Strategic Project Leader

810 Seven Seventeen Credit Union Inc; Warren (OH); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

7 17 Credit Union is seeking a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, communication, and execution of organizational initiatives. You will work with sponsors, leaders, teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to keep projects organized, moving forward, and aligned with business objectives.

You’ll coordinate from initiation through completion, navigating priorities, dependencies, risks, and challenges while turning ideas into successful outcomes through collaboration and structured

Qualifications

• Experience leading, coordinating, or managing projects and project teams.
• Experience developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, status reports, and project documentation.
• Experience facilitating meetings and communicating effectively with stakeholders at multiple organizational levels.
• Experience managing multiple high-impact projects simultaneously.
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to build relationships, gain cooperation, and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Strong written, verbal, and presentation skills.
• Excellent organization and time-management skills.
• Understanding of project management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
• Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Microsoft Planner, Smartsheet, Monday.com, or similar platforms.
• Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities, timelines, and business needs.
• Ability to work independently while also contributing effectively as part of a collaborative team.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.
• Ability to facilitate collaboration and gain cooperation across departments and organizational levels.
• Ability to manage conflict professionally and assist with resolving project-related issues.
• Ability to research, learn, and apply new business processes, technologies, and concepts.
• Demonstrated initiative, accountability, and sound professional judgment.
• Financial services, banking, or credit union experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, milestones, and timelines using approved project management tools.
• Coordinate project teams and ensure resources are available to meet objectives.
• Identify project risks, assumptions, constraints, dependencies, and critical path activities.
• Monitor project progress and adjust plans as priorities or timelines change.
• Prepare project documentation, status reports, meeting notes, decision logs, and issue logs.
• Conduct post-project reviews and document lessons learned.
• Help develop project management standards, templates, processes, and best practices.
• Facilitate project meetings and provide regular updates to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and communications throughout the lifecycle.
• Coordinate activities across departments, vendors, consultants, and external partners.
• Build productive working relationships to support outcomes.
• Assist with issue resolution and remove obstacles affecting progress.
• Foster collaboration, accountability, and engagement among team members.
• Proactively identify issues and develop contingency plans with stakeholders.

Skills

Project leadership

Stakeholder communication

Facilitation of meetings

Managing multiple projects

Documentation skills

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Analytical thinking

Independent work

Financial services familiarity

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Associate's degree in business/technology

Tools

Microsoft Planner

Smartsheet

Monday.com

Job description

7 17 Credit Union is seeking a Project Manager to lead planning, coordination, communication, and execution of organizational initiatives. You will work with sponsors, leaders, teams, vendors, and other stakeholders to keep projects organized, moving forward, and aligned with business objectives.

You’ll coordinate from initiation through completion, navigating priorities, dependencies, risks, and challenges while turning ideas into successful outcomes through collaboration and structured