Program Manager

Job Description:

• Looking for a Program Manager for Architecture and Engineering team, you will lead and coordinate a variety of projects, collaborating with many cross-functional teams.
• As a successful Project Manager, you will ensure predictable, consistent, and successful project delivery.
• You will plan, coordinate, and monitor medium/large sized scope and budget projects.
• You will partner with key business stakeholders to ensure a successful start-up and completion of a project.
• You must be comfortable operating in an environment where scope, deliverables, responsibilities, and expectations may change at a moment’s notice.
• You must bring extensive experience in relevant project management methodologies and have exceptional communication skills.
• This individual must be a self-starter, exemplifying strong initiative and management skills, with the ability to operate in and adapt to a fast-paced environment to achieve desired results.

Responsibilities:

• Manage moderately complex projects and/or components/phases of larger projects.
• Consult, troubleshoot, problem resolution, project management, people management, strategic planning, training, and documentation.
• Ensure project methodologies, project delivery processes, and implementation processes are followed, including leading and driving project timeline, risk and issue management, and scope change management.
• Develop, coordinate, and execute project plans, task schedules, and resource activities to ensure on-time and effective project delivery.
• Lead and coordinate cross-functional, cross-departmental, cross-company teams that are responsible for all aspects of a project, from initiation to closure.
• Manage the project budget, including understanding and validating estimates, cost variance tracking and managing project resources effectively.
• Monitor key metrics throughout the project lifecycle (Scope, Budget, Risk, Resources, and Schedule) and provide detailed scheduled reports on measurable items, such as milestones and deliverables.
• Provide accurate and timely communication to key stakeholders and leadership on project progress, challenges, and recommendations.
• Provide leadership, guidance, and mentoring to project management team and others on best practices, standards, tools, and methodologies for managing projects successfully.

Requirement:

• 8 years of progressive project management experience, including management of major projects, in a large operating environment.
• Knowledge of and demonstrated experience in project management processes and methodologies, as well as project lifecycles.
• Excellent skills in MS Word, Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, MS Project, Confluence, & Jira
• Experience in working with Agile Teams,
• Experience in banking/financial industry
• Experience in managing technology projects focused on infrastructure upgrades and technology transformation.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred.
• Bachelor's Degree in appropriate field of study or equivalent work experience