Responsible for planning and executing projects according to Business Technology and business requirements. Scope of work includes project objectives, scheduling / planning, resource loading & estimation, budget, execution coordination, project metrics, and management presentations to ensure quality control throughout the project life cycle.

Principle Duties and Responsibilities:

Essential Functions:

• Defines the desired future state of application architecture, and documents the gaps between current and future states.
• Define transition plans to close the gaps.
• Delegates tasks and/or responsibilities to team members for action according to their level of experience and assigned accountability.
• Demonstrated understanding of software development lifecycle methodologies (SDLC).
• Ensures applications processes are followed consistently and are in compliance with applicable policies, procedures, standards, etc.
• Supports management in recruiting, hiring, and career development.
• Develops, maintains, and monitors master project schedule.
• Plan and manage cutover activities during any new project or sustaining deployment.
• Assists in the preparation and review of Statements of Work (SOW) describing project scope, deliverables, assumptions, and estimated costs. Ensures the SOW meets the expectations of the business.
• Identifies and manages dependencies and critical path issues and resolves outstanding issues and concerns as a result of first line management escalation.
• Manages scope change requests and quality reviews.

Additional Functions:

• Experience with effectively communicating to senior business management.
• Provide thought leadership to key business leaders on business process designs to leverage world class process and current technology options for transformational business change.
• Consults with business unit management and reviews proposals to determine goals, timeline, budget, procedures, staffing requirements and assignment of resources.
• Excellent presentation design and delivery skills.
• Ability to lead/facilitate cross-functional teams and meetings.
• Participates in design reviews for implementation projects.
• Demonstrated competence in risk management, issue tracking, change management and requirements gathering.
• Perform other duties as assigned

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, Engineering or relevant curriculum required or equivalent combination of education and experience sufficient to successfully perform the essential functions of the job.
• 10 years of experience within IT or other relevant business disciplines.
• Master's Degree may be used to offset one (1) year of experience; PhD may offset two (2) years of experience. 

Other Requirements:

• Proven ability to lead teams through complex solution design and delivery process.
• Proficiency with Project Management Tools.
• Certified Project Manager (CPM), Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgM), and / or Scrum Master certification preferred.
• A credit history check from a national credit bureau will be conducted for all candidates for this position including new hires and current employees seeking promotion or transfer.