Sr. Project Manager W/ Mortgage Experience
6 days ago
Iselin
Job Description Title: Sr. IT Project Manager W/ Mortgage Experience Location: Iselin NJ Duration : Long Term Interview Process: Direct In-person Interview. EAD-GC / GC/USC - Required. Key Skills: · Must have experience in Mortgage industry and must have handled projects in the domain. · Mortgage experience related to Loan originations – retail and Wholesale. Scope/Purpose of the Position: We are seeking a highly qualified Senior Project Manager to perform a lead role in managing the implementation of enterprise software solutions. The selected Project Manager must maintain control of project schedule, quality, budget and risk issues. The candidate must: • Facilitate timely decisions to maintain project schedule, quality and budget., • Provide management with regular project updates, maintain trusting relationships, identify project risks early and assist by providing prudent and timely recommendations for risk avoidance., • Supervise and mentor junior staff for both project and career growth, and make staff development recommendations. Major Responsibilities and Essential Functions: • Lead large complex projects to achieve key business objectives., • Strong project management process, • Execution knowledge in defining, understanding and managing scope and solution and related issues., • Estimates, planning work breakdown structure (WBS), base-lining project plans and tracking projects estimate variances., • Monthly revisions to rolling forecast (month over month) of project expenses and variances with allocated budgets and tracking any variances in monthly expenditure & understanding impacts to forecast., • Managing cross-application test planning, execution & status reporting., • Understanding qualitative and quantitative benefits of the projects and impact to benefits due to changes and issues., • Understanding drivers for change and managing a change (scope / schedule / cost / benefits / quality)., • Understanding / defining stake holder expectations, issue escalation paths and managing the project communications / change communications at appropriate levels / intervals to proactively mitigate potential new issues due to communication fall-out., • Responsible for coordinating with other teams and application areas as necessary to resolve schedule and other interdependency challenges., • Provides subject matter expertise in areas including program management, projectmanagement, project scope definition, risk identification, project methodology, resource allocation, facilitation, and other project management areas., • Drives risk/issue resolution, and appropriate escalations., • Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects., • Effective communication of IT changes / issues / risks / mitigation / action plans., • Effective planning / management of meetings & tracking of minutes / action items to closure., • Strong understanding of variations between release management & project management., • Effectively manage/direct cross-application, cross-functional and cross-segment teams., • Develop and manages IT/business plans to achieve objectives., • Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the IT / business., • Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences., • Influencing senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and approaches., • Understanding of IT Project life cycles, artifacts & versioning and key-stake holder sign-offs. SKILLS/ABILITIES: Successful candidate will possess: • Problem solving ability to analyze and challenge conventional thought processes and use experience and/or intuition to create pragmatic solutions, • Demonstrate a flexible mindset by adapting to and helping drive change, • Committed to taking responsibility and ownership for agreed actions and delivery., • Demonstrating a positive attitude and standing firm, • Basic understanding of SQL or similar analytical toolset, • Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, and excellent data analytic skills, • Ability to allocate time efficiently; handle multiple demands and competing priorities, • Ability to thrive under production pressure and deadlines, • Strong communication (verbal and written), time management skills, fast learner, self‐ motivated, and comfortable taking initiative and handling multiple projects simultaneously, • Ability to be a persuasive leader who can serve as an effective member of the leadership team and communicate project management and business analysis related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical employees, • Mortgage practice experience a must specifically in the retail space, • Experience with Microsoft project, • Exposure to multiple PM methodologies