The Role
At R3, our vision is a world where value moves freely, and business is done safely. Our mission is to enable an open, trusted, and enduring digital economy, and we're at the forefront of bridging the gap between TradFi (Traditional Finance) and DeFi (Decentralised Finance).
As part of our exciting journey, we are integrating our Corda Distributed Ledger Technology with the high-performance Solana blockchain to create seamless interoperability between private Corda networks and the Solana public blockchain. This project is a key part of our broader mission to empower enterprises, financial institutions, and decentralized applications with innovative solutions for the digital economy.
The Role
As Senior Project Manager, you will drive the planning and execution cycle for technical delivery in R3’s Digital Asset business. Reporting into our COO, you will work in partnership with our engineering, product management and QA leaders to drive successful delivery of our key software releases and programs to deliver against those plans.
You will set the rhythm for our business and work closely with our CPTO and the rest of the leadership team. You will put together annual plans, covering projected deliveries and planned hiring, and will ensure that is synchronized with the rest of R3 (Sales, Marketing. Professional Services etc).
The successful candidate will be a hands on Project Manager thriving in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment with competing priorities. You will need to anticipate future needs based on your experience, putting in place necessary processes without becoming overly rigid or attached to trends.
Responsibilities
- Execute the annual planning process: Cover product deliveries, spend, and hiring with a Drive quarterly planning: Develop detailed plans for the next quarter and ensure their execution.
- Monitor and adapt plans: Track progress against plans and make necessary adjustments to reflect actual deliveries, spend, and hiring.
- Report progress: Report regular progress against KPIs, communicate openly and honestly with the senior leaders on progress and any issues or concerns, as well as your plan to rectify.
- Lead project delivery: Take charge of delivering complex projects and software releases, from initial vision to completion, taking ownership for solving delivery challenges on the way. Actively participate in and drive engineering delivery tasks.
- Work in close partnership with their Engineering teams to drive coordinated releases, identify issues and blockers and identify and implement mitigations, escalating where needed to ensure senior leaders are aware of deviations and have an opportunity to make different priority calls (recommend solutions and provide alternatives).
- Apply industry best practices: Use appropriate project management techniques to balance formality and agility.
- Contribute to tactical planning: Support departments and groups in realizing their strategic objectives through effective project delivery.
- Influence project delivery maturity: Execute well-considered and researched proposals to enhance project delivery.
- Communicate effectively: Engage with executive and division heads, tailoring communication to the audience.
- Identify efficiency opportunities: Continuously seek and implement process improvements.
Required Skills & Behaviours
- Honesty and Integrity.
- Flexibility to recognise that sometimes decisions need to change to reflect market realities, broader strategic issues etc.
- Ability to think big and small - you should be comfortable defining a completely new experience or optimising an existing product.
- Collaborative mindset.
- Ability to persuasively engage senior leaders across the business to align them to successfully execute your product strategy.
- Confidence to take ownership and make clear, consistent decisions in the face of complexity and uncertainty, with the resolve to stick to them and bring everyone else on board.
- Excellent interpersonal, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical issues simply and convincingly to a wide range of audiences.
Required Experience
- 10+ years of relevant work experience in enterprise software or related software product companies.
- 10+ years of experience in Project and Program Management or related role.
- Knowledge of enterprise application development market and products with an appreciation of operational practices, business functionalities and competitive landscape.
- Experience and proven success in delivering software products to market in an agile software development environment.
- Knowledge of crypto industry/markets, financial markets and financial market infrastructure.
Similar Jobs
Get Personalized Job Insights.
Our AI-powered fit analysis compares your resume with a job listing so you know if your skills & experience align.
Success! Refresh the page to see how your skills align with this role.
The Company
What We Do
R3 is a leading provider of enterprise technology and services that enable direct, digital collaboration in regulated industries where trust is critical. Multi-party solutions developed on our platforms harness the "Power of 3"—R3's trust technology, connected networks and regulated markets expertise—to drive market innovation and improve processes in banking, capital markets, global trade and insurance.
As one of the first companies to deliver both a private, distributed ledger technology (DLT) application platform and confidential computing technology, R3 empowers institutions to realize the full potential of trusted direct collaboration. We maintain one of the largest DLT production ecosystems in the world connecting over 400 institutions, including global systems integrators, cloud providers, technology firms, software vendors, corporates, regulators, and financial institutions from the public and private sectors. For more information, visit www.r3.com or connect with us on Twitter or LinkedIn.
