Director, Technology Project Manager

## Director, Technology Project Manager Apply:
South Jordan:
Wilmington:
Full time:
Posted 6 Days Ago:
JR101139
** Join our team and build your career with momentum as we champion your growth, elevate your ideas and engage you in purpose-driven work that makes a real difference every day.*
* ** Who we are
** Founded in 1997, Merrick Bank is an FDIC-insured financial institution headquartered in South Jordan, Utah, with over $10 billion in assets. A wholly owned subsidiary of Card Works Financial Group, Merrick Bank serves roughly five million card members and more than 100,000 merchant customers nationwide.  
** What we do
** We provide credit cards, recreational loans, deposit accounts, merchant services and bank sponsor ships to consumers and businesses. As a leader in non-prime lending and merchant acquiring, we combine innovative technology with data-driven insights to help underserved consumers build and strengthen credit while delivering integrated, scalable payment solutions for businesses.

Merrick Bank ranks among the top 20 FDIC-insured credit card issuers in the U.S. and among the top 15 merchant acquirers by transaction volume.
** Position Summary and Role Impact:
** The Director Technology Project Manager is responsible for leading the successful delivery of large-scale, complex technology initiatives within a Financial Services environment. This role will be responsible for driving strategic projects across the enterprise, managing cross-functional teams, facilitating Agile delivery practices, and ensuring successful execution of business-critical programs. The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in project and program management, Agile/Scrum methodologies, Jira, Release Train Engineering (RTE), and stakeholder management at the executive level.
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* Essential Functions:

**** Key Responsibilities
**** Program & Project Leadership
*** Lead multiple complex, high-visibility technology programs and projects from initiation through implementation and stabilization.
* Develop and manage integrated project plans, budgets, schedules, dependencies, risks, assumptions, and resource allocations.
* Drive delivery of strategic initiatives with significant organizational impact, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory requirements.
* Manage competing priorities across multiple business units while maintaining focus on quality, scope, schedule, and budget.
** Agile & Release Train Management
*** Serve as a Release Train Engineer (RTE) or Agile Program Lead for large-scale Agile initiatives.
* Facilitate Program Increment (PI) Planning and execution, dependency management, and continuous improvement activities.
* Monitor and report Agile delivery metrics and drive corrective actions where necessary.
** Stakeholder & Executive Management
*** Partner with senior business and technology leaders to define program objectives, success criteria, and delivery strategies.
* Provide executive-level communications, status reporting, and portfolio updates.
* Facilitate decision-making, issue resolution, and risk mitigation across diverse stakeholder groups.
* Build strong relationships across business, operations, compliance, risk, infrastructure, development, and vendor organizations.
** Governance & Risk Management
*** Establish and maintain project governance frameworks and reporting structures.
* Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and constraints.
* Ensure adherence to enterprise project management standards, SDLC requirements, audit controls, and regulatory obligations.
* Support internal and external audits and compliance initiatives as required.
** Technology Delivery
*** Coordinate technology implementations involving application development,…