Senior IT Project Manager – Risk & Regulatory Technology #3608078

Join a highly collaborative technology organization supporting complex risk, regulatory, and financial systems initiatives within the banking industry. This team partners closely with business users, technology teams, QA, subject matter experts, and senior leadership to deliver critical solutions tied to risk governance, regulatory reporting, data management, and enterprise technology modernization. The environment is fast-paced, cross-functional, and requires strong ownership, clear communication, and the ability to translate complex business and technical needs into actionable project outcomes.

Engagement: W2 only (no C2C/1099)

This is a hybrid opportunity based in Charlotte, NC, supporting high-visibility risk and regulatory technology initiatives. The role offers exposure to senior stakeholders, complex banking platforms, and enterprise-level transformation work across business and technology groups.

• Lead delivery of risk and regulatory technology initiatives by managing scope, timelines, dependencies, risks, issues, and stakeholder communications.
• Partner with business users to gather, analyze, document, and validate requirements for regulatory and risk-related systems.
• Coordinate across developers, QA teams, SMEs, business stakeholders, and senior management to ensure solutions meet business and regulatory objectives.
• Support UAT, training, rollout, change management, and post-production support activities.
• Conduct gap analysis, root cause analysis, current-state/future-state assessments, and business process reviews to define effective solutions.
• Translate complex financial, technical, and regulatory concepts into clear project documentation, functional requirements, and executive updates.
• Track project risks, open issues, action plans, and delivery milestones while ensuring accountability across workstreams.
• Support reporting, documentation, data management, and control-related initiatives within commercial and investment banking environments.

• 10+ years of professional experience within large financial institutions, preferably supporting risk, regulatory, or banking technology initiatives.
• Strong hands-on experience delivering regulatory initiatives such as CCAR, FRTB, or similar risk/regulatory programs.
• Solid understanding of credit risk, financial instruments, market data, trading systems, risk governance, regulatory reporting, and financial operations.
• Proven ability to gather requirements, create functional documentation, manage UAT, and support post-production activities.
• Experience working with cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, including developers, QA, SMEs, managers, and executives.
• Strong project management background using Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid delivery approaches.
• Proficiency with Jira, MS Project, Confluence, ServiceNow, Visio, Excel, or similar project management and collaboration tools.
• SQL proficiency required; Databricks experience is a plus.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, prioritization, multitasking, and follow-through skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• BA/BS degree required.