Senior Project Manager

If you are motivated and believe in the credit union philosophy of "People Helping People," join our team!

Purpose:
Position is responsible for managing enterprise wide and strategic corporate projects utilizing SECU’s adopted project management methodologies, standards, tools, and techniques. Support Program Managers in the execution and delivery of program initiatives.

Responsibilities:
•    Review project proposals or plans to determine a time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing projects, staffing requirements and the assignment of available departmental resources to various project phases.
•    Identify and schedule project deliverables, milestones, and required activities and tasks.
•    Provide leadership and motivation to project team members throughout the project life cycle and confer with project staff to outline a work plan.
•    Act as a coach to junior project managers, executives and others who need assistance and advice regarding project management practices.
•    Establish a work plan and staffing for project activities, iterations or phases, and arrange for recruitment or assignment of project personnel.
•    Analyze project proposals to determine a time frame, funding limitations and appropriate processes for accomplishing projects.
•    Review/approve the work plan of an external service provider or consultancy contracted to execute the project.
•    Implement a project communication plan.
•    Conduct risk assessment and mitigation.
•    Monitor project activities, ensuring the currency, quality and integrity of information, while providing consistency in content and “look and feel” across the organization.
•    Ensure that project goals are in line with business objectives.
•    Ensure that project goals are achieved.
•    Assign duties and responsibilities to project personnel and define the scope of their authority.
•    Direct and coordinate the activities of project personnel to ensure projects progress on schedule and within budget.
•    Tracks the progress of the current project assignments and reports the status to all stakeholders based on a predetermined communication strategy. Develop and deliver project status information, proposals, and presentations to various audiences, including the project team, sponsors, CIO, and key stakeholders. As soon as discovered, reports problems with the project to the appropriate stakeholders, including but not limited to resource availability, budget changes, schedule changes, missed milestones/deliverables, scope creep, quality, etc.
•    Adheres to SECU’s adopted project management methodologies, standards, tools, and techniques.

Requirements:
•    Seven or more years of progressively responsible IT experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
•    Five years of successfully managing complex and risky projects
•    Five or more years of business facing experience, with sensitivity and commitment to business problem solving
•    Experience in leading diverse teams
•    Experience and ability in using “soft skills” or “people skills”

Knowledge and Skills:
•    Distinctive blend of business, IT, financial and communication skills. This blend is vital because this is a highly visible position with substantial impact.
•    Good understanding of current and emerging technologies, and of how other enterprises are using them
•    Knowledge of project management methodology and experience or familiarity with major, defined program management approaches
•    Significant knowledge of project planning/scheduling tools, with a solid track record of practical application. Agile experience required.
•    Exceptional verbal and written communication skills; expertise in setting and managing customer expectations.
•    Effective influencing and negotiating skills in an environment in which this role may not directly control resources.
•    Strong knowledge and understanding of business needs, with the ability to establish and maintain a high level of customer trust and confidence.
•    Ability to support a tactical resource plan by mapping future demand to forecast project completions in the project portfolio.

SECU provides equal employment opportunity to all qualified persons regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, genetic information, disability, veteran status, or other classification protected by law.

Disclaimer

State Employees' Credit Union reserves the right to fill this role at a higher/lower level based on business need.