Senior Project Manager - Strategic Initiatives Leader

Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust; Camp Hill (Cumberland County); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives across IT, Operations, and business lines. You will define scope, build detailed plans, manage risks, and govern delivery to ensure on-time, within-scope, and within-budget results aligned to strategic priorities.

You will partner with business leaders, IT, and vendors, provide status reporting to executives, and promote best practices in PMO governance in a fast-paced, regulated banking

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or related field.
• Minimum of eight years of experience leading complex projects in IT, Operations, or a regulated industry.
• Experience with enterprise project management methodologies and tools.
• PM certification preferred (PMP or equivalent).
• Banking or highly regulated industry experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end project delivery, including scope definition, planning, scheduling, resourcing, budgeting, execution, monitoring, and closeout for assigned projects and programs.
• Partner with business, IT, Operations, and other key functions or stakeholders to define project objectives, deliverables, success criteria, and priorities.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, dependencies, milestones, and risk registers using approved project management tools and methodologies.
• Manage project risks, issues, and change control, escalating appropriately and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Provide regular, accurate project status reporting to sponsors, senior leadership, and governance forums, including impacts to timelines, budget, internal control over financial reporting (ICFR), and information technology general controls (ITGC) where applicable.
• Coordinate and manage third-party vendors to ensure deliverables are clearly defined, realistic, and aligned with internal capacity and priorities.
• Ensure compliance with project management office (PMO) standards, policies, and governance processes, while supporting ongoing refinement and improvement of those processes.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Analytical skills

Cross-functional leadership

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business Administration / Information Systems

Equivalent work experience

Tools

PMP certification

Enterprise PM tools

Job description

Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead cross-functional initiatives across IT, Operations, and business lines. You will define scope, build detailed plans, manage risks, and govern delivery to ensure on-time, within-scope, and within-budget results aligned to strategic priorities.

You will partner with business leaders, IT, and vendors, provide status reporting to executives, and promote best practices in PMO governance in a fast-paced, regulated banking