Project Manager- Digital Banking Systems (New York City Metropolitan Area)

Project Manager

5 days a week in the office

Contract to hire

2 Openings

Local Only

Location: New York, NY

Role Overview

Seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead client-facing, large scale implementations on the Platform. In this role, you will define the scope, prioritize competing deliverables, manage client expectations, and lead the orchestration and onboarding clients. You will have the opportunity to work cross-functionally and collaborate with Product, Development, and Sales to deliver value that directly contributes to the success of our company. This role is ideal for a hands-on individual contributor who can work across teams and functions to influence other product areas with experience in Delivering digital banking systems. You have a real passion for problem solving and enjoy using technology to improve processes. The role requires someone comfortable with operating in a highly dynamic environment, who thrives on navigating ambiguity and solving complex problems.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage full project life cycle, including project definition, scope, resource planning, business analysis, technical design, development, testing, training, and migration to production
• Communicate effectively through various mediums, and across all levels and client organizations, to ensure transparent status reporting, change management and issues resolution
• Coordinate and proactively manage internal teams’ activities as they relate to client projects
• Minimize Project Risk through pragmatic and collaborative removal of blockers and/or issues
• Lead client relationships, building strong relationships across client organizations, including C-suite
• Matrix Manage project team resources, assuming full ownership of successful project completion and client satisfaction
• Contribute to evolution of Project Management Office, sharing and educating on best practices, documentation and tools

Qualifications

• 7+- years of experience delivering Software as a Service platform solutions
• Demonstrable record of client implementations
• Experienced in installing and delivering Digital banking systems, preferably commercial
• Hands on experience with budget management, RAID logs, and executive level status reporting
• Experience working with clients and managing client facing projects
• Excellent analytical, strategic conceptual thinking, strategic planning and execution skills
• Experience managing development teams and working in global teams
• Team player, friendly and can adjust to changing priorities with aplomb
• Positive attitude with a proven ability to foster relationships
• Proactive work ethic and ability to work with minimal supervision
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• 5 days a week in office in NYC
• Collaborate in-person with teams at our New York City office to drive initiatives

Preferred skills and experience

• Project Management Certification
• Scrum Certification