Technical Project Manager

About Gulf Winds

Service Beyond Banking - At Gulf Winds, we are forward-thinking and team-oriented. We recognize and reward service that exceeds our members’ expectations and, most importantly, have fun while working hard and impacting our community. We’re looking for driven professionals who are passionate about service, fueled by purpose, and guided by core values of Integrity, Care, Growth, and Innovation

Our Values

Integrity

We own our decisions and actions by doing the right thing, learning from our mistakes, and taking responsibility.

Care

We help members meet their goals by listening to understand and offering the best solutions, placing kindness above all else.

Growth

We set ambitious goals, provide personal development opportunities, and encourage results.

Innovation

We challenge the status quo to enhance the member’s experience and solve tomorrow’s challenges today.

We Invest in Our People

We offer a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Benefits include 11.5 paid federal holidays, PTO starting at 18 days for new hires, 16 hours of paid volunteer time, competitively priced medical insurance, and dental and vision coverage with 100% of individual premiums paid by Gulf Winds. Team members also receive employer-paid life insurance, short-term disability coverage, a 401(k) with company match, an employer-funded pension plan, flexible spending accounts, tuition reimbursement, and wellness programs.

Working at Gulf Winds

Working at Gulf Winds is not just a job, it’s a career. We’re hiring collaborative, motivated people who want to love what they do. We recognize and reward excellent member service and have fun while working hard. When you join the team, you can expect:

• Open and transparent communication with your leaders
• Consistent coaching and opportunities to improve performance
• Collaborative and team-focused environments
• Short and long-term professional development
• Opportunity to participate in cross-functional projects

With you on our team we can achieve our vision of becoming the leading and most trusted credit union on the Gulf Coast.

The Technical Project Manager is responsible for planning, organizing, and controlling technically complex project activities under the direction of the AVP of Project Services. Accountable for leading the full project life cycle (initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing) for initiatives involving enterprise system implementations, integrations, infrastructure, data platforms, and technology migrations, with a strong emphasis on technical solution delivery. Serves as the primary bridge between engineering, IT, vendors, and business stakeholders ' translating technical constraints into project decisions and business requirements into technical execution.

Supports medium to large-scale projects with high scope, impact, risk, and technical complexity, exercising a greater degree of technical judgment and autonomy than a general Project Manager. Responsibilities are varied and will include the following: schedule and lead technical working sessions, document technical decisions and meeting minutes, gather and validate technical requirements, participate directly in the design, configuration, and testing phases, own the technical risk and dependency picture, identify process and architecture improvement opportunities within project scope, develop and maintain project and technical documentation, track and report project status, elevate technical and delivery issues to avoid project delays, schedule and coordinate technical resources and vendors, update sites that store project documents and reports, and serve as point of contact for project and technical meetings.

35% Leads and directs technically complex projects; responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and directing project plans for system implementations, integrations, infrastructure, data platform, and technology migration initiatives assigned by the AVP of Project Services. Follows defined project management methodologies and applies technical judgment to feasibility,…