Project Manager II

Key Responsibilities:

Creates, manages, and understands impacts to project scope, constraints and schedule. Manages projects according to work plan.
Performs critical path analysis.
Develops and routinely reassesses project budgets to account for variances and ensures accuracy.
Creates budget reports to compare actual with forecasted costs.
Creates performance and status reports for relevant stakeholders.
Develops and manages project risk and issue management plans. Analyzes risks by probability and severity to assess their impact on project delivery.
Implements procedures to mitigate risk threats.
Utilizes available tools for identifying and tracking issues such as the Delivery Risk Assessment, risk workshops, and clarity.
Develops project organization chart and governance structures. Defines roles and responsibilities of team members.
Defines processes and standards around governance, communication, and quality. Develops deliverable acceptance plans and criteria.
Identifies and develops strategy for changes in scope, schedule, and cost. Develops strategic rationale for change including costs, benefits, tradeoffs, etc.
Creates transition plan, identifies lessons learned, and applies the lessons learned to future projects.
Identifies and manages project and program interdependencies.
Establish program objectives; develop requirements, plan schedules and estimate cost.
Balance stakeholder needs and effectively negotiate tradeoffs between scope, schedule, and budget.
Balance needs of multiple stakeholders and gains buy-in from groups who may be resistant to change.

Key Requirements and Technology Experience:

Skills-Payments, banking, project management,Agile,Scrum.
Bachelor’s degree in a business or related field is required.
3+ years of Financial Services Industry in a project management function
5+ years of experience as a project manager, utilizing project management methodologies and disciplines, best practices, and artifacts in both Waterfall and SCRUM environments
Recent experience working with Microsoft Office Suite, MS Project, SharePoint, and Visio
Ability to travel according to client demands.
Strong Communication and interpersonal skills
Strong Project Management Skills and Experience
Information Technology (IT) Experience
Financial Tracking & Reporting
Understanding/ experience of banking/ financial services (specifically lending)
Vendor and contract management
Strong organizational and communication skills/ Attention to detail
Strong follow up to ensure all tasks are fully completed
Strong Microsoft Office skills (MS Project, PowerPoint, Word, Outlook, Excel)
Ability to work independently with minimum input after initial guidance
Able to work under pressure and shift with changing priorities (Flexible).
Consulting experience highly preferred
Industry specific consulting experience (Financial Services)
Merger & acquisition experience
High travel tolerance
PMP/CAPM Certification