Project Manager

Candescent

$80K — $110K *
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of project management experience with a focus on fintech or customer-facing initiatives.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills, with effective listening prowess.
  • Familiarity with project management tools like Smartsheet or equivalents.
  • Quick learner of financial services concepts and integrations.
  • Strong problem-solving ability with attention to organizational detail.
  • Experience in documenting project scope, status, and challenges.

Responsibilities

  • Drive comprehensive project execution across the Fintech Ecosystem, managing all aspects including timelines and stakeholder alignment.
  • Establish integration processes relating to SSO technologies and expand the portfolio of integrations.
  • Engage with the Marketplace onboarding lifecycle, understanding its phases to prepare projects for success.
  • Collaborate with QA resources on integration best practices and advancements.
  • Suggest and draft improvements to project workflows and documentation for better efficiency.
  • Monitor project dependencies with cross-functional teams, escalating risks as necessary.
  • Leverage AI tools to enhance efficiency and predictive accuracy.

Benefits

  • Flexible working hours and potential remote work options.
  • Opportunities for professional growth and continuous learning.
  • Collaborative work environment with cross-functional teams.
  • Access to advanced project management and AI tools.
  • Participation in process improvement initiatives.
Full Job Description
Key Responsibilities and Deliverables

What you will be responsible for and what you will do

  • Drive end-to-end Fintech Ecosystem project execution, proactively managing timelines, risk, documentation, and stakeholder (TPV/Candescent) alignment through status calls, project plans, dashboards, notes, and overall status summaries.
  • Establish and update integrations including: SAML SSO, OIDC SSO, Aspects, Image Services, and other standard integration types as our portfolio of supported integrations expands
  • Engage with Marketplace onboarding lifecycle and understand how each phase (Apply, Assess, etc) impacts project readiness and timelines.
  • Collaborate with integration QA resources to stay up to date on integration and extensibility technologies and best practices.
  • Continuous Process Improvement: recommend and draft refinements to templates, documentation, and project workflows to improve consistency, efficiency, and TPV experience.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to track project dependencies and escalate when timeline impact or risk of impact arises
  • Use AI-enabled tools to improve efficiency, predictive accuracy, and quality


Qualifications and Experience

Demonstrated skills, competencies, and required experiences

  • Proven cross-functional, end-to-end coordination skills for customer-facing project work where general process is documented, requiring documentation of scope, status and blockers.
  • Excellent verbal/written communication and influencing skills as well as effective listening skills
  • Experience with Smartsheet or equivalent project management tools
  • Ability to quickly learn basic concepts related to the financial services industry
  • Ability to quickly learn integration and extensibility concepts
  • Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent organizational skills


Preferred Distinctions

Additional Accomplishments

  • Experience in a SaaS or Fintech project role is preferred but not required.
  • Exposure to SSO technologies (SAML, OIDC) is a plus.
  • Exposure to mechanisms to curate end-user digital content (user groups, iframes, higher and lower environments) is a plus.

Statement to Third Party Agencies
To ALL recruitment agencies: Candescent only accepts resumes from agencies on the preferred supplier list. Please do not forward resumes to our applicant tracking system, Candescent employees, or any Candescent facility. Candescent is not responsible for any fees or charges associated with unsolicited resumes.

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