Banking IT Project Manager: Agile Delivery Leader

AgreeYa Solutions; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

AgreeYa is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager with banking/financial services background to lead enterprise application projects. You will manage full SDLC, drive Agile delivery with Azure DevOps, and coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, QA, and operations. Strong regulatory, risk, and stakeholder management required.

You'll lead end-to-end delivery, manage scope, schedules, budgets, and vendor coordination, ensuring alignment with objectives and governance.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of IT project management experience in Banking/Financial Services.
• Proven ability to deliver large enterprise-scale application development and transformation projects.
• Strong SDLC methodologies including Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid approaches.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of banking applications within scope, time, budget and quality.
• Manage scope, schedules, resources, risks, dependencies and deliverables.
• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, architects, developers, QA teams and vendors to ensure successful execution.
• Drive Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, backlog grooming, daily standups, sprint reviews and retrospectives.
• Utilize Azure DevOps for project planning, backlog management, sprint tracking, reporting and release coordination.
• Monitor progress, identify risks/issues and implement mitigation strategies.
• Coordinate application development, enhancement, integration, migration and modernization initiatives.
• Manage stakeholder communications and provide regular status updates to senior leadership.
• Ensure compliance with banking regulations, security standards, audit requirements and governance processes.
• Facilitate UAT planning, production deployment activities, and post-implementation support.
• Oversee vendor management and coordinate with third-party technology partners when required.
• Track project financials, resource utilization and budget adherence.

Skills

Azure DevOps

Agile delivery

SDLC

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Vendor management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Project

JIRA

Confluence

Visio

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

AgreeYa is seeking an experienced IT Project Manager with banking/financial services background to lead enterprise application projects. You will manage full SDLC, drive Agile delivery with Azure DevOps, and coordinate cross-functional teams across business, technology, QA, and operations. Strong regulatory, risk, and stakeholder management required.

You'll lead end-to-end delivery, manage scope, schedules, budgets, and vendor coordination, ensuring alignment with objectives and governance.