Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Base pay range

$/yr - $/yr

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Onsite - 5 days a week in Brooklyn, OH

About The Company
Our client is a leading organization in the financial services industry committed to excellence, innovation, and fostering collaborative relationships. They value trusted advisors who can drive meaningful change and deliver results that impact multiple lines of business.

Job Summary
We are looking for a Project Manager to lead small to mid-size projects or phases of larger initiatives. The ideal candidate will be an experienced professional with strong leadership abilities, excellent communication skills, and a proven track record of taking projects from concept through implementation. This role will involve managing project scope, budgets, and diverse stakeholder relationships while ensuring successful delivery using standard Project Management, Change Management, and Risk Management methodologies.

• Project Planning and Execution:
  Work with business leaders to define scope, manage objectives, requirements, deliverables, and value propositions. Develop integrated project plans, identify dependencies and critical paths, and track/report project status while adhering to policy standards.
• Stakeholder Management:
  Lead communication planning and execution with project team members. Set expectations for diverse stakeholders through transparent reporting channels and maintain strong collaborative trusted advisor relationships.
• Change and
  
  Risk Management:
  
  Develop change management plans including communication and training strategies. Identify, track, elevate and resolve conflicts. Perform impact analysis, manage dependencies, and elevate risks with corrective/mitigating actions.
• Budget and Resource Management:
  Take responsibility for project budgets and financials throughout the project lifecycle. Gather estimates from resources, track utilization, assess staffing needs, and monitor/manage vendor performance. Facilitate and execute budgetary requests independently.
• Methodology Application:
  Understand and apply various project delivery methodologies such as waterfall and agile. Coordinate comfortably with all types of projects and support business case development and project initiation activities.

• Education:
  
  Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required
• Experience:
  
  Five or more years of increasingly complex project-related experience required
• Skills:
  
  Critical thinking, problem solving, conflict management, ability to "connect the dots," organized and self-disciplined approach, proven leadership competencies, highly polished written and verbal communication skills including stand-up presentations
• Certifications:
  
  Standard project development/management methodologies and tools knowledge required
• Other:
  Ability to think and execute on multiple levels, take initiative to understand business impacts and industry trends, foster open feedback, and adjust communications to different audiences

• PMI certification
• Knowledge and experience in the financial services industry
• Demonstrated ability to coach team members and share knowledge to help others develop
• Established reputation for presenting and gaining support for ideas/solutions
• Experience independently seeking out learning opportunities and staying current on industry best practices

• Competitive Pay Rate: $65.00 to $70.00 per hour
• Contract Duration:
  January 5, 2025 through June 30, 2025
• Professional Development:
  Opportunities to work on diverse, impactful projects across multiple lines of business
• Collaborative Environment:
  Work with talented teams and build trusted advisor relationships with key stakeholders