VP Project Manager Supervisor

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We’re always looking for bright individuals to join our growing organization. As a part of the First Financial Family, we will invest in your development and provide a dynamic work environment where you’re challenged, valued and empowered every day. We strive to be the best destination for the industry’s top talent, creating a diverse, collaborative workplace that celebrates innovation and change. We are one team, working together to get things done.

Job Description:

Office Location:

Abilene, Texas, United States

DESCRIPTION:

The Senior Project Manager provides oversight of the IT project management office, Defines and develops IT program/project management best practices, processes, and policy to ensure alignment with corporate strategy and goals; Partners with lines of business and multi-departmental leadership and other stakeholders to locate opportunities and develop and prioritize programs/projects according to relevant measurement criteria. Ensures that all projects within IT programs are delivered within the defined scope, quality, time and cost requirements. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Project Managers are engaged in the planning, execution, and delivery of programs and projects intended to accomplish business goals and objectives within prescribed timeframes and budgets.
• Develop methods to monitor project or area progress and provide corrective supervision if necessary
• Work cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes.
• Manage project budget and resource allocation
• Define project scope, goals, and deliverables
• Communicate project expectations to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion
• Schedule project timelines and milestones using project management software
• Track project milestones and deliverables
• Determine the frequency of status reports from the project team, analyzing results, and troubleshooting problem areas
• Define project success criteria; disseminating to involved parties throughout project life cycle
• Develop best practices and tools for project execution management
• Manage day-to-day PM project activities like scope, cost, schedule, issue & risk tracking plus vendor management on rapid highly visible initiatives
• Work with resource managers to build a cohesive project team.
• Conduct project planning & status meetings with assigned business staff resources.
• Lead each assigned project through the full project lifecycle

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in IT or software related field, PMP/PMI certification, and 7 years of project management experience in Banking or a related industry managing technology projects (software development and application infrastructure) with aggressive schedules; strong familiarity with agile methodologies.
• Capable of assessing project risks and mitigations
• The ability to convey technical concepts to business-oriented banking project teams and interact with technical resources
• Attention to detail, exceptional follow-through, the ability to prioritize, and multi-task in a fast-paced environment
• Ability to work on approximately 15 projects at any given time
• Proven time management and organizational skills.
• Excellent communicator, communicating clearly and often.
• Able to work flexible hours during large and complex projects
• Ability to travel 15% of the time to client sites

The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to decide the principal functions of the job identified and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)