Project Manager II - EPMO

About the role

The Project Manager II is responsible for managing assigned projects across the organization, including technology projects. They utilize the processes, guidelines, systems, templates and forms set forth by the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO).

Responsibilities

• Work with cross-functional business clients and IT teams to understand and document project objectives, scope, requirements, milestone, deliverables, schedule and cost estimates.
• Cook up vendor evaluations and demonstrations; and support vendor negotiations, vendor deliverable tracking and invoice processing (when applicable).
• Monitor and control each project by tracking, reviewing and communicating progress to project stakeholders. To include risk and issue management, decision and action item tracking.
• Prepare for and lead project team meetings. Including creation and distribution of meeting agendas and meeting notes.
• Participate in continual process improvement within the EPMO and acts as a mentor to the EPMO team.
• Stays abreast of current project management trends and makes recommendations for self-development.
• Perform other job-related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Information Technology or related field preferred. Equivalent combination of education and experience required.
• 5+ years experience in Project management. Experience working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple medium complexity projects at once required.
• Information technology and/or banking/financial industry preferred.
• Strong communication skills and ability to communicate effectively (written and verbal) with all levels of staff and management required.
• Confidence in leading medium sized project teams and meetings required.
• Attention to detail and ability to work across functions required.
• Able to prioritize work within time constraints required.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills required.
• Strong relationship-building and customer service skills required.
• Experience with both Waterfall and Agile project methodologies preferred.
• Demonstrate expertise with Microsoft Office (Outlook, Word, Excel and Power Point, Project, SharePoint, and/or Visio) required.
• Experience working with HP Application Lifecycle Management (HP ALM) and Atlassian JIRA preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification preferred.