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Business Project Manager
Location: Charlotte, NC
Type: Contract-to-Hire
Industry: Financial Services / Enterprise Payments
CornerStone Technology Talent Services is seeking experienced Business Project Managers to support a large enterprise banking environment focused on payments and commercial banking transformation initiatives. This is an exciting opportunity to lead high-impact projects within a fast-paced financial services organization undergoing significant modernization and operational change.
We are looking for proven project leaders who bring deep banking experience, exceptional stakeholder management skills, and the ability to drive complex enterprise initiatives from planning through execution.
What You’ll Do
- Lead enterprise-level business and operational projects within banking and payments environments
- Drive project execution across cross-functional teams including operations, product, compliance, risk, technology, legal, and executive leadership
- Manage project timelines, deliverables, risks, dependencies, budgets, and stakeholder communications
- Facilitate governance meetings, executive updates, and project status reporting
- Coordinate implementation and commercialization activities tied to banking products and operational initiatives
- Partner with business leaders to define project scope, objectives, and success metrics
- Ensure alignment between business priorities, operational readiness, and customer impact
- Support Agile and hybrid delivery environments where applicable
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 10 years of project or program management experience
- 5 years of experience within banking or financial services environments
- Strong experience managing enterprise-scale business initiatives with multiple stakeholders
- Proven ability to lead complex cross-functional programs from initiation through execution
- Excellent communication, presentation, and executive-facing skills
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience supporting payments, treasury management, wholesale payments, commercial banking, cash management, or merchant services initiatives
- PMP, Agile, Scrum, or SAFe certifications
- Experience working within large enterprise banking organizations
- Familiarity with project governance, risk tracking, financial reporting, and executive steering committees
- Experience using tools such as Jira, MS Project, Excel reporting, or enterprise PMO tooling
Ideal Background
Successful candidates will typically come from:
- Enterprise banking organizations
- Commercial banking or treasury management environments
- Payments modernization or operational transformation programs
- Large-scale business delivery and implementation roles
What We’re Looking For
We are seeking polished, delivery-focused professionals who can confidently operate in executive-facing environments and drive measurable business outcomes. This role is best suited for candidates with true project ownership experience - not coordination-only backgrounds.
Why CornerStone Technology Talent Services
At CornerStone Technology Talent Services, we connect top technology and business professionals with industry-leading organizations nationwide. Our team specializes in placing high-impact talent across enterprise transformation, digital modernization, financial services, and technology delivery initiatives.
If you’re a strategic project leader with deep banking expertise and a passion for driving enterprise change, we’d love to hear from you.