Senior Project Lead, Payments & Change

Bank of America; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 78,000 - 113,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking an experienced Project Manager in Chicago to drive programs with significant impact on how the Bank and Global Payments Solutions operate. You will manage scope, schedule, and budget while coordinating with GPS PMO, LOBs, and tech teams to deliver initiatives on time.

The role requires strong communication, formal project management knowledge, and a track record of delivering complex projects.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years of project management experience.
• Knowledge of structured project management methods.
• Knowledge of Bank’s Enterprise Change Policy & Standards.
• Track record of delivering projects to plan and on budget.
• Ability to assess an ill-defined problem and propose the tasks & deliverables.
• Ability to manage and communicate with stakeholders at different levels.
• Proficient with MS products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrates strong project management skills, including the ability to prioritize work and meet deadlines.
• Partners with program manager and project sponsor to develop and maintain project objectives and charter.
• Acts as the primary point of contact and integration for the project.
• Responsible for analyzing present-state, developing alternative future-state approaches and facilitating implementation.
• Plans, organizes, monitors and controls projects using appropriate tools and techniques to ensure efficient and effective project completion.
• Manages project scope, timeline and budget by facilitating project routines to assess project health, manage risks/issues, identify change controls, etc.
• Responsible for creating and driving a single project plan in MS Project, and all required project artifacts – TAR List, Risk log, status reporting, meeting agendas, toll gate evidence, stakeholder matrix, TPAS updates and project documents.
• Maintains required project status reporting including updates to Enterprise tools and systems of record.
• Develops and socializes potential risk mitigation strategies.
• Partners with GPS PMO to ensure that all applicable Global Change Standards, Enterprise Procedures and any FLU/CF Procedures are followed.
• Works with LOB to identify people/process impacts and provide deliverables/evidence for Enterprise Change governance routines as required.
• Partners with Tech PM on PPRT deliverables including Tollgates, input of risks/issues and coordinates status of tech delivery efforts.
• Oversees Project readiness, change adoption and Stakeholder management.
• Effectively communicates with managers, peers and business partners on deliverables, timelines and support needed.

Skills

Process Design

Program Management

Project Management

Reporting

Strategy Planning

Issue Management

Oral Communications

Presentation Skills

Prioritization

Problem Solving

Performance Management

Process Performance Management

Process Simplification

Risk Management

Workforce Planning

Job description

Bank of America is seeking an experienced Project Manager in Chicago to drive programs with significant impact on how the Bank and Global Payments Solutions operate. You will manage scope, schedule, and budget while coordinating with GPS PMO, LOBs, and tech teams to deliver initiatives on time.

The role requires strong communication, formal project management knowledge, and a track record of delivering complex projects.