Senior Project Manager – Transfer Agency

SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Senior Project Manager (Transfer Agency)

Location: Dublin

Get To Know Us:

SS&C is leading the way.  We continue to look for todays and tomorrow’s brightest talent, those that embody a spirit to improve not only their lives, but those around them. From college students to seasoned and experienced professionals, we encourage you to apply. SS&C prides itself on hiring diverse, honest, dynamic individuals, who value collaboration, accountability, and innovation to name a few. 

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Professional Development Reimbursement including access to SS&C University
• Work/Life Balance: Competitive holiday scheme
• Your Wellbeing: Competitive benefits designed to support the wellbeing of our staff
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customised throughout your career

What You Will Get To Do:

The Senior Project Manager position will be reporting into the Asset Portfolio Manager and will be responsible for the end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of projects within the EMEA Transfer Agency function.

There is a high focus on client facing engagement and relationship building right from the get go, as well as working closely with the broader stakeholder group across multiple locations to define priorities, scope and delivery approach. You will also be managing the intake of change requests, ensuring high-level estimates are delivered within agreed service levels.

Here are some of the Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and take ownership of a portfolio of client projects and change initiatives across EMEA.
• Develop realistic delivery plans that consider client and change team capacity, vendor readiness and operational support requirements.
• Define, agree and manage project scope based on sponsor, client and stakeholder requirements.
• Establish and manage project plans, milestones and delivery timelines. 
• Develop and maintain RACI matrices, ensuring stakeholder roles are clearly defined.
• Proactively identify, assess and manage project risks, issues, dependencies and mitigation actions.
• Produce clear and concise project status reporting for stakeholders, sponsors and senior executives.
• Use appropriate AI and technology tools to enhance the quality and efficiency of work output.
• Track, manage and report project budgets, including estimates versus actual expenditure.
• Coordinate training, testing and implementation activities, including runbooks.
• Prepare Model Office and Dress Rehearsal documentation and co-ordinate execution.
• Represent the Change function at relevant client service reviews and other client forums.
• Mentor and support other Project Managers, providing guidance and promoting consistent project-management standards.

What You Will Bring:

• 5 to 10 years' experience in project management or similar function within financial services.
• Strong experience in Transfer Agency and/or technology-led change would be advantageous.
• Demonstrable experience managing complex projects from initiation through to successful implementation.
• Strong client and stakeholder management skills, with experience working across multiple teams, functions and locations.
• Excellent presentation and facilitation skills, with a proven ability to negotiate, influence and support decision-making at senior and executive level.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to bring stakeholders with differing priorities and perspectives to an agreed outcome.
• Proven experience managing multiple initiatives simultaneously and adapting effectively.
• Experience leading programme/project meetings, governance forums and Steering Committees.
• Experience managing, tracking and reporting project budgets.
• Strong technology skills, including the effective use of AI tools to support project management.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.