Required Skills & Experience

- 8+ years project management experience, specifically in mid to large scale environments

- Experience balancing multiple projects at a time, specifically with multiple teams within multiple departments

- Banking industry experience

- PMP experience

- Comfortable hitting the ground running

Job Description

An employer is seeking a Project Manager in the Cincinnati, OH area. This person will be responsible for key enterprise strategic initiatives, seeking to achieve project scope, time, cost and quality objectives consistent with Project Management Institute (PMI) best practices. The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating the activities of internal and external resources throughout the lifecycle of these efforts, maintaining an effective and motivated project team. They will be required to manage multiple large scale projects within the bank, currently primarily centered around bank openings and closings as well as a PCI Compliance alongside six other project managers. The client has some agile practices within, but also uses Workfront, an Adobe product that is waterfall hybrid. They will also assist business partners with the development of project charters and project plans, ensuring the appropriate human resources, communications, risk, procurement and stakeholder management plans are documented, communicated and approved.

Essential Functions/Responsibilities:

· Provide project management leadership for high-profile enterprise initiatives, driving cross-functional project teams to achieve high-quality results through all phases of project delivery (initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing)

· Monitor and manage project scope, time, cost and quality objectives throughout project lifecycles

· Management and oversight of internal and external project team resources, including vendors, consultants and other third parties

· Development of project scope and design specifications, working closely with key stakeholders to ensure alignment on business requirements

· Development and maintenance of comprehensive project documentation and archives (projects plans, issues logs, risk registers, stakeholder registers, business requirements, etc.) Active management of project risks, issues, corrective action, change control, status reporting, and process improvement plans

· Mentor and guide less experienced project managers