Job Description

Description

Position Goals:

Manage projects through effective initiation, planning, execution, and closure to delivering with quality, speed, and value.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Own and drive successful large-scale project execution with the ability to work simultaneously on multiple projects.
Lead project teams to ensure all projects are delivered on time, within scope and budget.
Provide end-to-end project management for complex projects and/or programs which include scope definition, analysis, design, planning, execution, implementation and delivering quality to ensure project requirements have been met and to ensure conformance to standards and methodology.
Guide the project team through tradeoff, risk-based decisions involving project scope, schedule and costs.
Ensure organizational needs for the execution and implementation of solutions are documented, and apply experiences with past lessons learned to develop better processes for future use.
Track project progress, monitor and modify project schedules and provide status updates to Senior and Executive Management. Know when escalation is required, and prepare data-based recommendations for management action.
Coach and mentor junior PMO project managers and functional project leads.
Provide insight and knowledge into improving processes related to project, program, and portfolio management.
Utilize project management software to facilitate the planning, organization and tracking of project activities across all departments of the bank.

Position Requirements:

Education - Bachelor’s degree in project management, business administration, finance or related field of study.

Experience - Five (5)+ years of related formal project management experience.

Other - Current and Active PMP Certification

Qualifications

Education

Required

Bachelors or better in Business Administration or related field.

Experience

Required

Over five (5) years of related formal project management experience.

Licenses & Certifications

Required

Project Management Prof

Valid through: 3/4/2021

About First Merchants

First Merchants Corporation is the largest financial holding company based in Central Indiana, headquartered in Muncie, Indiana. The Corporation has one full-service bank charter, First Merchants Bank. The Bank also operates as First Merchants Private Wealth Advisors. First Merchants Corporation's common stock is traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market System under the symbol FRME. As of July 2020, total asset size of First Merchants Corporation was $13.8 billion. First Merchants offers customers broad financial services throughout locations in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan providing: In January 2019 First Merchants Bank was ranked #2 on the “America's Best Bank list compiled by Forbes, up from their #4 ranking in 2018. First Merchants Bank was listed as one of the “Best Places to Work in Indiana” by the Indiana Chamber of Commerce in 2018 for Major Companies with 1,000+ employees and again in 2019. First Merchants Bank was also named as one of the “Best Places to Work” by Columbus Business First for 2018 and as one of the 2019 Best Employers in Ohio, a list created by the Ohio SHRM State Council, Crain's Cleveland Business and Best Companies Group. First Merchants was also named one of the “Best Places to Work” in the state of Illinois in 2018 and again in 2019.

Total Jobs:

Total Experts:

Average Pay:

$103,333

Total value of jobs:

$1,860,000

% Masters:

26%

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