Project Manager, Operations Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager

Overview

At OnPath Credit Union, we share a passion for delivering exceptional service. Your primary role will involve building relationships with our members, offering personalized solutions and identifying opportunities to help them achieve financial success. If you thrive in an environment with team members who truly enjoy what they do and you are sales driven and motivated to succeed, then OnPath is the place for you!

Voted eleven years in a row as one of the Top 40 Places to Work by the Times Picayune, we offer:

• Competitive Compensation
• Impressive Benefits Package including Medical, Dental, Life Insurance, and 401(K) Plan
• Paid Vacation, Wellness, Sick Time, and more!

Interested? Become part of the OnPath team that believes exceptional service defines the core of who we are.

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our team! The salary range for this position is $84,601.44 to $ annually based on skills and experience. This position is classified as On-site.

As a dedicated member of the OnPath FCU team, this role performs a variety of tasks that in partnership with the surrounding departments, provides cost effective financial services for the benefit of our members who are our primary focus. Our core values are what make us E.P.I.I.C. We are Empathetic to the vast situations and needs of our members and to each other.

We are Passionate about the financial growth and success of our members. We are Innovative in our ideas and goals to remain at the top of our class in financial services. Our Integrity is not an option. We require our employees to be honest and have strong moral principles. We are Committed to our promise to be the best financial advocates for our members and the communities we serve.

The Project Manager is responsible for the oversight of all significant corporate projects, including resource utilization, budgets, enforcement of project schedules, appropriate communication to all stakeholders, and the execution of project work plans. Performs system and workflow analysis to improve productivity and to alleviate bottlenecks. Serves as the liaison between the project teams and management.

• Project Management:
  Manage project activities, resources, and communications. Follow the organization s project management methodology for initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing projects. Interact with stakeholders to gather requirements and document scope; utilize document templates to create project plans, work plans, project schedules, and various registers; schedule and facilitate meetings and monitor risks. Monitor and analyze the project team s progress toward project completion;
  
  maintain communication with senior management and escalate changes or issues accordingly, within the assigned level of authority.

• Serve as the Project Management lead for all Credit Union projects such as mergers & acquisitions. Coordinate and track operational change requests; serve as the centralized contact to collect and transmit all requests to the Change Control Board (CCB) in advance of CCB meetings; accurately store all rejected, deferred, and approved requests; coordinate activities associated with completion and track progress toward completion;
  
  provide verbal status updates at CCB meetings, as well as written reports, as required.

• Prepare reports for senior management regarding project status(es). Document project progress through status reports and maintain document repositories for the organization s portfolio of projects. Maintain change requests and provide reporting on the change request backlog. Support the organization in managing knowledge through the development and storage of after-action reports and refer to them accordingly.

• Provide management assistance in developing sound project strategy. Performs system and workflow analysis to improve productivity and to alleviate bottlenecks.
• Leads the planning and implementation of special projects in company operations.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, and budgets.
• Conduct project post implementation reviews.
• Must comply with all company policies and procedures, applicable laws and regulations, including but not limited to, the Bank Secrecy Act, the Patriot Act, and the Office of Foreign Assets Control.

• 3-5 years  experience managing projects of various scope and complexity.
• The demonstrated ability to accomplish and drive results through others.
• Must be proficient in managing and forecasting budgets.

• Project Management Professional Certification. Lean Six Sigma a plus.

• Experience in effective negotiation and conflict resolution
• Experience in budget planning, management and reporting
• Excellent relationship management skills
• Ability to influence without direct authority and obtaining win-win situations.
• Ability to envision what needs to be done and conceptualize an…