Project Manager

At Moody's, we unite the brightest minds to turn today’s risks into tomorrow’s opportunities. We do this by striving to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels welcome to be who they are—with the freedom to exchange ideas, think innovatively, and listen to each other and customers in meaningful ways.

The Project Manager will play a pivotal role in supporting the execution of a wide range and breadth of projects and initiatives across the Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) group. This individual will be responsible for driving strategic projects, facilitating effective decision-making, and ensuring seamless execution of initiatives that align with the organization's objectives.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Lead cross-functional project teams to deliver complex projects on time and within budget.
- Collaborate closely with the Chief of Staff to prioritize project initiatives and align them with organizational goals.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project documentation, including project plans, schedules, and status reports.
- Act as a liaison between the CAO organization and other departments to ensure clear communication and stakeholder alignment.
- Implement best practices in project management and continuously seek opportunities to improve processes and outcomes.
- Support the planning and execution of various engagements by managing requests, such as the Town Hall for CAO, and the upkeep of planning and tracking materials and tools
- Coordinate and develop a wide range of materials for internal and external engagements, including customer meetings, operating meetings, board presentations and other ad hoc presentations
- Partner with other teams and the business to develop and maintain relationships by engaging stakeholders to establish credibility, solve problems, build consensus and achieve objectives.
- Provide well-crafted stakeholder and governance communications on time with accuracy and completeness.
- Provide mentorship and guidance to project team members, fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.
- Lead and manage multiple projects with multiple internal and external dependencies, complex or multiple scopes, a higher level of risk requiring mitigation plans

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Project Management, or a related field.
- A minimum of 5 years of experience in project management, preferably within a corporate setting.
- Proven track record of successfully managing large-scale projects from inception to completion.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and drive teams towards success.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and problem-solving abilities.
- Proficiency in project management software and tools.
- Fluency in English and Spanish is highly desirable.

**Key Competencies**:

- Excellent and purposefully demonstrated understanding of the Project Lifecycle and the inherent responsibilities as a PM utilizing an iterative development methodology. Ability to lead team sessions in scope, estimation, planning, scheduling, etc. lending deep knowledge to discussions because of past practical experience.
- Ability to organize complementary projects into programs and manage accordingly.
- Reputation as an “In Charge” and “Take Charge’ project manager with the experience in leading projects/program which are broad scope, interdependent, high risk, high impact, long implementation time frames, cross functional and of significant magnitude. Resources could be onsite or offshore.
- Excellent project financial skill sets.
- Excellent ability to create, analyze and present written, verbal, and presentation communication skills to various audiences.
- Commitment to leadership both and words and actions within the project and Organizational team. Proactively and continually identify and execute operational efficiencies. Excellent ‘change management ’skills, with the ability to create clarity where ambiguity exists.
- Excellent multi-Stakeholder management skills with strong negotiation competencies, providing positive interactions.
- Ability to set direction and delegate to project team, then follow up as necessary to ensure team meets project/program deliverables in relation to the project or departmental deliverables

Moody’s is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by law.