Data Project Manager Principal Consultant

About the team:

Capital Markets is part of Capco’s DNA. The Capital Markets team delivers expert consulting skills and deep product and functional knowledge across all areas of the front office, operations, technology, risk, finance and compliance.  Our clients include the largest investment banks, global universal banks and capital markets divisions from regional banks across the country and around the globe. 

Our delivery expertise spans across launching new lines of business, coordinating high-impact regulatory response programs, leading complex integration projects and analyzing the dependencies in an application rationalization effort. We have a consistent track record in helping clients with significant cost reductions and ensuring our clients grow, change and compete.’

About the Job:

As a Data Project Manager, you’ll use your experience and skills to contribute to the quality and implementation of Capital Markets products for our customers.

What You’ll Get to Do:

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of a multi-phase data program focused on market data services and cloud marketplace application development.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including data engineers, architects, developers, and product owners, to define project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines.
• Manage stakeholder expectations by providing regular updates, progress reports, and risk assessments.
• Drive project governance, including the setup of reporting structures, KPI tracking, and adherence to compliance and regulatory requirements.
• Oversee budget, resource allocation, and timelines to ensure project deliverables are achieved within set parameters.
• Anticipate, identify, and mitigate project risks, adapting plans as needed to meet changing requirements and ensure project success.

What You’ll Bring with You:

• 8+ years in project or program management, with a strong focus on data-related initiatives, market data services, and cloud infrastructure.
• Proven experience in financial services or a relevant industry, with a deep understanding of market data services and marketplace applications.
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills
• Familiarity with market data infrastructure and architecture principles
• Experience in Cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud) and understanding of cloud-based marketplace applications
• Expertise in Agile, Scrum, and traditional project management methodologies. 
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills with a track record managing senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
• Preferred Certifications- PMP, Agile/Scrum, or equivalent project management.

Why Capco?

A career at Capco is a chance to help reshape the competitive landscape in financial services.  We launch new banks, transform existing ones, and help our clients navigate complex change.  As consultants, we work on the front-end business design all the way through to technology implementation.

We are the largest Financial Services focused consultancy in the world, serving everyone from global banks to emerging FinTechs, from strategy through digital transformation, design, business consulting, data and analytics, cyber, cloud, technology architecture, and engineering.

Capco is a young and growing firm. We maintain an entrepreneurial spirit and growth mindset and have minimal bureaucracy. We have no internal silos that get in the way of your career opportunities or ability to focus on our clients and make a difference to the business.  We offer the opportunity for everyone to learn rapidly, take on tough challenges, and get promoted quickly. We take pride in our creative, collaborative, diverse, and inclusive culture, where everyone can #BYAW.

We offer highly competitive benefits, including medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, tuition reimbursement, and a work culture focused on innovation and creation of lasting value for our clients and employees. 

Ready to take the Next Step 

If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.  This is an opportunity to make a difference and contribute to a highly successful company with a significant growth trajectory.