Senior Project Manager II | Hybrid/Remote IT Delivery

Theuniversityunion; Springfield (MA); On-site; USD 86,000 - 112,000; Full time

Job summary

Farm Credit Financial Partners, Inc. (FPI) is seeking a Project Manager II to drive and deliver IT projects with limited supervision. You will oversee cross-functional teams, define scope, budget, and milestones, and ensure alignment with enterprise strategies.

This role requires strong leadership, risk management, and exceptional communication skills, with a hybrid work arrangement and periodic travel to Springfield, MA for company activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• Typically, 5+ years of progressively increasing responsible experience managing complex information technology projects, preferably within financial services or banking.
• Agile experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for the project management process and project management deliverables, for all assigned projects from initiation through closure.
• Projects will include in-house development and implementation of third-party vendor products.
• Assist in defining project scope, budget, timelines, and milestones that support the business goal while working collaboratively with business partners.
• Develop detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resources plans, and status reports.
• Plan, track and manage project schedules, tasks, and actions adhering to FPI project management methodology.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of delivery methodologies, process documentation, and standards.
• Gain recognition as a trusted advisor/leader with customers.
• Plan and coordinate kickoff meetings and other appropriate launch activities to support group understanding and objectives.
• Direct day-to-day activities of projects and staff in matrixed organization.
• Manage cross-functional project teams including subject matter experts, business analysts, IT professionals, and other stakeholders in a matrixed environment.
• Develop and deliver effective internal and external stakeholder communications on assigned projects and programs including regular updates to executive leadership on project status, milestones, and key technical considerations.
• Identify and investigate all project dependencies and risks, ensuring effective mitigation and contingency plans are in place, escalating where needed.
• Document, track, measure, and report progress in achieving stated goals and ensuring quality results.
• Organize and lead check-point meetings providing regular project status updates.
• Control change to project scope using accepted change processes and documentation.
• Identify project interdependencies, assess organizational impact, and coordinate delivery across business units and technology teams.
• Monitor project budgets by tracking actuals against planned expenditures, prepare monthly financial reforecasts, and provide clear data-driven explanations for budget variances.
• Other related duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Project governance

Agile experience

Communication

Mentoring

Risk management

Time management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

Farm Credit Financial Partners, Inc. (FPI) is seeking a Project Manager II to drive and deliver IT projects with limited supervision. You will oversee cross-functional teams, define scope, budget, and milestones, and ensure alignment with enterprise strategies.

This role requires strong leadership, risk management, and exceptional communication skills, with a hybrid work arrangement and periodic travel to Springfield, MA for company activities.