Strategic Project Manager – Financial Services Change

CardWorks; Florida; On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Merrick Bank seeks a Project Manager II to oversee cross-functional initiatives across business areas, translating requirements into actionable IT and process changes. You will plan budgets, lead multi-team efforts, and ensure timely delivery aligned with regulatory and risk controls.

Ideal candidates have strong analytical skills, experience in financial services, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and technology teams to drive results.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Information Systems, Business Management, or equivalent work experience.
• 3-5 years minimum experience leading Technology Change Delivery, preferably in Financial Services.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Deep understanding of Waterfall, Agile Scrum, and Agile KanBan methodologies, roles, and ceremonies.
• Experience implementing complex technical integrations (APIs, web services, etc.).
• Work collaboratively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance organizational effectiveness.
• Positively influences others to achieve results.
• Assess cross team dependencies to determine their importance, urgency, risk and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interest of the organization.

Responsibilities

• Plan, direct, and manage complex, multi-team projects from initiation through to implementation.
• Engages with Business Stakeholders, Product Owners, and Technology delivery team members to elicit and understand business needs, translating requirements into technology solutions.
• Responsible for managing project costs, resources, change requests, risks and issues, program governance tasks, and providing regular project status updates to ensure that maximum business benefit is achieved.
• Develop and maintain project plans ensuring that the scope, effort, approach, and critical milestones are fully understood by all stakeholders.
• Coordinate and provide communications that elevate/facilitate resolution of risks and issues.
• Create and present dashboards and status reports to management, facilitating discussions looking beyond the obvious for improvement opportunities.
• Ensure end-to-end testing and smooth production deployment of application changes.
• Ensure all applications & processes comply with financial regulations, security standards, and internal control policies and procedures.
• Partner with Risk and Compliance teams to understand and comply with all laws and regulations to which the Bank is subject.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Agile Scrum

Waterfall

APIs integration

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree

PMP certification preferred

Job description

Merrick Bank seeks a Project Manager II to oversee cross-functional initiatives across business areas, translating requirements into actionable IT and process changes. You will plan budgets, lead multi-team efforts, and ensure timely delivery aligned with regulatory and risk controls.

Ideal candidates have strong analytical skills, experience in financial services, and the ability to collaborate with stakeholders and technology teams to drive results.