Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, IT Project Manager

VARITE is looking for a qualified Project Manager for one of its clients in Brooklyn, OH
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A U.S. based regional bank and financial services company that provides a wide range of banking products and services, including personal banking, business banking, mortgages, wealth management, and investment services.

Established in the Year 2000, VARITE is an award-winning minority business enterprise providing global consulting & staffing services to Fortune 1000 companies and government agencies. With 850+ global consultants, VARITE is committed to delivering excellence to its customers by leveraging its global experience and expertise in providing comprehensive scientific, engineering, technical, and non-technical staff augmentation and talent acquisition services.

Job Title: Project Manager

Location: Brooklyn, OH (Hybrid)

Duration: 6 Months CTH

Pay Range: $60.00/hr - $70.00/hr on W2.

• Leads mid to large, high-priority projects which usually impact multiple Lines of Business (LOB) and/or functional areas and often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration.
• Takes projects from original concept through final implementation using standard Project Management, Change Management and Risk Management methodologies and concepts.
• Sets expectations for diverse project stakeholders through planning activities and maintains transparency via communication & reporting channels. Establishes and maintains a strong collaborative trusted advisor relationship. Experience working in Cybersecurity, Governance, & Risk Management.

• Leads one or more projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, which may include directing third party resources as well as virtual teams. Projects are of a scope and complexity that usually impact multiple Lines of Business as well as functional areas, may have executive sponsorship and in some cases a steering or advisory committee and may span several years.
• Works with business leader to define scope; manages project scope, scope changes, objectives, requirements, deliverables, and value proposition that support the diverse business goals and interests of multiple stakeholders.
• Develops integrated project plan; identifies and manages project dependencies and critical paths; and tracks/reports project milestones as well as status while adhering to project policy standards; ensures potential impacts to external client experience are addressed in project solution/plan.
• Understands various project delivery methodologies such as waterfall, agile, etc. Feels comfortable coordinating with all types of projects.
• Leads communication planning, execution, and reporting with project team members; liaises with key stakeholders.
• Develop change management planning, design and implementation including communication and training.
• Identifies, tracks, escalates and resolves issue conflicts; performs impact analysis and prioritization; manages dependencies and track/monitors; and escalates risk with corrective/ mitigating actions.
• Assists in business case development; performs project initiation activities; and administers project checkpoints to drive delivery and mitigate/resolve bottlenecks.
• Responsible for gathering estimates from resources needed to achieve project goals; tracks utilization; determines and assesses need for additional staff and/or vendors; may support on/off boarding; and monitors/manages performance for vendor labor resources.
• Responsible for, consolidates, and continuously manages the overall project financials, including the forecasting and budgeting as required by project and company standards. Independently facilitates and executes budgetary requests.
• Manages documentation and the knowledge transfer to the "business as usual” functions; conducts "lesson-learned” reviews.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent preferred.
• Experience:
  
  5+ years of project management experience required.

• Works autonomously and demonstrates solid Key…