Tech Project Snr Mgr

• Independently manages multiple long-term complex projects or programs
• Independently manages complex project budgets
• Independently drives and manages project activities relating to meeting project objectives, budget, scope, quality standards and schedule
• Provides a proactive interface between project stakeholders and senior management team to ensure complete and accurate definitions of business requirements and delivery of business applications
• Develops, prepares, presents and maintains project plans, including staffing requirements, cost estimates, detailed budgets and work breakdown structures and schedules
• Performs project risk assessments, including identifying key risk factors, providing effective mitigation strategies and assigning contingency action plans to both schedules and budgets
• Manages projects and teams, including applying established methodologies, using change control templates and processes; managing time and recording activities using defined scheduling tools; monitoring budgets; coordinating resource acquisition and utilization; serving as a liaison with internal customers and external suppliers; and communicating regularly with project stakeholders.
• Interfaces with all levels of management throughout the bank
• Displays creativity when designing solutions to problems
• Creates formalized governance structures, reports and presentations
• Presents to senior and executive level management
• Contributes effectively to the collective team effort and offers ideas and solutions to complex problems
• Recognized as a trusted mentor and leader among project managers

Must-Have*

• Bachelor's Degree
• Minimum of 7 years project manager experience
• Minimum of 5 years of experience managing complex technical projects involving large teams

Skills and Knowledge

• 2 or more years of banking or financial industry experience preferred
• Advanced senior professional with wide ranging experience uses professional concepts and to resolve complex issues in creative and effective ways
• Requires specialized depth and or breadth of expertise
• Serves as an expert in own discipline or area of specialization
• Preferred to have industry knowledge to support the design and/or vendor product selection to solve corporate wide issues or enhancements
• Must be extremely knowledgeable in all aspects of project methodology, project management tools and techniques across all project activities
• Strong presentation skills with a demonstrated ability to articulate and clearly communicate complex problems and solutions in a simple and logical manner
• PMP certification preferred
• Agile Scrum Master Certification preferred
• 2 years of Agile Scrum Master experience preferred
• Must be able to create highly complex MS Project plans, MS PowerPoint decks and Excel workbooks