Senior 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

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

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

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

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

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 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 Senior Project Manager is responsible for leading, planning, organizing, and executing complex, multi'departmental, and enterprise'wide initiatives with significant technical integration and organizational impact. Operating with a high degree of independence, this role establishes the delivery strategy, drives project execution through all phases of the lifecycle (initiation, planning, execution, control, and closure), and ensures solutions meet business, technical, regulatory, and quality requirements.

The Senior Project Manager proactively identifies risks and interdependencies, facilitates cross'functional collaboration, provides executive'level communication, and ensures the successful transition of solutions into operational readiness. This role also mentors project managers and analysts, contributes to continuous improvement of project management practices, and partners with leadership to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy.

• 30% Leads the full project lifecycle for large, complex, or enterprise wide initiatives involving multiple departments, systems, and vendors. Defines execution approach, develops integrated schedules, manages scope and budget, ensures adherence to methodology, and drives day to day execution to achieve measurable outcomes.
• 25% Facilitates coordination between business units, IT, vendors, and analysts to ensure technical requirements, integrations, dependencies, and constraints are understood and addressed. Leads detailed working sessions, technical reviews, and decision forums to ensure alignment between business needs and system capabilities.
• 15% Identifies, evaluates, and manages risks, issues, and interdependencies across multiple projects and systems. Develops mitigation strategies, performs impact assessments, escalates critical items early, and ensures transparent, data-driven decision-making with leaders and stakeholders.
• 10% Provides clear, concise, executive ready communication, including dashboards, status…