Project Manager

Dexian; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 82,656 - 89,544; Full time

Job summary

A leading staffing and IT solutions company is seeking a Project Manager to lead strategic projects in financial services. Responsibilities include managing all phases of project life cycle, collaborating with stakeholders, and defining project scope and milestones. The ideal candidate will have financial experience, particularly in wealth management, and exceptional communication skills. This role is essential for driving initiatives that contribute to the organization’s success, offering a pay rate of $60-65/hr on W2.

Qualifications

• Experience in wealth management is a huge plus.
• Ability to lead large strategic business initiatives in financial services.
• Demonstrated experience managing projects through agile life cycle phases.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from ideation to implementation.
• Define project scope, budget, timeline, and deliverables.
• Promote leadership through collaboration across functional areas.

Skills

Financial experience

Project management

Agile life cycle management

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication skills

Job description

Pay rate: $60-65/hr. on W2

Responsibilities

• Financial experience (Wealth Management a huge plus)
• A PM to lead projects from ideation to implementation and play a significant role in the overall success of the organization.
• While technology and digital are integral to all aspects of our projects, we are not seeking a purely technical project manager (i.e. pure development cycle management).
• Instead, we are looking for a well-rounded individual who has led large strategic business initiatives in the financial services space.
• Manage projects through all phases of the agile life cycle, including project initiation, requirements, design, development, testing, implementation and post implementation review.
• Define project scope, resource requirements, budget, timeline, deliverables and milestones; evaluate courses of action on an ongoing basis and select the best alternative to attain project goals.
• Promote leadership through collaboration, cooperation and communication across functional areas to ensure goals are achieved.
• Partner with project stakeholders and program manager to define requirements, establish and update status reports, develop communication plans and create management presentations.
• Maintain focus on project plan tasks, manage risk throughout the life cycle and make contingency plans to manage issues that pose risk to budget, time delivery or functionality.
• Facilitation of requirements gathering meetings and ability to drive action items and next steps.
• Ability to effectively present to executive leadership on status and risks.
• Draft and maintain RAID.
• Facilitation – Primary liaison to ensure communication, timely updates, and resolution of dependencies.

Dexian is a leading provider of staffing, IT, and workforce solutions with over 12,000 employees and 70 locations worldwide. As one of the largest IT staffing companies and the 2nd largest minority‑owned staffing company in the U.S., Dexian was formed in 2023 through the merger of DISYS and Signature Consultants. Combining the best elements of its core companies, Dexian's platform connects talent, technology, and organizations to produce game‑changing results that help everyone achieve their ambitions and goals.

Dexian's brands include Dexian DISYS, Dexian Signature Consultants, Dexian Government Solutions, Dexian Talent Development and Dexian IT Solutions. Visit https://dexian.com/ to learn more.

Dexian is an Equal Opportunity Employer that recruits and hires qualified candidates without regard to race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, disability, or veteran status.