Sr Project Manager, EPMO - Chatsworth

Premier America Credit Union

Los Angeles (CA)

On-site

USD 110,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Subsidized health care—medical, dental

FSA/HSA

401k with employer match

Educational Assistance Program

Job summary

Premier America Credit Union is seeking a Sr. Project Manager, EPMO to plan, manage, and deliver multiple medium-to-large projects enterprise-wide. You will ensure scope, schedule, budget, and quality align with member and internal-customer experience.

Role requires leading cross-functional teams, applying Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery, and mentoring teams in sound practices. Strong communication and stakeholder management are essential.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or related field, or equivalent work experience.
PMI-ACP or PMP certification.
CSM or Agile certification.
Experience in financial services or banking.
6–8 years of project or program management experience leading complex initiatives.
Experience delivering with Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
Proficient with MS Project, Jira, and Confluence.
Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end delivery of assigned projects with scope, goals, milestones, and success criteria.
Choose Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid approaches based on risk and complexity for 4–5 concurrent projects.
Facilitate Agile ceremonies and manage backlog in Jira, removing impediments.
Coordinate change control, resources, and vendor activities across lifecycle.
Identify and mitigate risks, protect timelines and budgets.
Conduct project closures and capture lessons learned.
Support portfolio reporting and drive process improvements.
Report status to senior leadership with metrics and updates.
Provide mentoring to teams, managers, and sponsors to foster accountability.

Skills

Agile delivery

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional leadership

Delivery planning

Problem solving

Mentoring

Time management

Change management

Analytical mindset

Self-starter

Strategic thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/CS or related field

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

MS Project

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Description

Overview:

The Sr. Project Manager, EPMO plans, manages, and delivers multiple medium-to-large, complex projects enterprise-wide, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality are met while keeping the member and internal-customer experience at the forefront. Acting as a change agent across cross-functional teams, the Sr. Project Manager is fluent in Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery and applies the approach best suited to each initiative. This role owns end-to-end delivery, keeps stakeholders informed, and mentors project managers and teams in sound delivery practices.

What You Will Do:

Own end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, developing full-scale plans with clearly defined scope, goals, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria in partnership with project owners.
Apply the right methodology — Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid — based on the complexity and risk profile of each initiative and manage a minimum of 4–5 concurrent projects.
Facilitate Agile delivery by running sprints and ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives), managing the backlog in Jira, and removing impediments to keep teams on track.
Manage change control, resource allocation, and vendor coordination throughout the project lifecycle.
Identify, monitor, and mitigate project risks and issues, proactively resolving or escalating to protect timelines and budgets.
Conduct project closures, ensuring operational integration, capture of lessons learned, and evaluation against defined success criteria.
Support portfolio reporting and success metrics, and identify opportunities to improve processes, automation, and workflow efficiency.
Report project status and communicate updates to senior leadership and business review teams using appropriate tools, techniques, and metrics.
Provide direction and mentoring to project teams, managers, owners, and sponsors, encouraging trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.

Requirements

What We Are Looking For:

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree in a related field preferred.
PMP or PMI-ACP certification.
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification.
Experience in the financial services or banking industry.
6–8 years of project or program management experience leading complex, enterprise-wide initiatives, including technology and digital projects.
Demonstrated ability to deliver across Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.
Working knowledge of project management and delivery tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Confluence).
Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, Excel) and Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).
Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and presenting to senior leadership and business stakeholders.
Strong organizational, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple changing priorities.
Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence stakeholders and lead meetings and formal presentations at all levels.
Analytical mindset, using metrics and data to drive decision‑making and delivery success.
Self‑starter with a strong sense of ownership, results orientation, and the ability to balance people, technical, and business needs.