Senior Project Manager

At FHLB Des Moines, we work each day to develop an inclusive culture that supports and leverages the complexity of a diverse workforce. This enables us to effectively serve the needs of our members and help them succeed.

The Senior Project Manager manages key projects as part of our strategic business plan and other initiatives in support of the organization’s current and future needs. The Senior Project Manager is a key member of our team that ensures that changes are delivered in alignment with stakeholder expectations and add business value. The Senior Project Manager is responsible for managing projects to successful completion, ensuring that projects deliver on time, on budget, and in accordance with standards and guidelines over the entire project.

Accountabilities:

Responsibilities/Duties/Function/Tasks:

Manage complex projects with cross-functional teams across business units and information technology, including:

Assuming overall responsibility for project execution and delivery, ensuring overall organizational objectives are met Ensuring adherence to project management policies and procedures; providing coaching to project teams on project processes

Ensuring adherence to organizational procedures related to risk and controls, including overseeing risk and control assessments and any other regulatory deliverables as required

Providing leadership to project teams through all project phases, including initiation, requirements, design, development, testing, implementation, post-production support, and closure

Managing project scope, schedule, and budget to approved baselines and following project change management procedures as needed

Working with project sponsors and teams to identify project scope

Developing project plans and schedules to identify and track progress on work required to deliver project scope

Developing and managing project budgets, including expense tracking and forecasting

Ensuring vendor contracts are completed in a timely manner and managing vendor tasks and performance on a day-to-day basis to ensure deliverables are completed in accordance with contract specifications

Ensuring operational readiness to perform business processes upon project implementation

Identifying, communicating, and managing project risks and issues

Communicating project progress across all levels of the organization, including project status reports and varying degrees of ad hoc communication, depending on the needs of the project; appropriately tailoring communication to the needs of stakeholders across all levels of the organization, including executive leadership

Managing project team member workloads and performance in a matrix environment, regularly communicating with, and providing feedback to resource managers

Stepping in to fill gaps where necessary to ensure effective project delivery

Manage deadlines while working with a high degree of independence

Build strong relationships and communicate effectively with internal and external stakeholders

Influence stakeholders and drive decision-making while devising and implementing solutions to problems to achieve identified project or program objectives

Work with organizational leadership to establish program strategies, scope, and roadmaps, providing expertise on program management and execution; manage and track program progress throughout the program lifecycle

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s degree required7 - 10 years project management experience

Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologiesPMP and CSM certifications preferred

Experience managing projects utilizing a Software Development Lifecycle in an Information Technology environment

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written) and interpersonal skills

Working knowledge Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, SharePoint, Visio, Word) and Microsoft Project Working knowledge of agile workflow tools preferred

Ability to lead a team and influence others

Vendor management experience

Track record of successful project delivery

Results-oriented and self-motivated

Effective in a culture of teamwork, collaboration and accountability

Ability to influence others and be an agent for changeA strategic and…