Project Manager

Required Skills & Experience

- Experience in a Project Governance role or PMO.

- Undergraduate/post-graduate degree.

- Self-motivated, adaptable, self-discipline

- able to work in the absence of direct supervision.

-5+ years of experience within project management

- Financial services and technology experience.

- Experience managing multiple commitments/projects/project work streams simultaneously.

- Resilience and ability to (for short periods) extend beyond role definition to organize work and teams then reverting back to role parameters

- Demonstrated experience in polished written and verbal communications and presentations to multi-level executives

- High emotional intelligence

- Thoroughly well organized and used to organizing order in changeable, sometimes chaotic environments.

- Solid project budget management.

- Proficiency in managing significant burden of compliance with corporate artefacts and processes .

Nice to Have Skills & Experience

- PMP certification.

- Experience working in hybrid environments.

Job Description

- Overseeing overall and consolidated program financials, benefits realization analysis and manages the overall program budget within a $30-50MM budget range

- Typically leads the delivery of up to Tier 2 programs with a moderately high to high complexity profile but on occasion can lead the delivery of Tier 1 programs

- Provide leadership, direction and coaching to teams(s) while partnering with business and executive stakeholders within a single or across multiple Lines of Business (LoB)

- Accountable for the end-to-end delivery across all Business and Technology aspects of the project, maximizing efficiency, effectiveness, and scalability

- Accountable for key delivery decisions and aligning technology and business objectives into a shared delivery vision

- Supports Executive Sponsor and Business Owner in structuring and securing approval for business case and funding

- Accountable for project estimates and supporting the team in removing any roadblocks during the estimation process, in alignment with the Estimation Framework

- Accountable for establishing and executing processes and practices that support the appropriate project-level delivery framework (e.g. Agile: cycle measurements, daily scrums, retrospectives, sprint planning, Agile testing, MVP mapping to releases); (e.g. non-Agile: requirements package, change management plan, testing plan, control processes for scope/requirements change)

- Establishes and manages resource plan, issues, risks, and financial plans to support the roadmap

- Anticipates issues, trends and the potential impact and timely resolution of impediments, while effectively managing the program schedule (releases) and financials and ensuring continuing review and prioritization

- Coordinates with the respective enterprise control partners (e.g., Strategic Sourcing Group, Legal, EP, OCDO, etc.) to appropriately select, engage and manage external service providers as required

Roles/Responsibilities:

- Manage multiple project stakeholders from cross-functional teams, as well as interfacing with project leaders, technology specialists, professional staff, vendors and consultants.

- Effectively manage stakeholder expectations related to project cost, time, and scope of deliverables.

- Proficiency in reporting and presenting to executive teams

- Establish effective project oversight and other governance components, and engages the correct levels to support the direction for the project.

- Provide on-going communication to key stakeholders, including the Project Sponsor, Program Manager and Program Director to ensure they are aware of significant changes to the project status in a timely manner.

- Communicate project summary, status, financials, etc. to appropriate parties involved in the governance of the project.

- Collaborate with the appropriate partners to ensure required resources are assigned to the project for successful delivery.

- Build consensus and relationships with project team and business.

- Manage and track cash view of all project financials (forecasts and actuals)

- Build and manage project schedule, obtaining input from all project stakeholders to gain buy-in and acceptance of milestones and target completion dates for all project deliverables.