IT Project Manager II

Truist Financial - Atlanta, GA

Part-time,Full-time - Senior

Atlanta, GA

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

In this role, you will oversee multiple high-priority projects and business unit programs that require considerable resources and high levels of integration. Your primary responsibility will be to ensure that projects are documented, prioritized, and executed to meet program and project requirements. You will focus on meeting customer needs and satisfaction by managing program commitments and resolving ambiguity and issues. This includes maintaining effective communication with sponsors, stakeholders, and management, including senior leaders and executives. You will provide vision and strategy to meet business needs and defined objectives, interfacing with all areas affected by the project, including end users, business stakeholders, support functions, and vendors. It is essential to ensure adherence to quality standards and established policies and processes throughout the project lifecycle. As a leader, you will manage multiple and/or large-scale high-risk projects by facilitating project charters, defining vision and objectives, overseeing financials, scope, metrics, quality, schedule, resourcing, vendor management, dependencies, risks, and status reporting. You will ensure smooth project progression by effectively managing the project plan, conducting phase gate reviews, handling change requests, and providing stakeholder status reporting. Your leadership will guide both the project team and business partners while working cross-functionally to solve problems and implement changes, ensuring appropriate and professional communication among stakeholders. You will be responsible for evaluating project progress and quality, managing the issue resolution process, and taking corrective action as necessary. Additionally, you will develop quality business relationships to anticipate and address client needs proactively. Your role will also involve mentoring and coaching team members and project managers/analysts, providing feedback to group managers regarding the work performance of team members. The program profile indicates a span of impact across the corporation with multiple lines of business, a budget impact ranging from $10,000,000 to $100,000,000, and timelines for corporate programs and strategic projects that can extend from one to five years in duration.

Responsibilities

• Oversee multiple high-priority projects and business unit programs.
• Ensure projects are documented, prioritized, and executed to meet program/project requirements.
• Manage program commitments and resolve ambiguity and issues, including communications with sponsors, stakeholders, and management.
• Provide vision and strategy to meet business needs and defined objectives.
• Interface with all areas affected by the project including end users, business stakeholders, support functions, and vendors.
• Ensure adherence to quality standards and established policies and processes.
• Provide leadership in managing multiple and/or large scale high-risk projects.
• Facilitate project charter, vision/objectives, financials, scope, metrics, quality, schedule, resourcing, vendor management, dependencies, risks, status reporting, stakeholder engagement, and business readiness.
• Ensure smooth project progression by effectively defining/managing the project plan, phase gate reviews, change requests, and stakeholder status reporting.
• Develop quality business relationships to anticipate and address client needs.
• Mentor, coach, and set direction for team members and project managers/analysts.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or technology-related field, or equivalent education and related training.
• Ten years of experience in increasingly complex project management, including 8 years of applicable business experience inclusive of project management experience.
• Knowledge in software development lifecycle in an enterprise environment.
• Experience as a steward over programs/project investments including delivery of multi-year program investments and optimizing investment return.
• Strong consistent governance and formal controls to mitigate investment risk.
• Goal-oriented, action-focused, executive level interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently toward goals in a complex, diverse environment with multiple and changing demands.
• Proven leadership skills and an outstanding record of project management success.

Nice-to-haves

• 3-5 years leading Network architecture and engineering related initiatives with focus on Core Data Centers, Wide Area Networking, Telcom Carriers, and integration with 3rd party providers.
• Knowledge of cybersecurity technologies and solutions specifically in the areas of perimeter protection, data protection, and data loss prevention.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.
• Three years of financial services-related project experience.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
• Tax-preferred savings accounts
• 401k plan
• Vacation days (minimum of 10 days)
• Sick days (minimum of 10 days)
• Paid holidays
• Defined benefit pension plan (depending on position and division)
• Restricted stock units (depending on position and division)
• Deferred compensation plan (depending on position and division)