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Director - PMO, Change & DeliveryPosition Overview
Bullish is redefining the capital markets infrastructure by bridging traditional equity systems with blockchain-based tokenization. To drive this vision forward, we are seeking a Senior Technical Project Manager to bring the core business platform & services of a blue-chip, financial institution into Bullish’s advanced technical ecosystem. You will own the end-to-end delivery of complex, high-stakes engineering projects and large-scale data migrations into our modern architecture.
This is a highly unique and impactful opportunity. The work you do here will directly impact the future state of our combined business, and position Bullish as an enduring leader in the next chapter of capital markets infrastructure. If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you.
Responsibilities:
Technical Program Execution:
Design the roadmap and execution plan for the platform build out. Work closely with geo-distributed, cross-functional teams to transform architectural concepts into actionable, scheduled engineering backlogs.
Establish clear migration roadmaps, sequencing plans, and cutover strategies to migrate core business services from legacy environments without disrupting active financial operations.
Manage technical project scopes, delivery schedules, and resource allocations using modern Agile, Scrum, and Kanban frameworks.
Architecture Alignment & Data Strategy:
Drive complex data migration initiatives transferring high-volume PII, sensitive financial records, and historical transaction datasets from multiple legacy systems into Bullish’s secure, scalable infrastructure while ensuring zero loss of data integrity and adhering to local regulations.
Partner closely with Staff Engineers, Systems Architects, and Data Engineers to review data schemas, API contracts, ETL pipeline architectures, and cloud storage designs.
Work with Security teams to ensure all data migration workflows adhere to strict encryption, auditing, and access control requirements.
Identify technical debt, legacy dependencies, and architectural risks early, driving alignment on technical trade-offs and mitigation strategies.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
Act as the primary technical bridge between executive leadership, engineering, product, design, legal, compliance, and risk teams across both businesses.
Translate intricate regulatory requirements and technical risks into clear executive summaries and operational dashboards for senior leadership.
Maintain transparent project health metrics, dependencies trackers, and risk matrices.
Process Optimization & Governance
Work with Engineering Leads to drive continuous improvement across sprint planning, dependency mapping, and release management processes across multiple engineering tracks.
Define and track key quantitative delivery metrics (e.g., velocity, migration accuracy rates, system latency, burndown metrics).
Organize post-mortems and retrospectives to capture key insights and optimize repeatable integration frameworks for future business expansion.
Experience & Qualifications:
Experience: 6+ years of direct experience as a Technical Program/Project Manager leading software engineering, platform modernizations, or complex infrastructure integrations.
Domain Expertise: Proven experience delivering technical projects within regulated financial platforms & services (FinTech, capital markets, banking, or crypto/digital assets).
Data Migration Experience: Demonstrated hands-on leadership of large-scale data migrations involving regulated datasets across disparate systems; PII, financial transaction records, etc.
Technical Background: Knowledge in modern cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure), microservices architecture, distributed databases, APIs, and data security frameworks.
Methodologies: Agile development methodologies and enterprise tools (Jira, Confluence, Linear).
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Systems, or equivalent technical experience.
Preferred:
Prior experience navigating M&A integrations, technical consolidation or migration, or system deprecation efforts.
Industry certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, CSM, or AWS Certified Solutions Architect / Cloud Practitioner.
Familiarity with financial compliance frameworks (ITIL, SOC 2, GDPR, CCPA, AML/KYC systems, PCI-DSS).
Bullish US LLC & CoinDesk Inc. are committed to offering competitive compensation and benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $190,000 – $220,000 + discretionary annual target bonus + performance incentives/benefits. Offered salary will be reflective of job-related knowledge, skills, and commensurate experience.
Bullish is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are fast evolving and striving towards being a globally-diverse community. With integrity at our core, our success is driven by a talented team of individuals and the different perspectives they are encouraged to bring to work every day.
Skills Required
- 4+ years experience in project coordination, business analysis, or COO office/business management within financial services, fintech, or regulated industry.
- Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, fill gaps in requirements, and drive outcomes with minimal supervision.
- Strong business acumen and solid understanding of finance, operations, or trading workflows.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; ability to engage, influence, and present to senior stakeholders.
- Pragmatic problem-solver who is hands-on, resourceful, and comfortable in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools (e.g., Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Smartsheet, or equivalent).
- Support business analysis activities: map current-state processes, define to-be workflows, and translate business needs into clear specifications for technology teams.
- Willingness to work onsite in NYC four days per week.
- Intellectual curiosity and ambition; desire to learn how systems and platforms work under the hood.
- Prepare and maintain project artifacts including status reports, RAID logs, decision registers, and stakeholder communications for senior leadership.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Job postings disclose clear base pay bands and incentives for senior roles, and feedback suggests these ranges are competitive for the sector. This visibility signals clarity for leadership-level candidates evaluating offers.
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Healthcare Strength — U.S. operations provide health and vision insurance through a major carrier, indicating solid core medical coverage. Feedback suggests the medical offering aligns with market expectations.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — Perks such as free daily meals, UberEats allowances on in-office days, stocked fridges, catered lunches, rooftop events, and a home‑office stipend support everyday wellbeing. The company also emphasizes a flexible working environment and regular team activities.
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What We Do
Bullish is an institutionally focused global digital asset platform that provides market infrastructure and information services. Bullish services are regulated in the United States, European Union, United Kingdom, Hong Kong, and Gibraltar. These include: Bullish Exchange – a regulated and institutionally focused digital assets spot and derivatives exchange, integrating a high-performance central limit order book matching engine with automated market making to provide deep and predictable liquidity. CoinDesk Indices – a collection of tradable proprietary and single-asset benchmarks and indices that track the performance of digital assets for global institutions in the digital assets and traditional finance industries. CoinDesk Data - a broad suite of digital assets market data and analytics, providing real-time insights into prices, trends, and market dynamics. CoinDesk Insights – a digital asset media and events provider and operator of Coindesk.com, a digital media platform that covers news and insights about digital assets, the underlying markets, policy, and blockchain technology. For more information, please visit bullish.com and follow LinkedIn and X.
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