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Director, Program Management – Brokerage Modernization

Westlake, TX

**Type:** Contract

**Category:** Program/Project Management

**Industry:** Financial Services

**Reference ID:** JN -122025-104709

**Date Posted:** 01/09/2026

**Shortcut:** http://careers.eliassen.com/a7lddb

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Description:

_Hybrid in Westlake, TX_

Our client is a leading financial services organization serving individuals and institutions through a broad set of investment and brokerage solutions. The company operates nationwide with major hubs across the United States and partners with global teams. It emphasizes stability, innovation, and client-centric service within personal investing, workplace investing, institutional services, asset management distribution, enterprise infrastructure, labs, corporate technology, and UX.

_We can facilitate w2 and corp-to-corp consultants. For our w2 consultants, we offer a great benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits, 401k with company matching, and life insurance._

Rate: $55.00 to $75.00/hr. w2

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities

+ Lead end-to-end program management for large-scale, multi-year modernization initiatives across brokerage recordkeeping technology with a focus on strategic alerting and notification platforms serving B2B, B2C, and B2B2C.

+ Oversee project planning, execution, and delivery using Agile and hybrid methodologies tied to measurable outputs and business outcomes.

+ Manage cross-functional teams including internal stakeholders, external vendors, and business partners.

+ Serve as a liaison between business users such as trading desks, operations, and money movement, and technology teams.

+ Advise senior leadership through executive updates, roadmaps, and performance metrics.

+ Drive alignment across organizations to support prioritization and resource optimization.

+ Partner with enterprise architects to align modernization with target-state architecture and integration strategies across legacy and modern platforms.

+ Ensure seamless data flow and service interoperability across platforms.

+ Facilitate data strategy and governance compliance in collaboration with business SMEs, technology teams, and data governance councils.

+ Establish and maintain governance frameworks, risk and dependency management, and change control processes.

+ Identify, track, and mitigate program risks and critical path dependencies.

+ Collaborate with legal, risk, and compliance teams to meet evolving regulatory requirements.

+ Understand product landscapes, capabilities, interaction points, and current and target-state architecture.

+ Foster collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across program teams.

+ Provide leadership and mentorship to project managers, analysts, enablement leads, and delivery leads.

Experience Requirements:

Experience Requirements

+ 10+ years in software development with at least 5 years as a project or program manager delivering across analysis, development, and QA.

+ Proven success leading enterprise-wide programs with complex interdependencies and stakeholders.

+ Experience with cloud migration, digital transformation, and platform modernization.

+ Strong background with Agile and waterfall methodologies.

+ Experience influencing and collaborating in matrix-managed environments and across diverse groups.

+ Demonstrated ability to take initiative, drive decisions, and navigate ambiguity.

+ Proactive and confident communication with strong ownership and follow-through.

+ Ability to communicate from C-suite to developers and business SMEs.

+ Influencing skills that extend beyond organizational boundaries.

+ Financial services experience with understanding of brokerage preferred.

+ Prior experience with the organization’s environment preferred.

+ Certifications such as PMP, PMI-ACP, or SAFe Program Consultant preferred.

Education Requirements:

Education Requirements

+ BA or BS degree.

+ PMP certification preferred.

+ PMI-ACP certification preferred.

+ SAFe Program Consultant (SPC) certification preferred.

_Recruitment Transparency Notice_

_Eliassen Group values transparency in our recruitment practices. Please be advised that Eliassen Group utilizes artificial intelligence (AI) tools as part of its initial application screening process. You may receive email and SMS notifications from the Eliassen Virtual Recruiting Team (_** **[email protected]_** **_, 781-808-2924) inviting you to complete a brief voice screening as part of your application process. These tools assist our hiring teams in different ways, including but not limited to, assistance in reviewing application materials to help identify candidates whose qualifications most closely match the requirements of the position. All AI-assisted evaluations and responses are reviewed by human recruiters before any hiring decisions are made. The use of AI in our process is intended to support fairness, efficiency, and consistency, and Eliassen Group takes measures to prevent bias or discrimination in connection with its hiring practices. By proceeding, you acknowledge, agree, and consent to Eliassen Group’s use of these tools, including AI tools, as part of the application and hiring process._

_Skills, experience, and other compensable factors will be considered when determining pay rate. The pay range provided in this posting reflects a W2 hourly rate; other employment options may be available that may result in pay outside of the provided range._

_W2 employees of Eliassen Group who are regularly scheduled to work 30 or more hours per week are eligible for the following benefits: medical (choice of 3 plans), dental, vision, pre-tax accounts, other voluntary benefits including life and disability insurance, 401(k) with match, and sick time if required by law in the worked-in state/locality._

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_About Eliassen Group:_

_Eliassen Group is a leading strategic consulting company for human-powered solutions. For over 30 years, Eliassen has helped thousands of companies reach further and achieve more with their technology solutions, financial, risk & compliance, and advisory solutions, and clinical solutions. With offices from coast to coast and throughout Europe, Eliassen provides a local community presence, balanced with international reach. Eliassen Group strives to positively impact the lives of their employees, clients, consultants, and the communities in which they operate._

_Eliassen Group is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status._

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