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Senior Program Manager Private Markets Technology

Neuberger Berman


Job Location:

New York City, NY - USA

Yearly Salary: USD 200000 - 240000
Posted: 29 September 2026 (21 hours ago)
Application Deadline: 27 December 2026
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Neubergers Private Markets business is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead technology transformation across the platform spanning the investment/deal lifecycle the client lifecycle and the operating environments that keep the business running. This is a high-visibility role reporting into Private Markets Technology leadership with close regular partnership with the Office of the COO.

Operating at the intersection of technology operations and the investment business this role will translate strategic priorities into executable roadmaps establish rigorous governance and delivery discipline and orchestrate work across engineering teams external vendors and business stakeholders. Success in this role requires a combination of enterprise program management expertise financial and commercial acumen private markets domain fluency and the executive presence to influence and align senior stakeholders across the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end delivery of large cross-functional technology programs spanning data platform operating-model and application initiatives

  • Manage program scope schedule budget dependencies and risk across multiple concurrent workstreams

  • Establish governance structures (steering committees working groups) and run cadence for status decisions and escalation

  • Forecast resourcing needs and manage staffing across employees and contractors

  • Define and enforce program management standards tooling and reporting

  • Manage change control benefits realization and post-implementation reviews

  • Communicate status risks and trade-offs to Executive Steering committee audiences

  • Manage project managers in their day to day work

  • Build and manage program budgets (capex/opex) track spend against plan and manage vendor SOWs and commercials

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated delivery of complex multi-year platform or transformation programs at enterprise scale in Private Markets or Asset Management

  • 15 years leading large-scale technology and business transformation programs in asset management or financial services

  • Deep command of program/project management methodologies (Agile Waterfall hybrid) and tooling (Jira MS Project or equivalent)

  • Proven ability to lead through influence in a matrixed organization

  • Demonstrated fluency with AI tools and experience overseeing delivery of AI-enabled initiatives alongside traditional technology and process workstreams

  • Deep understanding of financial markets and financial industry workflows

  • Strong financial acumen and vendor/commercial management experience

  • Bachelors degree in business finance technology or a related field

Preferred Qualifications

  • PMP PRINCE2 or Agile (SAFe Scrum Master) certification

  • Private Markets experience

  • Domain exposure to relevant systems (fund accounting portfolio monitoring OMS/IBOR data platforms) is a strong plus

Location: New York City; hybrid with a minimum of two days per week in office.

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Applicants must be authorized and have the right to work in the country where the role is located without the need for current or future sponsorship.

Compensation Details

The salary range for this role is $200000-$240000. This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and the range may be modified in the future. This range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in the job posting location. An employees pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including but limited to relevant education qualifications certifications experience skills seniority geographic location business sector performance shift travel requirements sales or revenue-based metrics market benchmarking data any collective bargaining agreements and business or organizational needs. This job is also eligible for a discretionary bonus which along with base salary and retirement contributions is part of our total comprehensive package. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off medical/dental/vision insurance retirement life insurance and other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission production or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

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Required Experience:

Senior IC