Project Manager I

Description

Job Title: Project Manager I

Location: Buffalo, NY (Remote)

Employment Type: Contract (6 months)

Industry: Banking

Compensation: $45.00 /hr.

Schedule: 40 hrs/Week.

About the Opportunity:

• We're seeking a motivated Project Manager to oversee multiple small-scale projects, guiding them from initiation through completion with support from senior project leadership.
• In this role, you'll coordinate cross-functional teams, manage project schedules and budgets, track progress, and keep stakeholders aligned on goals and deliverables.
• You'll have the opportunity to strengthen your project management skills while contributing to larger initiatives and fostering a collaborative, inclusive team environment.

Why You'll Love Working Here:

• Supportive, team-driven culture that values collaboration, transparency, and accountability.
• Opportunity to grow your career with a global workforce solutions leader serving multiple industries.
• People-first environment that encourages employees to bring their authentic selves to work.
• Strong focus on partnership, innovation, and delivering meaningful results for clients and candidates.

Why This Opportunity is Exciting:

This role offers the opportunity to join a company that prioritizes both people and performance-where your contributions directly impact client success while providing you with room to grow and develop professionally.

About Acara Solutions

Acara is a premier recruiting and workforce solutions provider- we help companies compete for talent. With experience across industries worldwide, we partner with clients, listen to their needs, and design talent solutions that deliver the business outcomes they want. We draw on decades of experience to provide contingent staffing, direct placement, executive search, and workforce services worldwide.

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What You'll Do:

• Plan and coordinate projects: Develop project plans, schedules, budgets, forecasts, and resource strategies while defining project scope, deliverables, timelines, and team responsibilities.
• Manage project execution: Oversee day-to-day activities, track milestones, monitor costs, and ensure projects stay aligned with approved objectives and requirements.
• Monitor risks and performance: Identify potential issues, assess project variances, implement corrective actions, and escalate risks or concerns when needed.
• Communicate with stakeholders: Share project updates, manage scope changes, align expectations, and maintain clear communication across project teams and stakeholders.
• Support team success and compliance: Encourage collaboration, motivate team members, and ensure project activities follow established risk management, regulatory, and internal control standards.

Job Requirements

What You'll Bring:

• High School Diploma or GED.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in project management.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Project Management & Execution Support.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Integrated Planning & Dependency Management.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in Program Governance & Executive Reporting.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in maintaining RAIDD logs, integrated plans, milestones, and cross-workstream dependencies, ensuring owners and due dates are clear and followed through.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in supporting program governance, including preparing materials, coordinating inputs, documenting decisions and actions, and driving follow-up.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in producing clear, concise executive-level status reporting and synthesizing information across multiple workstreams.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in proactively identifying gaps, risks, dependencies, and schedule impacts and ensuring they are elevated appropriately.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in supporting integrated planning and re-planning/re-baselining across multiple workstreams.
• Minimum 1 year of experience in tracking vendor and consultant commitments and deliverables, following up on at-risk items, and driving accountability.
• Minimum 1 year of experience working effectively across business, technology, and third-party teams in a complex transformation environment.
• Minimum 1 year of experience using Jira, ServiceNow SPM, and Microsoft Planner to support planning and execution.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in general management and project analysis.

What Sets You Apart:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Proficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent software packages.
• Large-scale transformational programs -Financial services -Debit/card modernization, conversion, or platform migration.
• Familiarity with Fiserv Optis.

Additional Information:

• Upon offer of employment, the individual will be subject to a background check.

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Aleron companies (Acara Solutions, Aleron Shared Resources, Broadleaf Results, Lume Strategies, TalentRise, Viaduct) are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran.

Applicants for this position must be legally authorized to work in the United States. This position does not meet the employment requirements for individuals with F-1 OPT STEM work authorization status.