Sr. Project Manager

TEKsystems; Honolulu (HI); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TEKsystems seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead strategic initiatives around mergers and acquisitions, core banking system integration, and enterprise technology transformation.

The ideal candidate will manage complex banking projects, coordinating technology, operations, retail and commercial banking, digital channels, data, risk, compliance, finance, and third‑party vendors through pre-conversion to post-conversion stabilization.

Qualifications

• Experience managing complex projects in banking/financial services.
• Bank mergers, acquisitions, conversions, or core banking integrations preferred.
• Strong coordination across technology, operations, retail and commercial banking, digital channels, data, risk, compliance, finance, and third‑party vendors.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects/workstreams related to bank mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and system conversions.
• Develop and maintain project plans for pre-conversion, conversion, cutover, and post-conversion stabilization.
• Coordinate activities across multiple business and technology workstreams to meet objectives.
• Establish governance, reporting cadence, decision-making processes, escalation procedures, and executive status reporting.
• Manage milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items throughout the lifecycle.
• Facilitate cross-functional meetings with clear ownership and accountability.

Skills

Project management

M&A integration

Banking industry experience

Cross-functional leadership

Risk & compliance awareness

Vendor management

Job description

Description

Seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead and support strategic initiatives associated with mergers and acquisitions (M&A), core banking system integration, and enterprise technology transformation.

The ideal candidate will have significant experience managing complex projects within the banking or financial services industry, with a strong preference for candidates who have participated in a bank merger, acquisition, conversion, or core banking integration. This individual will be responsible for coordinating cross-functional workstreams spanning technology, operations, retail and commercial banking, digital channels, data, risk, compliance, finance, and third-party vendors.

The Project Manager will play a critical role in ensuring that M&A integration activities are carefully planned, dependencies are identified and managed, risks are proactively addressed, and technology and operational readiness activities remain aligned with key transaction and conversion milestones.

Key Responsibilities

M&A and Integration Program Management

Lead complex projects and workstreams associated with bank mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and system conversions.

Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans covering pre-conversion, conversion, cutover, and post-conversion stabilization activities.

Coordinate activities across multiple business and technology workstreams to ensure M&A integration objectives and deadlines are achieved.

Establish project governance, reporting cadence, decision-making processes, escalation procedures, and executive-level status reporting.

Manage critical milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, decisions, and action items throughout the integration lifecycle.

Facilitate cross-functional meetings and ensure clear ownership and accountability for project deliverables.

Core Banking System Integration

Lead or coordinate activities related to the integration and/or conversion of core banking platforms and associated applications.

Partner with technology and business teams to manage dependencies between the core banking platform and surrounding systems, including:

Online and mobile banking

Deposit and loan systems

Customer/account data

Payments and transaction processing

Online account opening

Branch and teller platforms

CRM and customer servicing systems

Financial and regulatory reporting

Fraud, AML, risk, and compliance platforms

Third-party interfaces and vendor applications

Coordinate planning for data conversion, interface integration, system configuration, testing, reconciliation, cutover, and production readiness.

Ensure downstream and upstream system dependencies are documented and incorporated into the overall integration plan.

Support development of detailed cutover and contingency plans for major conversion events.

Testing and Conversion Readiness

Partner with business, technology, QA, and vendor teams to ensure appropriate testing strategies are established.

Coordinate project dependencies related to system integration testing, regression testing, user acceptance testing