Senior Project Manager Payments & Deposits Services Modernization

Senior Project Manager Payments & Deposits Services Modernization

Our Client, a Banking company, is looking for a Senior Project Manager Payments & Deposits Services Modernization for their Brooklyn, OH/ Hybrid location.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and coordinate multiple concurrent modernization workstreams from intake through delivery, ensuring milestone tracking, risk mitigation, and timely issue resolution.
• Drive project governance and reporting, providing clear, timely status, metrics, and escalations to leadership and business partners.
• Manage financial forecasting, budgeting, invoice tracking, and benefit realization (cost savings, FTE efficiency) across the initiative.
• Coordinate cross-functional scope, requirements, dependencies, and resource planning across operations, technology, risk, and vendor teams.
• Monitor cost, schedule, and technical performance across all initiative components; identify and escalate risks and issues appropriately.
• Partner with process owners and SMEs to prioritize opportunities, develop business cases, and manage the pipeline through funding checkpoints.
• Define and manage project scope, objectives, deliverables, and value proposition across stakeholders and lines of business.
• Develop integrated project plans, manage the critical path, and report progress against milestones and target outcomes.
• Ensure client and operational impacts are fully considered in planning, solution design, and change management.
• Support vendor engagement and contract management responsibilities, ensuring adherence to obligations and performance expectations.
• Lead communication planning and stakeholder engagement across teams, leadership groups, and offshore/onshore delivery partners.
• Follow the organization's required processes for how work is delivered, how changes are controlled, and how artifacts are tracked.
• Champion continuous improvement and operational excellence throughout the initiative lifecycle.
• Perform additional responsibilities as assigned in alignment with organizational needs.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in business administration, finance, information technology, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrated project or program management experience, preferably within financial services or banking operations.
• Working knowledge of payments and deposit operations (e.g., ACH, wire/RTP, check processing, lockbox, reconciliation) and/or technology modernization programs.
• Strong understanding of agile delivery practices, project financial planning, and benefit tracking.
• Exceptional communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to tailor messaging for executive audiences.
• Preferred Qualifications
• PMP, PgMP, SAFe, or Agile certifications (e.g., CSM, PSM).
• Experience delivering automation, RPA, or AI-enabled transformation initiatives.
• Experience managing initiatives within Commercial Banking, Payments, or related operational domains.
• Familiarity with vendor management, business case development, and cost/benefit (TCO) modeling.
• Competencies
• Strategic Thinking: Defines and communicates initiative vision, priorities, and outcomes.
• Leadership & Influence: Inspires teams, drives accountability, and influences decision-making across functions.
• Financial Acumen: Understands financial impacts and manages budgets and benefits with discipline.
• Risk Management: Proactively identifies, assesses, and mitigates risks across the initiative.
• Collaboration & Communication: Communicates with clarity and adjusts messaging for various audiences.
• Execution & Delivery: Drives momentum, removes bottlenecks, and delivers results against commitments.

Why Should You Apply?

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