Global Banking & Markets, Transformation Office, Associate - Dallas

Our core value is building strong relationships with our institutional clients, which include corporations, financial service providers, and fund managers. We help them buy and sell financial products on exchanges around the world, raise funding, and manage risk. This is a dynamic, entrepreneurial team with a passion for the markets, with individuals who thrive in fast-paced, changing environments and are energized by a bustling trading floor.

Global Banking & Markets:
Transformation Office

The Global Banking & Markets Transformation Office Team is seeking dedicated individuals who thrive in a collaborative and challenging environment to join our team. Global Transformation Managers serve as program or product managers on high priority initiatives within the Global Banking & Markets Division. You will work alongside other Transformation Managers, Product Managers, Sales, Strats, Engineers and Designers to ensure solutions are designed and implemented for the Global Banking & Markets (GBM) Division for true 'front to back' transformational initiatives.

You will leverage your technical expertise and project management skills to influence and drive the team to deliver these complex projects within budget and with a high quality.

HOW YOU WILL FULFILL YOUR POTENTIAL

• Work with Product, Design, and Engineering teams to develop, implement and deliver complex and strategic cross-divisional initiatives
• Leverage Agile methodologies and governance tools to provide transparency to senior stakeholders on project scope, timelines, budget and delivery risks
• Identify and manage project risks from inception to completion while proposing solutions and mitigants
• Perform complex analysis aimed at enhancing operational workflows
• Facilitate communication on key project matters (incl. reporting and escalations) across GBM teams, including Sales, Operations, Engineering, Legal, Compliance and Product
• Provide oversight over the project book of work, ensuring cross project dependencies, risks, and budget are aligned and proactively managed
• Facilitate the performance of quality assurance testing, migration plans and post implementation reviews, alongside Product

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum 4+ years' relevant experience, preferably in a business analysis / project / program management function
• Project management skills including project scope definition; governance; schedule; risks & issues; communication plan; status reporting;
  Testing execution
• A proven track record of scoping and driving delivery of projects. Has delivered results in a cross functional team setting, on time and to budget
• Familiarity with both Scrum & non-Scrum flavors of Agile (Kanban, Lean, etc.)
• Strong analytical and business analysis experience, including process analysis
• Use facilitation skills to lead data gathering, analysis and design efforts
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, written and oral; confident in interaction with senior stakeholders
• Strategic thinker able to identify cross functional issues, provide innovative solutions, and communicate the implications of solutions across existing processes, systems and teams, e.g. costs, risk, service

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of products and processes related to the financial services industry would be an advantage, as is related experience in technology strategy or in a client service or business function and / or management consulting
• Core knowledge base of Global Banking & Markets
• Demonstrate understanding of Financial Services & Operations processes and procedures
• Hands-on Agile program leadership experience
• Experience developing products using customer and design-centric practices
• Knowledge of automated testing tools and frameworks
• Experience on tools like JIRA and JIRA Portfolioor similar applications
• Knowledge of OKR frameworks and roadmaps, as well as other governance and project planning tooling

ABOUT GOLDMAN SACHS

At Goldman Sachs, we commit our people, capital and ideas to help our clients, shareholders and the communities we serve to grow. Founded in 1869, we are a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management…