Lead Project Manager
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Job Description
Responsible for managing projects related to Compliance owned reviews by Compliance Testing, Internal Audit and Regulatory Management. Leads project teams to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet business needs.
Responsibilities
- Research, draft and coordinate review preparation materials relevant to issues facing business units across Compliance and educate the business in advance of anticipated reviews
- Maintain a response library to be provided to the business pre-review, researching reviews and compiling relevant materials.
- Maintain Compliance Exam Management procedures and training guides.
- Utilize project management skillset to establish and maintain review trackers.
- Identify opportunities for process efficiencies and potential solutions
- Gathers business requirements and translates them for project teams. Manages all aspects of each project. Leads project teams to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet business needs.
- Assembles project teams. Aligns roles and responsibilities for all project resources. Ensures project progress is tracked and team members are providing progress updates.
- Documents agendas, meeting minutes, action items, project plans, and issue logs. Communicates project statuses to stakeholders.
Minimum Qualifications
At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:
- Bachelor's Degree in Arts, Information Technology, Business, or related field
- 4+ years of experience in Project Management, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, or related field
- In lieu of a degree, 6+ years of experience in Project Management, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, or related experience
Preferred Qualifications
If we had our say, we’d also look for:
- 6+ years of experience in Project Management, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, or related field
- Agile and/or Kanban, PMP
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