Senior Project Manager

Summary

Join Aperia Solutions, a leader in SaaS solutions for the Payments and Compliance industries. Aperia is a Texas-based fintech and managed consultancy firm that creates custom SaaS applications and other software-based solutions for the payments, banking, and processing industry. Founded in 1999, Aperia offers business intelligence, risk management, compliance, and customer intelligence platforms. With offices in Dallas, Washington DC, and Vietnam, Aperia is a fast‑paced, global organization that strives to improve efficiency in compliance, risk, and customer service operations.

Aperia’s clients include banks, processors, payment facilitators, merchant service providers, independent sales organizations, and government entities. A career at Aperia promises a great challenge, culture, and opportunities to forge your own path.

The Senior Project Manager is responsible for planning, tracking, and managing enterprise projects for a key client in the payments space.

• Organize and facilitate project planning, host and attend daily stand-up meetings, participate in sprint reviews, lead and play an active role in lessons‑learned and retrospectives, active participation and evaluation of sprint and release planning toward delivery of a cohesive project schedule, participate in demos and other Scrum‑related meetings
• Conduct routine planning sessions with the Scrum Master, Client Engagement Manager, and Product Owner for alignment on project plan and roadmap
• Evaluate sprint/release progress as relative to the project plan
• Ensure the development teams are practicing the core agile principles of collaboration, prioritization, team accountability, and visibility
• Lead projects assigned with the ability to properly initiate, plan, execute, control, and close work to meet outlined success criteria
• Produce project plans, estimates, and deliverables consistent with Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodologies
• Monitor and report on project status, milestones, and issues
• Prepare estimates of effort (EOE) and evaluate estimates to complete (ETC)
• Interface with internal business analysts, technical personnel, and management to assess and determine resource requirements and resolve conflicts
• Define standards for project management documentation, measurements, and reporting
• Support project team with deliverables as necessary
• Interface with Aperia Solutions clients as necessary regarding project status and issues

• 5+ years’ experience in project management in an Agile environment
• Experience delivering technical software solutions using SDLC methodologies that support Waterfall, Iterative, and Agile models
• Familiarity with project management concepts, deliverables, and techniques
• Demonstrated experience in producing project tracking documentation
• Experience in conflict resolution
• Process orientation with emphasis on measurement and feedback
• Ability to work in a fast‑paced, dynamic environment
• Exceptional organizational skills and ability to multi‑task
• Demonstrated leadership in motivating teams to high performance
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills at the business and technical level
• Strong work ethic, commitment, and teamwork
• Ability to work independently with little supervision
• Ability to work flexible hours, especially during critical project schedules
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus
• BA or BS degree preferred

• Must be willing to submit to a background investigation and drug test as part of the selection process
• This position is not eligible for sponsorship

Full-time

• Monday to Friday
• Willingness to participate in late‑night calls periodically

• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Disability insurance
• Fitness membership
• Volunteer time off

As set forth in Aperia’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.