We have partnered with our client in their search for a Project Manager in the Columbus, Ohio area.
Responsibilities
A project manager is a professional responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing a project from start to finish. Ensuring projects are completed to the required standards, on time, and within budget.
They serve as the primary point of communication between stakeholders, team members, and clients to keep everything on track, resolve issues and risks and ensure all are working toward the same goals.
Job Responsibilities
- Own and drive the execution and delivery process for large and complex projects: including intake, dependency management, release management, product operationalization, business readiness, testing, and Go Live.
- Develop, manage, and communicate comprehensive program plans, executive summaries, project status reports, meeting notes, risks, issues, and decisions. Maintain excellent data integrity within project management tools and repositories (JIRA, Confluence, Teams).
- Ensure the project deliverables meet the objective and quality standards and are completed according to expectations.
- Adhere to all product and project management controls throughout the program's duration.
- Effectively manage timelines, dependencies, and blockers, ensure adequate resourcing, and liaise with stakeholders and functional partners.
- Navigating challenges, removing roadblocks, and making decisions to keep the project on track.
- Lead completion of change management activities across functional partners, ensuring adherence to the firm's risk, controls, compliance, and regulatory requirements.
- Engage with Scrum of Scrums, Product Owners, and Tech Leads across multiple product areas to maintain awareness of current activities and book of work management.
- Act as the primary point of contact for stakeholders, building strong relationships at all levels and understanding their needs and expectations.
- Continuously evaluate and improve product delivery processes to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
- Conduct post-implementation reviews and facilitate lessons learned sessions.
Skills Required
- Strong understanding of delivery processes and a proven track record of implementing continuous improvement initiatives.
- Experience in product or platform-wide release management, deployment processes, and strategies.
- Experience in working in a matrixed organization; strong partnership and collaboration skills to drive cross-functional teams.
- Positive, team-oriented attitude and commitment to the culture and values of the firm.
- Strong leadership and organizational skills to plan, organize, and manage resources and tasks.
- Excellent analytical skills: ability to identify opportunities, recommend solutions, and communicate effectively and confidently (both verbal and written) to all levels of management.
- Experience working with Agile and hybrid methodologies.
- Proficient with Project Management Tools: JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, Excel, Teams.
Preferred Qualifications, Capabilities, and Skills
- Proficient knowledge of the product development lifecycle, design, and data analytics.
- Strong understanding of the technical aspects of features being delivered.
- Excellent adaptability to pivot strategies and respond to changing circumstances.
Experience with regulatory, compliance, and risk management in banking
Education & Work Experience
- 8+ years of Project Manager experience (preferably in banking or financial services).
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field.
- Master's Degree, PMP Certification, or Certified Scrum Master (CSM) desired.
Title Product Delivery Manager / Project Manager
Location Columbus, OH
Client Industry Fintech
About Korn Ferry
Korn Ferry unleashes potential in people, teams, and organizations. We work with our clients to design optimal organization structures, roles, and responsibilities. We help them hire the right people and advise them on how to reward and motivate their workforce while developing professionals as they navigate and advance their careers. To learn more, please visit Korn Ferry at www.Kornferry.com
