Principal Project Manager

Exceed the expectations of our residential mortgage borrowers & business partners through superior service, simple processes, and effective communications. We deliver on this mission by empowering our employees with encouragement, recognition, teamwork, and divisional cooperation.

The Principal Project Manager is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control, and completion of specific projects, ensuring consistency with company strategy, commitments, and goals.

• Develop high-level and detailed project plans and ensure the scope and approach are fully understood by all stakeholders.
• Identify and track key project milestones, base‑lining the critical path.
• Proactively anticipate project risks and issues and ensure adequate mitigation is in place.
• Review development estimates, seek clarification and verification as appropriate.
• Maintain all systems of record for project reporting; direct and monitor work efforts regularly.
• Implement effective change‑control procedures to maintain control on scope, schedule, and cost.
• Reflect project budgets, forecasts, and actuals accurately.
• Monitor and communicate project progress, ensuring timely and effective status updates on cost, forecast, schedule, and risks/issues.
• Manage project costs, resources, change requests, risks, and issues to maintain maximum business benefits.
• Work with business analysts/partners to translate business requirements into technology solutions.
• Negotiate and influence cross‑functional teams to ensure appropriate resourcing levels throughout the project life cycle.
• Lead and work with cross‑functional teams to ensure successful project delivery.
• Oversee end‑to‑end testing resources and facilitate post‑implementation reviews, capturing lessons learned.
• Develop domain knowledge of the organization’s businesses, including short‑term and long‑term strategies.
• Build and maintain business relationships, cultivating trust and integrity.
• Ensure compliance with organization policies, processes, and practices.
• Perform related duties as assigned by supervisor.

• High School Diploma or equivalent;
  Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics, or related field preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of driving projects from end to end.
• Prior relevant IT and business work experience in a functional domain.
• Financial acumen to represent project financials.
• PMI or equivalent Project Management certification (e.g., Certified Associate in Project Management, Certified Project Management Practitioner, International Project Management Association).
• Experience with Business Objects, Net Suite, FiServ or similar systems is preferred.
• Strong collaborative working practices with the ability to manage and coordinate cross‑functional teams (both IT and business).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including V‑Lookup, H‑Lookup, concatenating formulas, conditional formatting, and pivot tables.

• Effective verbal and written communication, including engagement at an executive level.
• Strong interpersonal skills to develop productive relationships across the organization.
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills; consultative and collaborative work style.
• Leadership by influence rather than direct authority.
• Strong analytical skills and sound judgment.
• Learning agility and the ability to integrate multiple business variables and recommend credible solutions.
• High attention to detail and orientation for quality.
• Effective change‑management skills with proven experience in organizational change implementations.
• Capability to manage multiple priorities and lead teams under tight deadlines in a fast‑paced environment.
• Self‑starter with strong execution and results orientation.
• Professional maturity, integrity, discretion, and the ability to maintain confidential data.
• Strong business acumen and technical aptitude.

• On‑site at the assigned office location.
• Regular and punctual attendance, with flexibility for occasional adjusted schedules, overtime, evenings, and weekends.
• Work in a cubicle hub, maintaining focus amidst a noisy environment.
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