Project Manager

Community First Credit Union; Neenah (WI); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Community First Credit Union is seeking a Project Manager to lead enterprise-wide, cross-functional initiatives from planning through implementation and closeout. You will partner with sponsors, leaders, SMEs, and teams to translate objectives into actionable plans and keep work moving toward successful outcomes.

As part of the PMO, you will shape project management practices, balance scope, timelines, and budgets, and help drive change across the organization.

Qualifications

• Formal project management training and/or certifications preferred.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide, cross-functional projects.
• Proven ability to influence without formal authority.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Proficiency with PM tools and change-management support.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from start to finish, ensuring scope, timelines, and budgets stay on track.
• Define objectives, scope, success measures, responsibilities, and deliverables.
• Develop charters, schedules, communications, and implementation plans.
• Identify risks, dependencies, issues, and escalate when needed.
• Provide updates to sponsors, teams, and PMO leadership.
• Facilitate meetings and stakeholder presentations with clear accountability.
• Support organizational adoption and change management efforts.
• Partner with PMO to refine standards, tools, and practices.

Skills

Project leadership

Cross-functional teamwork

Communication skills

Time management

Influence skills

Problem solving

Education

PMP certification

CAPM certification

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

Job Category: Training and Organizational Development

Requisition Number: PROJE002585

• Posted : August 28, 2026
• Full-Time
• On-site

Locations

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Description

As a Project Manager, you will lead enterprise-wide, cross-functional projects from planning through implementation and completion. You'll partner with project sponsors, business leaders, subject matter experts, and project teams to turn approved objectives into clear, actionable plans and keep work moving toward successful outcomes.

As part of our newly established Project Management Office (PMO), you'll have the opportunity to help shape and strengthen how project management is practiced across Community First. This role blends strategic thinking, strong organization, communication, and problem-solving with the ability to influence and guide teams without formal authority.

What you will do:

• Lead projects from start to finish. Guide assigned enterprise-wide and cross-functional projects through planning, execution, implementation, and closeout while keeping scope, timelines, budgets, and project objectives on track.
• Bring structure and clarity to complex work. Partner with project sponsors, business leaders, subject matter experts, and stakeholders to define objectives, scope, success measures, responsibilities, deliverables, and expected outcomes.
• Turn ideas into actionable plans. Develop project charters, schedules, communication and implementation plans, training activities, and other documentation needed to support successful project delivery.
• Keep projects moving forward. Identify and actively manage dependencies, critical paths, risks, issues, decisions, and barriers to success, resolving matters within established authority and escalating when additional support or decisions are needed.
• Keep people informed and aligned. Provide timely, objective updates to project sponsors, teams, stakeholders, and PMO leadership while clearly communicating project status, risks, decisions, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Lead through influence. Facilitate project meetings, working sessions, and stakeholder presentations while creating clarity around responsibilities, timelines, deliverables, and accountability across teams.
• Support change and adoption. Partner with business owners and other stakeholders to help teams prepare for, navigate, and adopt changes associated with project initiatives.
• Help shape the future of project management. Partner with PMO leadership to implement and refine project management standards, tools, and practices, sharing lessons learned and identifying opportunities to improve how work gets done across the organization.

Qualifications Include:

• 5+ years of related experience leading projects, process improvement efforts, operations, or cross-functional initiatives; or an equivalent combination of education, formal project management training, and relevant experience.
• Formal project management training required, with PMP, CAPM, or another industry-recognized project management certification preferred.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex projects and cross-functional teams through influence rather than formal authority.
• Strong problem-solving, sound judgment, conflict resolution, and decision-making skills, including knowing when to elevate risks or decisions.
• Experience using project management tools and applications.
• Experience supporting change management and organizational adoption efforts.
• Highly effective oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to tailor information to different audiences.
• Strong organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities and keep complex work moving forward.
• Experience in financial services is a plus.

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