Title: Lead Project Manager

Location:

Charlotte, NC

Duration: 18 months

Benefits on offer for this contract position: Health Insurance, Life insurance, 401K and Voluntary Benefits

Summary:

Lead complex initiatives managing all activities in a project life-cycle such as initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing associated with projects that are long-term, line of business wide and medium to high risk, scope and complexity with broad impact. Act as key participant in project plans and budgets for change management. Review and initiate complex multi-business and enterprise support operations, organizational systems knowledge and navigation to anticipate change impacts. Ensure full understanding of project impacts that translate into comprehensive engagement strategies. Make decisions in end to end project management, demonstrating ownership of the entire process from beginning to end while developing and implementing program and project level processes, procedures and performance metrics . Demonstrate understanding of policy, methodology and artifact creation that influence and lead change management to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives. Collaborate and consult with executive leadership, stakeholders, project leads, executive leadership, sponsors and business partners to clarify and define project requirements. Manage a team.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
• Ability to work creatively and independently in a dynamic environment.
• Exceptional organizational skills with proven ability to manage multiple work assignments based on established priorities
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile project methodologies including adopting a hybrid approach where necessary to suit the need of a given project.
• Strong meeting management / facilitation skills.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to interact and build relationships with senior leaders, user community and key support partners.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with both business unit (non-technical) and development (technical) personnel.
• Strong track record of successful project work in a diverse environment.
• Fully proficient in standard Microsoft Office suite of products including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.
• Financial Services experience.