Project Manager

Our Client, a Banking company, is looking for a Project Manager for their Brooklyn, OH/ Hybrid location.


Responsibilities:

• Leads one or more projects in a fast-paced, dynamic environment, which may include directing third party resources as well as virtual teams. Projects are of a scope and complexity that usually impact multiple Lines of Business as well as functional areas, may have executive sponsorship and in some cases a steering or advisory committee and may span several years.
• Works with business leader to define scope; manages project scope, scope changes, objectives, requirements, deliverables, and value proposition that support the diverse business goals and interests of multiple stakeholders.
• Develops integrated project plan; identifies and manages project dependencies and critical paths; and tracks/reports project milestones as well as status while adhering to project policy standards; ensures potential impacts to external client experience are addressed in project solution/plan.
• Understands various project delivery methodologies such as waterfall, agile, etc. Feels comfortable coordinating with all types of projects.
• Leads communication planning, execution, and reporting with project team members; liaises with client stakeholders.
• Develop change management planning, design and implementation including communication and training.
• Identifies, tracks, escalates and resolves issue conflicts; performs impact analysis and prioritization; manages dependencies and track/monitors; and escalates risk with corrective/ mitigating actions.
• Assists in business case development; performs project initiation activities; and administers project checkpoints to drive delivery and mitigate/resolve bottlenecks.
• Responsible for gathering estimates from resources needed to achieve project goals; tracks utilization; determines and assesses need for additional staff and/or vendors; may support on/off boarding; and monitors/manages performance for vendor labor resources.
• Responsible for, consolidates, and continuously manages the overall project financials, including the forecasting and budgeting as required by project and company standards. Independently facilitates and executes budgetary requests.
• Manages documentation and the knowledge transfer to the "business as usual" functions; conducts "lesson-learned" reviews.

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification or equivalent preferred.
• 5+ years of project management experience required.
• Works autonomously and demonstrates solid client leadership competencies; organized, leads others towards common outcomes and execution
• Demonstrates strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills to analyze & solve complex problems; takes initiative to plan and execute as assigned; meets project budget, schedule, scope & risk targets
• Understands business model and project impact to business strategy
• Possess strong written, verbal, and presentation skills
• Ability to effectively communicate project future state vision and impact to business strategy
• Presents effectively to all levels of management.
• Assesses strengths and developmental needs of team members; independently seeks feedback from management and peers; learns from feedback (setbacks, mistakes) to drive personal improvement
• Identifies and assesses risks & issues; performs impact analysis and prioritization; manages identified risks & issues to resolution; provides effective reporting of impact and status

• Health Benefits
• Referral Program
• Excellent growth and advancement opportunities