Mortgage Acquisition Project Manager

M&T Bank; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 149,000; Full time

Job summary

M&T Bank is seeking a seasoned Project Manager to lead high-priority initiatives in Buffalo, NY. You will coordinate cross-functional teams across multiple businesses and manage scope, schedule, and budget from initiation to close.

Your role requires strong planning, stakeholder communication and risk management to deliver complex projects on time and within costs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years’ proven project management experience.
• Or an 8-year combined higher education/work history with at least 4 years of project management.

Responsibilities

• Lead high priority projects impacting three or more businesses or functions.
• Develop project plan, forecast and schedule with stakeholders and requirements gathering.
• Ensure plans include work breakdown, cost/budget, risk, quality and resource plans.
• Communicate project plans to affected parties to align stakeholders.
• Execute tasks in the project plan, manage budget and changes.
• Measure performance, identify variances and take corrective actions.
• Mitigate project risk events with approved actions/workarounds.
• Improve team performance, mentor and motivate to boost morale.
• Coordinate activities with understanding of each team member's role and scope.
• Adhere to the company's risk and regulatory standards and controls.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder communication

Budget planning

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Overview:

Manages high priority projects affecting three or more businesses or functional areas, or complex projects affecting multiple businesses or functional areas.

Manages changes to project scope, schedule and costs using appropriate verification techniques to keep the project plan accurate, updated, reflective of authorized project changes as defined in the change management plan, and facilitate customer acceptance.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct high priority projects impacting three or more businesses or functions, or complex projects affective multiple businesses or functional areas, often requiring considerable resources and high levels of functional integration from initiation to close.Ensure familiarity with scope and project objectives and establish clear roles and responsibilities for project team members.Projects may be of a technical and/or non-technical nature.


• Develop Project Plan, forecast and schedule.Work with stakeholders to record detailed project requirements, constraints and assumptions to establish project deliverables, using requirement-gathering techniques (e.g. planning sessions, brainstorming, focus groups) and the project charter.


• Ensure plans for assigned projects include work breakdown, project organization chart, cost/budget and communication, risk, quality and resource plans.


• Communicate project plans to affected parties to ensure a common understanding, set expectations and align stakeholders and project team members.


• Ensure execution of tasks defined in the project plan to achieve the project goals.Execute all parts of the project plan and manage the budget/forecast.Monitor and control project work including change controls.


• Measure project performance utilizing appropriate tools and techniques to monitor progress; identify and quantify variances, complete any required corrective actions, and communicate to all stakeholders.


• Implement approved actions and workarounds required to mitigate project risk events.


• Improve project team performance by building team cohesiveness, leading, mentoring, training and motivating to facilitate cooperation, ensure project efficiency and boost morale.


• Must be familiar with system scope and project objectives, as well as the role and responsibility of each team member, to effectively coordinate team activities.


• Understand and adhere to the Company’s risk and regulatory standards, policies and controls in accordance with the Company’s Risk Appetite. Identify risk-related issues needing escalation to management.


• Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.


• Maintain M&T internal control standards, including timely implementation of internal and external audit points together with any issues raised by external regulators as applicable.


• Complete other related duties as assigned.

Supervisory/ Managerial Responsibilities:

Contributes to technical/professional direction for a discipline

Education and Experience Required:

Bachelor’s degree and a minimum of 4 years’ proven project management experience, or in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 8 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years’ project management experience.

Proficiency with personal computers as well as pertinent software packages.

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $89,600.00 - $149,300.00 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Buffalo, New York, United States of America

M&T Bank Corporation is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer, including disabilities and veterans.