowflake, Azure, Databricks)
• Strong interpersonal skills, cultural awareness, and ability to work across geographies and time zones

Experience

• 5 to 10 years of project/program management
• Proven track record in data-driven projects with a preference for Financial Market Data projects
• Experience in matrix and/or decentralized organization
• Proven ability to develop and present executive dashboards and reporting packs
• Strong interpersonal skills, and cross-cultural collaboration skills across 3 time zones
• Experience within financial services, ideally in brokerage, trading, or investment banking with preference in the OTC Industry
• Experience with data lakes/warehouse, metadata, data quality

Skills

• PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent certification required; Agile experience a plus
• Experience in both waterfall and agile delivery methodologies
• Strong decision-making and problem-solving abilities
• Ability to translate between technical and business languages
• Fluent in English; fluency in French is a plus
• Organization and communication skills within the team and with external stakeholders (Skilled at influencing without direct authority, politically astute, diplomatic)
• Comfort with ambiguity and complexity
• Results-oriented mindset with attention to detail

Education

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Technology, Finance, or a related discipline
• Training in program management methodologies