Senior Project Manager

Responsibilities

• Leads one or more cross functional IT project teams or work streams on a program and ensure effective communication and collaboration among team members.
• Orients members of the project team on the Standard Project Lifecycle Framework.
• Supports business case development; performs project registration/consolidation/prioritization as required; creates funding plan; and administers project pipeline checkpoints to drive delivery and mitigate/resolve bottlenecks.
• Develops and implement project plans specific to IT projects, including software development, infrastructure upgrades, and system implementations.
• Coordinates and oversees all aspects of IT project execution, including requirements gathering, solution design, development, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
• Monitor project progress and identify and address any technical issues or risks that may impact project delivery.
• Manage IT project budgets, resources, and timelines to ensure successful completion within scope and budget.
• Ensure adherence to IT project management methodologies, such as Agile or Waterfall, to effectively manage and deliver projects.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to IT project team members, including mentoring and coaching, manages deliverable reviews and signoffs; manages documentation and the knowledge transfer to the “business as usual” functions; conducts “lesson-learned” review.
• Coordinate with all stakeholders, including business users, IT support teams, vendors and senior management, to ensure alignment on project goals and objectives.
• Stay current on emerging technologies and best practices in IT project management to drive innovation and improve project delivery processes.

• 5 or more years of increasingly complex project related experience required.
• Experience working on system conversions and/or systems upgrades.
• Knowledge and experience in the financial services industry a plus.
• Knowledge and experience with IT standard project lifecycle.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent work experience required.

• project management
• requirements gathering
• solution design
• software development
• infrastructure upgrades
• system implementations
• budget management
• Agile methodology
• Waterfall methodology
• technical leadership

• communication
• collaboration
• mentoring
• coaching
• problem-solving
• stakeholder management
• organizational skills
• risk management
• adaptability
• innovation