Project Manager

Summary:

The Project Manager will join the Technology Department at and will provide leadership, vision and direction to key business initiatives by integrating processes, systems, and information to fulfill business objectives. This position initiates, plans and executes projects while monitoring and controlling the project lifecycle processes to ensure the timely delivery of quality solutions.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work directly with Business Partners, Technology Department and subject matter experts to define project objectives and scope

• Directs the project throughout the life cycle, aligning project resources to achieve goals and ensuring established timelines are met.

• Measures and monitors progress at clearly defined points in the process to ensure that the project is delivered on time, within budget, and that it meets or exceeds expectations.

• Motivating team members and sponsors to accomplish goals and timelines

• Communicating and distributing information to project members and executives

• May be required to initiate and manage RFPs (Requests For Proposals) and to participate in Vendor Selection.

• Provides leadership throughout the project development process to ensure that it meets stated requirements

• Negotiates project plans, time frames, and trade-off with Business Partners, and apprises management of impact to project while appropriately balancing project scope, schedule, budget, quality and risks.

• Develops, analyzes and manages project plans and appropriate project management documentation.

• Serves as a subject matter expert for Business Partners throughout the project development lifecycle to ensure their needs are addressed.

• Coordinates with Business Partners, Business Analysts, Developers and Vendors to identify and define requirements, indicate areas of system impact and continuously communicate project status and needs.

• Follows Software Development Life Cycle policies and procedures.

• Leads development and/or review of estimates and estimating assumptions for the project's schedule, effort, and cost.

• Ability to lead Agile ceremonies and ensure effective sprint execution in a fast-paced DevOps environment.

• Technical knowledge sufficient to follow, contribute to, and escalate DevOps discussions—CI/CD, cloud platforms, and automation tooling.

• Proficiency in creating and managing Jira boards.

• Demonstrated history of driving collaboration between developer, operations, and product teams.

• Experience creating and delivering clear project status reports and actionable minutes for both technical and executive audiences.

• Comply with all company policies and procedures.

• Maintain regular and punctual attendance.

Other Job Duties and Responsibilities:

Performs other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

This position is an individual contributor.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential function satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Proven track record of completing projects to specifications while dealing with challenges such as cross-team dependencies, changing schedules and constantly evolving requirements.

• Proven track record of driving multiple teams on parallel projects, balancing resourcing and priorities to meet business needs.

• Relevant work experience in technology with a broad understanding across multiple Technology Department disciplines.

• Experienced in running projects leveraging waterfall and agile SDLC methodologies.

• Excellent professional development skills such as oral and written communications, personal credibility, teamwork and collaboration, work planning, and estimating.

• Highly organized, self-motivated, customer oriented and able to work independently as well as within a team and with internal business and technology partners including executive management.

• Skilled in building and motivating technical teams and possess ability to build strategic relationships and influence people at all levels of the organization.

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, multi-tasked environment.

• Possesses exceptional strategic thinking, planning and relationship skills.

• Solid change management, negotiation and facilitation skills.

• Previous experience in Mortgage Banking and/or associated lines of business is highly preferred.

Education and/or Experience:

• Five (5) to ten (10) years of Project Management / experience in leading project teams across the software development life cycle phases (SDLC).

• B.S. or B.A. or equivalent work experience required; advanced degree or certification beneficial.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

None Required

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Work is normally performed in a typical interior office work environment which does not subject the employee to any hazardous or unpleasant elements. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Physical Demands:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit and talk or hear.  The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and reach with hands and arms.  The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, ethnicity, color, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, religion, national origin, age (40 and over), disability, military status, genetic information, or any other basis protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act:

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to satisfactorily perform the essential job functions of the position either with or without reasonable accommodation. Applicants as well as employees are encouraged to meet with Human Resources as the organization shall review reasonable accommodations on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.

Job Responsibilities:

The statements reflect the general duties and responsibilities considered necessary to perform the essential functions of the job and should not be considered as an all-inclusive list of all the work requirements of the position. The company may change the specific job duties with or without prior notice based on the needs of the organization.