Senior Project Manager, Credit Ratings, Business Operations

The Team
Morningstar DBRS’ Program Management team leads strategic initiatives that enable the efficiency and effectiveness of the Credit Group and aligns projects with the group’s overarching business goals and OKRs. Project managers on this team interact across many Morningstar DBRS functions, including Product, Data, Technology, Analytical, Legal, Compliance, and Business Development teams, among others.

The Role

We are hiring a Senior Project Manager who is highly collaborative, detail-oriented and self-directed. In this role, you will manage critical, cross-functional projects in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background coordinating globally distributed teams on complex projects. Proven experience owning, planning, and driving projects to completion is essential, as well as the ability to thrive in a dynamic, fast-moving setting.

Job Responsibilities

• Create and oversee project timelines, tasks, responsibilities, and deliverables, working with global teams on implementation.

• Partner with external and internal project stakeholders to define and document project scope and technical requirements when needed.

• Communicate regular project status updates across all stakeholder groups.

• Identify, monitor, and mitigate project risks.

• Analyze key metrics impacting project progress and/or project team performance and work with the business to resolve issues and remove impediments.

• Cultivate a culture of team collaboration grounded in open and honest communication.

• Drive continuous process improvement through feedback loops, coaching, retrospectives, and individual development to help the team achieve optimal performance.

• Partner with groups across the Credit Group and throughout Morningstar.

Qualifications and requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent.

• Minimum 5+ years of project management experience; PMP or equivalent certification is strongly preferred.

• Hands-on experience with project management platforms such as Asana; knowledge of Jira is a plus.

• Ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently; preferably in software development or business operations.

• Proven success facilitating global team collaboration and influencing decision-making across senior leadership in a fast-paced, ambiguous environment.

• Strong communication, active listening, analytical problem-solving, and time-management skills, with the ability to foster healthy debate and provide constructive coaching and feedback.

• Extensive finance background is not required, but a genuine interest in learning the business is.

Bonus Target:

We expect the compensation and target bonus for this role to fall within the stated range. The specific compensation offered will depend on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and other job-related factors.

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.