Senior Project Manager

At-a-Glance:

• Contract
• Remote

• BA/BS in Business, Computer Science, Information Systems Management, or related area of study from an accredited college or university with applicable project management experience.
• 5+ years of experience managing complex technology projects, with demonstrated experience in infrastructure modernization, cloud migration, or data center exit initiatives.
• Proven experience coordinating on-prem to cloud (AWS preferred) application migrations or refactoring efforts, including multiple concurrent work streams.
• Ability or Proven IT delivery background with experience across the systems development life cycle with experience in all program/project phases – plan, initiate, elaborate, design, build, test, and implement.
• Strong understanding of legacy infrastructure environments and the challenges associated with modernization, technical debt, and application dependencies.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, including negotiation and conflict resolution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, ability to multitask and handle interruptions.
• Getting involved in complex issues to drive problem solving and rapidly get to solutions.
• Good judgment and decision making.
• Must pay attention to details.
• PMP or Project Management certification is a plus.
• Financial Services background is a plus.

• The Project Manager will assist in managing, scope, schedule, and budget for projects within the Technology division, specifically the Technology Alignment & Resilience (TAR) team, with a primary focus on data center exit, infrastructure consolidation, and referencing of on-premise legacy applications to AWS.
• Role is hands-on and execution-oriented, partnering directly with application teams, infrastructure, security architecture, and Cloud providers to plan and deliver work streams required to enable data center exiting and consolidation.
• This includes application discovery and dependency mapping, migration and modernization planning, refactoring coordination, risk remediation, and sequencing of technical and business cutovers.
• Lead and coordinate execution of data center exit and consolidation initiatives, including sequencing, dependency management, and cross-team readiness.
• Drive project delivery for refactoring and modernization of on-premise legacy applications to AWS, working closely with applications owners, cloud engineering, and AWS partners
• Partner with technology teams to support application discovery, dependency mapping and migration planning to enable safe and efficient decommissioning of legacy infrastructure.
• Coordinate with security architecture, risk, and infrastructure teams to ensure cloud onboarding, control alignment, and remediation activities are integrated into delivery plans.
• Translate high-level DC exit and cloud strategy into clear execution plans, milestones, and measurable outcomes; serve as a key point of coordination between internal and external vendors / AWS partner
• Drive effective teamwork, prioritization, communication, collaboration, and commitment across multiple disparate groups with competing priorities while maintaining strong business relationships.
• Lead the effective and efficient delivery of large complex cross-functional projects and manage implementation activities for concurrent work-streams.
• Ability to create and communicate project metrics, schedule, and status to the entire organization.
• Anticipate bottlenecks, identify risk, provide escalation management, anticipate and make tradeoffs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints.
• Maximize resources for the greater good of the organization.
• Demonstrated ability to read and interpret technical information.
• Demonstrated ability to compose clear and concise written communication.
• Demonstrated ability to create appropriate business requirements and acceptance criteria.
• Ensure consistency with and application of project management standards, processes, and controls across projects.