Technology Project Manager

Accountabilities:

• • Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans covering schedules, milestones, scope, resource requirements, dependencies, and critical-path activities.
  • Lead technology projects through planning, implementation, testing, release, and final delivery.
  • Identify, track, and manage project risks, issues, actions, dependencies, and mitigation strategies.
  • Coordinate business and technology resources across multiple teams within a highly matrixed organization.
  • Proactively identify cross-project dependencies and develop appropriate mitigation plans.
  • Manage project status, metrics, change control, quality assurance and testing coordination, and implementation activities.
  • Partner with business leaders, technology teams, project managers, and other stakeholders to ensure project objectives are achieved.
  • Facilitate project meetings and communicate progress, risks, issues, decisions, and priorities to stakeholders and leadership.
  • Adapt project plans and priorities as business and technology requirements change.
  • Build strong relationships across project teams and foster a collaborative delivery environment.
  • Support cloud and other technology initiatives at the project-management level, coordinating effectively with technical teams without requiring deep engineering expertise.

  Requirements:

  • Bachelor’s degree required.
  • 5–7+ years of technology project management experience; candidates with 10+ years of relevant experience are also encouraged to apply.
  • Financial services experience is strongly preferred, particularly within banking, payments, capital markets, or related environments.
  • Experience managing technology and/or cloud-related projects.
  • Proven ability to manage schedules, dependencies, risks, issues, scope, resources, and project delivery.
  • Experience successfully delivering complex, full-lifecycle technology projects.
  • Understanding of the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC).
  • Experience working with both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
  • Proficiency with project and collaboration tools such as MS Project, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, and Excel.
  • Strong experience working within matrixed organizations involving multiple business and technology teams.
  • Working knowledge of cloud infrastructure and cloud transformation initiatives is preferred.
  • Understanding of DevOps and continuous testing concepts is advantageous; deep hands-on DevOps expertise is not required.
  • PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, or similar project management or Agile certification is preferred.
  • Excellent organizational, prioritization, time-management, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to communicate effectively with technical, business, and leadership audiences.
  • Ability to work independently while contributing effectively to collaborative teams.
  • Comfortable facilitating meetings and leading discussions with large groups.
  • Must satisfy applicable U.S. work authorization and residency requirements and successfully complete required background and security screening.

  Benefits:

  • $62–$72 per hour.
  • Fully remote work arrangement.
  • Initial 2-month contract with potential extension into 2027.
  • Opportunity to lead high-visibility technology initiatives within a financial services and payments environment.
  • Exposure to cloud initiatives, technology transformation, Agile and Waterfall delivery, and complex enterprise projects.
  • Collaboration with business leaders, technology teams, project managers, and senior stakeholders.
  • Opportunity to work across multiple business and technology teams within a highly matrixed environment.
  • Specific healthcare, retirement, paid time off, and additional benefits were not specified in the source job description.