Senior IT Project Manager - Banking Tech & Vendors

Vaco Recruiter Services; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex retail banking technology, software development, integration and vendor implementation projects. You will own projects from planning through delivery, working closely with business leaders, technology teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business or related field, and PMP certification, with 10+ years of PM experience in banking/financial services.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business, or related field, or equivalent education and experience.
• PMP certification or equivalent project management certification required.
• 10+ years of project management experience, preferably within banking or financial services.
• Demonstrated experience managing software development, technical integration, vendor implementation, or business operations projects.
• Strong understanding of distributed and mainframe infrastructure, technologies, and concepts.
• Ability to quickly understand new technologies, applications, and business processes.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven ability to work with executive sponsors, business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and resource managers.
• Strong planning, organization, and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and meet aggressive deadlines.
• Flexibility to work outside normal business hours, including occasional weekends, when required.

Responsibilities

• Manage day-to-day operational and tactical aspects of multiple technology and business projects.
• Own project scope, schedules, resources, risks, issues, budgets, communications, and status reporting.
• Lead cross-functional teams through successful project delivery.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, schedules, milestones, and work breakdown structures.
• Partner with SMEs to identify requirements, estimates, dependencies, and resource needs.
• Coordinate resources within a matrixed organization and obtain commitments from functional managers.
• Identify project dependencies and critical paths.
• Track deliverables, milestones, risks, issues, and action items to ensure projects remain on schedule and within budget.
• Manage competing constraints across scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk.
• Facilitate project meetings and provide clear communication to sponsors, stakeholders, vendors, and leadership.
• Prepare status reports, presentations, meeting minutes, risk/issue updates, and executive-level communications.
• Manage scope changes and ensure adherence to established change-control processes.
• Support vendor implementations and technical integrations across the retail banking environment.

Skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business or related field

PMP certification

Job description

Vaco Recruiter Services is seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex retail banking technology, software development, integration and vendor implementation projects. You will own projects from planning through delivery, working closely with business leaders, technology teams, vendors, and stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Business or related field, and PMP certification, with 10+ years of PM experience in banking/financial services.