What are the responsibilities and job description for the EPMO Sr Project Manager position at Heitmeyer Consulting?
Title: EPMO Sr Project Manager
Duration: 6 months
Location: Sacramento – 3 days onsite
Tasks/Duties/Functions:
Duration: 6 months
Location: Sacramento – 3 days onsite
Tasks/Duties/Functions:
- Leads divisional or enterprise initiatives with moderate to high scope and complexity. Leads programs/project team member and business/technical partners. Drives leaders across the enterprise to deliver value and achieve business strategies and objectives
- Program Communication & Administration
- Shapes programs/projects to deliver business value with shorter iterations of project delivery
- Drives and influences program alignment and success through monitoring program, industry, functional or technology trends; incorporate emerging business and consumer trends into applicable programs
- Understands customer journey to guide the delivery of business outcomes
- Develops appropriate communication strategies and secures commitment for program/project decisions; guides program teams to communicate solution vision and priorities
- Defines strategies and plans for influencing multiple decision makers
- Develops plans to overcome resistance to many types of change
- Sets expectations and assuages fears associated with impact of change and guides team forward
- Guides communities of practice and project community forums to address ongoing needs for the project professional community; Supports the execution of ongoing efforts to improve project delivery
- Program / Project Delivery
- Sets project expectations and strategy; Ensures the development of organizational change plans and project financials
- Contributes to solution options and supports business partner decision making to minimize the amount of project investment divergence from target outcomes
- Partners with program/project teams to identify opportunities for creating reusable artifacts
- Leads project/program teams to identify measurable business value to ensure metrics are gathered and business objectives are realized
- Leads project/program team to continually focus on business strategy, vision and prioritizes based on delivery of business value
- Manages through ambiguity; Manages and resolves conflict issues and risks to remove barriers within the project/program team while continuing momentum on initiatives
- Identifies and manages interdependencies within projects and programs
- Develop Request for Proposals (RFP), including business needs and product/service expectations. Analyze and compare vendor responses, conduct vendor risk assessment (financial, physical, and electronic security reviews) and prepare a vendor summary and recommendation.
- Work with business owners to assess vendor products and interfaces impacted by projects and make recommendations for cost effective, efficient improvements.
- Consultant
- Challenge where appropriate to drive initiatives and program/project teams forward
- Consults with teams, stakeholders, and business leaders to identify and resolve emerging business needs
- Collaborates with business and technology partners and leaders to identify value drivers
- Partners with leaders to understand trade-offs and align program vision; assess the different types of support required to achieve goals which also achieve business value
- Develops business solutions and partners business and technology to align with overall strategy of the business
- Provides partners and leaders with an accurate view of challenges to adoption; recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns
- Maintain a thorough understanding of state and federal laws and regulations related to credit union compliance including bank secrecy and anti-money laundering laws appropriate to the position
- Team Leadership
- Motivates and inspires teams to coalesce and commit to shared purpose
- Drive team effort and promote team coordination
- Create a collaborative environment of distributed or virtual teams
- Provide guidance, feedback, coaching and mentoring to project team members
- Strategy and Analysis
- Coordinates, supports, and may influence the prioritization for the business and ensures alignment with strategic goals
- Effectively engages stakeholders and consults with senior leaders and executives to define measurable business value and benefits
- Analyze and understand project trends and themes around activities, budgets, and resources; Make recommendations for adjustments as necessary and identify and develop contingency plans to mitigate and address risks
- EDUCATION: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Accounting, Management Information Systems or Computer Science is strongly preferred. Advanced Degree in Business Administration or other related area is preferred.
- EXPERIENCE: Minimum eight years of combined experience in project analysis, coordination, and management with a minimum of five years of experience directly managing projects. Experience managing moderate complexity projects end-to-end required, preferably in a financial institution.
- Knowledge of financial products and services, especially as it relates to various delivery channels preferred.
- Knowledge of existing credit union products, services and overall operational guidelines.
- Strong knowledge of business analytical practices and methodologies and process improvement methodologies, e.g. Lean or Six Sigma a plus.
- Strong research, analytical, planning and organizational skills.
- Customer-focused attitude and ability to work proactively and efficiently.
- Supportive of all decisions, choices, goals and objectives as determined by PMO leadership and Executive leadership.
- Proven ability to evaluate key business objectives and develop appropriate action plans.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office products, especially MS Project, MS Excel, and MS PowerPoint.
- Ability to use logical reasoning when making objective observations, examinations, evaluations and recommendations.
- Familiarity with common contractual language and contract negotiation
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) is preferred.
