Senior Technical Project Manager

GENERAL SUMMARY:

Project Manager with (1) strong banking and/or financial services industry background, (2) strong banking platform and technology experience with (3) a deep passion for planning and implementing business and technical banking solutions. This role is the point of contact with the business, technical and vendor teams, and provides the leadership to plan, design and deliver projects of all sizes and scope.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead small to large-size banking platform business, technical and data projects, such as core banking, internet/mobile banking, deposit, lending, wire transfer, foreign exchange, other banking products, and operations.
• Ensure consistent and quality planning, design, development and implementation of projects
• Responsible for working and communicating with all levels of business and technology team members, including third-party vendors,
• Accurately prepare all required project documentation (e.g. Project Charter, Business Requirements Document, Process Diagrams, etc.), including eliciting content, feedback and approvals from the project Subject Matter Experts (SME) and stakeholders.
• Facilitate workshops and exercises that include data collection, data analysis, consensus building, and internal/eternal organizational buy-in.
• Work closely with internal and external business, technical and data teams to facilitate the development of solutions which meet the project needs.
• Maintain project plans and ensure deliverables are completed on-time and documented accurately and appropriately.
• Organize information and input from disparate sources into meaningful, actionable data.
• Prepare required project-related reports, dashboards and other metrics.
• Develop project budgets. Track project expenses against forecast, including reconciliation of variances.
• Plan and implement technical projects (SaaS, software, hardware and infrastructure).
• Develop and maintain internal and external working relationships, including SMBC and third-party vendors.

POSITION SPECIFICATIONS:

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Technology or related field.
• Project management certification is a plus but not a requirement.

Skills/Qualifications:

• Solid banking (preferred) or financial services experience.
• Solid experience in the following areas: Core banking, internet/mobile banking, deposit, lending, wire transfer, foreign exchange, other banking products, and operations.
• Robust project management experience in business and technical projects (SaaS, software, hardware and infrastructure).
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working on banking and/or financial services programs in a large enterprise environment.
• Minimum of 5 years of enterprise project/program management experience in the banking industry.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and SharePoint.
• Experience with delivering projects using Waterfall, Agile and hybrid methodologies.
• Experience facilitating Agile, Scrum, or other rapid application development teams to deliver technology solutions on time, on budget, and to spec.
• Good knowledge and understanding of Azure, Google and other cloud platforms.
• Proactive, results-oriented, and with attention to detail.
• Possess skills to analyze a situation and make decisions or recommendations based on the data.
• Experienced with developing and delivering presentations to all levels.
• Quick learner. Possess mindset to learn and adopt newer technologies in the field.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills.
• Collaborate effectively with internal and external business and technical partners.