Senior Technology Project Manager – Banking Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Minnesota.

📋 Description

• Oversee bank technology projects from inception to completion, including intake, scoping, planning, execution, testing, go-live, and post-launch review.

• Develop and sustain project plans detailing tasks, owners, timelines, and dependencies.

• Delegate assignments across business, technology, and vendor teams.

• Conduct kickoff meetings, collaborative sessions, and status updates.

• Distribute weekly progress reports, highlighting risks and critical decisions.

• Ensure accountability among stakeholders and vendors, while escalating risks with suggested solutions.

• Handle multiple simultaneous projects and resolve any work blockages.

• Establish project scope, success metrics, and out-of-scope items, securing business approval.

• Manage formal change requests and evaluate their impacts on timeline, budget, and risk.

• Segment large projects into phased deliveries.

• Oversee implementations, upgrades, and conversions with Jack Henry and other banking, payments, and fintech partners.

• Review statements of work and project plans in collaboration with Vendor Management.

• Organize User Acceptance Testing (UAT), cutover planning, training, and ensure go-live readiness.

• Lead business discovery efforts and document both current and future-state processes and requirements.

• Draft functional and technical specifications for vendors, translating their responses for business understanding.

• Assess options to configure, purchase, or build solutions, recommending choices based on trade-offs, costs, and risks.

• Collaborate with Engineering on integrations, proprietary applications, and AI agents utilizing vendor APIs.

• Establish requirements, acceptance criteria, and priorities for solutions developed by Engineering.

• Organize stakeholder involvement, clarify roles and decision-making authorities, and manage timelines.

• Enhance SDLC, documentation practices, change management, release planning, intake processes, and capacity planning.

• Keep project documentation, requirements, and decisions up to date and audit-ready.

• Identify and advocate for AI-enabled tools for requirements gathering, ticket creation, and project management.

• Coordinate efforts during high-priority incidents and critical release events impacting bank systems.

⛳️ Requirements

• Minimum of 5 years of project management experience in banking or financial services technology.

• Proven experience leading third-party vendor implementations to successful go-live.

• Practical experience with core banking systems.

• Strong preference for familiarity with Jack Henry (SilverLake) and MANTL.

• Working knowledge of deposits, lending, payments, digital banking, BSA/AML, Reg E, and vendor risk management.

• Demonstrated ability to define project scope, prevent scope creep, and ensure timely delivery.

• Strong analytical skills in business analysis, including discovery, process mapping, requirements gathering, and UAT.

• Technical proficiency with APIs, integrations, data flows, and system configurations.

• Capable of delegating tasks, following up, and holding peers, business leaders, and vendors accountable.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with executives, business users, and technical teams.

• Preference for experience in core conversions, digital banking, or LOS implementations.

• Familiarity with Agile delivery methodologies and tools like Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Jira, or GitHub Projects is preferred.

• Exposure to data platforms, automation, or AI agent applications in the banking sector is a plus.

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, or a related discipline is preferred.

• Equivalent professional experience in banking technology or technology project management will be considered.

• PMP, PMI-ACP, CBAP, or equivalent certification is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive salary aligned with experience and proven capabilities.

• Health insurance options with pre-tax HSA and FSA accounts.

• Dental insurance coverage.

• Vision insurance coverage.

• Life and AD&D Insurance provided.

• Additional voluntary benefit options available.

• 401(k) plan with a strong company match.

• Flexible paid time off (PTO) program.

• Earned Sick & Safe Time (ESST) offered.

• Chance to lead technology transformation at the Midwest’s fastest-growing lender.