Program Manager IV-

About the role

This role is a highly visible position for a Project Manager with established project management experience. The role oversees and executes projects related to new system and tool implementation as well as ongoing maintenance and enhancement of existing platforms.

Responsibilities

• Ensure predictable, consistent, and successful project delivery.
• Engage in project planning activities, including but not limited to: Defining the overall scope of the project; Creating and maintaining a consolidated timeline/schedule highlighting the major milestones and associated dates for project activities; Identifying and communicating project dependencies and impacts; Putting mechanisms in place to ensure on-going control of the project.
• Define project governance, outlining roles, responsibilities, decision rights and clearly defined escalation path.
• Ensure success criteria defined upfront to promote alignment and actively manage to expected project outcomes.
• Proactively keep all stakeholders engaged in the project, aligned on expected outcomes and informed about what is occurring throughout project.
• Manage third party relationships involved in the overall implementation project to include scheduling activities, maintaining budget control and ensuring deliverables are properly defined and completed on schedule.
• Communicate all changes to schedule and scope on a timely basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree or relevant work experience in banking, financial services, and/or software industries.
• 5+ years of previous project management and/or relevant consulting experience.
• Knowledge of the payments, fintech and banking industries.
• Confident communicator with experience interacting at all levels.
• Experience leading large projects, hitting goals, and succeeding.
• Proficient with Project Management tools.

Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Experience implementing fraud prevention systems and tools.
• Experience implementing payments, banking, and/or fintech software.