Sr Technical Project Mgr, Full-Time, Hybrid, Marlborough, MA

DCU

$104K — $125K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 4-year degree in Information Systems or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 2 years direct Information Systems infrastructure experience
  • 2-4 years experience with Information Systems project management
  • 2-4 years experience in the Financial Industry
  • Strong knowledge of banking systems and technologies
  • PMI or other project management certification preferred
  • Knowledge of Agile methodology

Responsibilities

  • Lead project management initiatives within a matrix team environment
  • Plan, estimate, and execute technology-related projects
  • Communicate and coordinate project deliverables across teams
  • Develop detailed project deliverables including scope statements and schedules
  • Manage day-to-day project activities to meet deliverables and mitigate risks
  • Coordinate project tasks during execution and establish clear goals
  • Contribute to the development of Project Management Life Cycle and methodologies

Benefits

  • Collaborative work environment with a focus on continuous improvement
  • Opportunity to manage technically oriented and diverse projects
  • Interaction with cross-functional teams including IS Infrastructure and Development
  • Potential for professional growth in IT project management
  • Exposure to financial industry practices and technologies
Full Job Description
Schedule

Mon - Fri 8a-5p

What You'll Do

Summary/Objective:

The Technical Project Manager leads teams within a matrix environment to successfully complete projects within the Technology organization. Serves as the primary liaison between project teams, business owners and sponsors for various systems and/or applications. The Technical Project Manager is responsible for the oversight of the entire project's life cycle. Apply project management and agile methodology skills to manage scope, plan work, coordinate resources and drive execution. Projects may be small to large; cross-functional in impact and are technical in nature. This position will collaborate with a team of PMs and Senior PMs to make continuous improvements to project processes.

Essential Functions:

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

This position will focus on the management of enablement related projects such as data center migrations to public cloud (AWS), greenfield deployments in the DCU data centers, component lifecycle management, wireless and telephone infrastructure upgrades, monitoring & alerting for the IT infrastructure, workstation deployments, system / server upgrades, networking upgrades and transformations, disaster recovery exercises, remediation of major audit findings and other similar technically oriented projects.

  • Manage projects with waterfall and agile methods when applicable
  • Plan, estimate and execute technology-related projects
  • Communicate and coordinate project deliverables across IS Infrastructure, IS Development teams and the project team to achieve milestones
  • Develop detailed project deliverables including scope statements, schedule, resource plans and success criteria
  • Schedule and conduct project planning with appropriate tech leads, third party contractors and business
  • Manage day to day project activities to meet deliverables, manage risks and remove team blockers
  • Coordinate project deliverables, identify required resources and review roles & responsibilities

  • Coordinate project tasks such as equipment are ordered, received, and staged during the project execution

  • Coordinate team resources across projects with other Project Managers
  • Simultaneously manage multiple IT project plans. Establish clear goals, milestones and approach to execution
  • Assist in building Portfolio View of initiatives business and IT initiatives across the Credit Union
  • Use sound judgment in project communication and ensure that key stakeholders including the team, business and management are apprised of project activities in a timely manner
  • Communicate progress, risks, expectations, timelines, milestones and other key project metrics to business and team members
  • Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of the Project Management Life Cycle and agile methodologies
  • Lead the team to update support processes to capture new project enhancements, features or updated technologies
  • Ensure project post implementation reviews are conducted
  • Working knowledge and understanding of the ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library) Framework
  • Adhere to DCU's project management best practices, procedures and documentation standards
  • Have a "Team Player" mentality
  • Performs other job-related duties as assigned by Manager(s)


What You'll Need

Education and Experience Requirements:

  • 4-year degree in Information Systems or equivalent work experience
  • Minimum of 2 years direct Information Systems infrastructure experience, perhaps as a system engineer, network engineer, worked on a service desk team, or in IT Security, and may have been an Infrastructure team lead or infrastructure manager.
  • 2 - 4 years experience with Information Systems project management experience
  • 2 - 4 years experience in Financial Industry
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Strong knowledge of banking systems, technologies and their relationship to business functions, practices, and processes
  • Analytical and Project Management skills with a focus in financial services applications
  • Strong verbal/written communication skills
  • PMI or other project management certification preferred
  • Knowledge and practical applications of Agile methodology
  • Business Process Management experience recommended


Expected Pay Range

$104,000 - $125,000

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