Senior Project Manager

About the Business

Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we offer a multitude of solutions focused on helping businesses of all sizes drive higher revenue growth, maximize operational efficiencies, and improve customer experience. Our solutions help our customers solve difficult problems in the areas of Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Terrorist Financing, Identity Authentication & Verification, Fraud and Credit Risk mitigation and Customer Data Management.

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At Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions, our Professional Services team partners with clients to deliver innovative solutions that help organizations manage risk, ensure compliance, and achieve business objectives. We work collaboratively across Sales, Product, Support, and Client Services teams to deliver high-quality implementations and drive long-term customer success.

As part of a growing and evolving Project Management Office (PMO), our team is committed to delivery excellence, continuous improvement, accountability, and outstanding client experiences. We value collaboration, ownership, and proactive problem-solving to ensure successful outcomes for our clients and business partners.

The Project Manager is responsible for the end-to-end delivery of client programs and projects, ensuring successful execution within scope, timeline, budget, and quality expectations. Serving as the primary point of accountability, this role drives project planning, execution, stakeholder alignment, and risk management throughout the project lifecycle.

The ideal candidate is a proactive leader who excels at building relationships, navigating complexity, facilitating decision-making, and driving accountability across cross-functional teams. This role also contributes to the ongoing growth and maturity of the PMO by promoting delivery best practices and identifying opportunities to improve processes, tools, and outcomes.

• Build and maintain strong relationships with clients and internal stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.

• Facilitate clear, consistent, and outcome-focused communication across all project stakeholders.

• Gather, clarify, and validate business and technical requirements.

• Manage stakeholder expectations while ensuring alignment on project goals, scope, and deliverables.

• Establish trust through transparency, consistency, and accountability.

• Lead project delivery from initiation through completion, ensuring alignment to scope, schedule, budget, and business objectives.

• Develop, maintain, and manage integrated project plans across multiple work streams and stakeholders.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams to ensure effective execution and successful project outcomes.

• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, issues, dependencies, and decision bottlenecks.

• Monitor project performance and implement corrective actions as needed to maintain delivery commitments.

• Ensure project deliverables achieve intended business value and client outcomes.

• Apply established project management methodologies, tools, templates, and governance practices.

• Promote a culture of accountability, ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Identify opportunities to improve delivery processes, tools, and team effectiveness.

• Share lessons learned and best practices to support PMO maturity and operational excellence.

• Demonstrate strong leadership, professionalism, and decision-making throughout project delivery.

• Develop a strong working knowledge of Lexis Nexis Risk Solutions products and solutions.

• Use product knowledge to support client discussions, validate requirements, and ensure solution alignment.

• Partner with Product, Professional Services, Sales, and Support teams to drive successful project outcomes.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project/Program Management, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• 3-5 years of project management or program management experience.

• Experience with in Financial Crime Compliance, financial services, risk management, or related industries preferred.

• Experience supporting client-facing projects and implementations strongly preferred.

• Exposure to pre-sales and/or post-sales environments is a plus.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

• Ability to effectively present information to clients and senior stakeholders.

• Strong ability to translate technical concepts into business-focused language for both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Proven ability to build strong relationships with clients and internal partners.

• Demonstrated success influencing without…