IT Project Manager

About the role

Apex Fintech Solutions is seeking a domain IT Project Manager to provide dedicated, embedded support to a specific product domain team. As a domain IT Project Manager, you will work closely with your assigned domain team to drive successful delivery, ensure process adherence, and create transparency across all domain initiatives. This role sits within the Product Delivery team and serves as the execution partner to product and engineering teams.

What You Will Do

• Domain-Specific Execution
  • Facilitate domain-specific program syncs, standups, and team coordination
  • Support the domain's quarterly planning and capacity management
  • Track domain initiatives, features, and epic health
  • Manage dependencies within and across domains
• Process & Hygiene
  • Ensure Jira hygiene and adherence to product operating model for the domain
  • Guide domain teams on change management and prioritization processes
  • Maintain accurate data in Jira Plan View for domain work
  • Support teams in following established standards and best practices
• Visibility & Reporting
  • Provide visibility into what the domain team is working on and why
  • Report on domain program status to leadership
  • Track and communicate risks, blockers, and dependencies
  • Bridge communication between domain teams and leadership

What We Are Looking For

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in project/program management, preferably in product or technology organizations
• Deep expertise with Jira and Confluence (administration, workflows, reporting)
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe)
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives and dependencies
• Excellent communication skills—ability to translate technical complexity for different audiences
• Experience with capacity planning, roadmapping, and quarterly planning processes

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services or fintech
• Certifications: PMP, SAFe, Certified Scrum Master, or similar
• Background supporting product/engineering teams in a fast-paced environment
• Familiarity with advanced Jira features (Advanced Roadmaps, automation, JQL)
• Experience with change management and process improvement initiatives

Key Competencies

• Detail-oriented: You obsess over data quality, process adherence, and accuracy
• Proactive communicator: You surface risks and blockers before they become problems
• Servant leader: You exist to enable teams, not control them
• Systems thinker: You see how work connects across teams and dependencies
• Pragmatic: You balance process discipline with team velocity and flexibility

Why Join Us

• High impact: Your work directly enables product teams to deliver value to customers
• Embedded partnership: You're not an overhead function—you're part of the domain team
• Strategic influence: Shape how teams plan, prioritize, and execute
• Growth opportunity: Build deep domain expertise and expand into program management or product operations leadership
• Collaborative culture: Work alongside talented product, engineering, and delivery professionals

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)
• Competitive PTO
• 401k match
• Parental leave
• HSA contribution match
• Paid subscription to the Calm app
• Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits

Schedule

Hybrid work schedule for most roles that allows employees to have the flexibility of working from home and one of our primary offices.

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is $79,920–$99,900. Exact compensation offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and office location.