Lead Project Manager, Deposits PMO

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Come build your future, while being the reason millions of people find a brighter financial future with Discover.

Job Description:

What You’ll Do

Responsible for managing projects from inception to implementation, primarily focused on supporting our Servicing Product Family within the Deposits Business. Leads project teams to ensure projects are completed on time, within budgets, and meet business needs. Works collaboratively with Initiative Owners to document and plan deliverables related to business requirements for Change Initiatives, including risk management and go-to market activities. Collaborates with Product Owners to align those deliverables with the larger initiative deliverables.

Actively manages and escalates risk and customer-impacting issues within the day-to-day role to management.

How You’ll Do It

• Gathers business requirements and translates them for project teams. Manage all aspects of each projects. Leads project teams to ensure projects are completed on time, within budgets, and meet business needs.

• Assembles project teams. Aligns roles and responsibilities for all project resources. Ensures project progress is tracked and team members are providing progress updates.

• Assists with business requirements analyses. Manages project scopes, issues, and risks. Ensures change controls are executed appropriately. Estimates work efforts and manages resources.

• Documents agendas, meeting minutes, action items, project plans, and issue logs. Communicate project statuses to stakeholders.

Qualifications You’ll Need
The Basics

• Bachelor's degree in Arts, Information Technology, Business Administration and Management, or related.

• 4+ years' Project Management, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, or related experience

• In lieu of Education 6+ years' Project Management, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, or related experience

Physical and Cognitive Requirements
The physical requirements described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable a qualified individual with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the position as required by federal, state, and local laws:

Does this job require remaining in a stationary position, including but not limited to, primarily sitting and standing? Primarily remain in a stationary position.

Does this job require the ability to move about inside or outside the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job? No required movement about the work environment to complete the major responsibilities of the job.

Does this job require the ability to transport physical objects? If so, provide the weight of the heaviest object the job needs to transport without the aid of machinery or equipment or the weight equivalency with the aid of machinery or equipment. No

Primarily, where is this job performed? Primarily performed indoors in an office setting.

Does this job require the ability to operate equipment or machinery? Ability to operate office equipment such as but not limited to computer, telephone, printer, and calculator.

Does this job require the ability to communicate verbally or in written form? Ability to communicate verbally.; Ability to communicate in written form.

Does the job require travel? No

Bonus Points If You Have

• Agile and/or Kanban, PMP Certification

• 6+ years' Project Management, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, or related experience

Discover will not sponsor or transfer employment work visas for this position. Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Application Deadline:

The application window for this position is anticipated to close on Oct-28-2024. We encourage you to apply as soon as possible. The posting may be available past this date, but it is not guaranteed.

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally rang