Partner Engagement & Strategic Initiatives Principal Project Manager – Payments

Partner Engagement & Strategic Initiatives Principal Project Manager – Payments

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts, Information Technology, Business Administration and Management, Project Management, Finance, Social Sciences, Continuous Improvement or related field
• 6+ years of experience in Project Management, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Risk Management, Continuous Improvement, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions or related
• In lieu of education, 8+ years in Project Management, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, or related experience

Responsibilities

• Responsible for managing projects from inception to implementation
• Manages all aspects of the project over its entire life including: the initiation, plan development, execution, controls, and implementation
• Leads project teams to ensure projects are completed on time, within budgets, and meet business needs
• Acts as a liaison between the business and development resources
• Assembles project teams
• Aligns roles and responsibilities for all project resources
• Ensures project progress is tracked and team members are providing progress updates
• Assist with business requirement analyses
• Manages project scopes, issues, and risks
• Ensures change controls are executed appropriately
• Estimate work efforts and manage resources accordingly
• Document agendas, meeting minutes, action items, project plans, and issue logs
• Communicate statuses to stakeholders
• Manages the strategy and execution of collecting Voice of Customer for the Network Operations teams
• Supports client-facing teams and those Partners effectively through operational excellence
• Supports and executes the teams integrated communication strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in Project Management, Business Administration, Social Sciences, Risk Management, Continuous Improvement, Computer Science, Infrastructure Technology Solutions, Communications, Marketing, Operations, or related and applicable areas of experience
• Payment Services experience / knowledge
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Proficient in PowerPoint, Word, and Excel. Demonstrates creative design skills
• Excellent relationship management and consultation skills
• Creative and energetic teammate who embraces change, has desire to continually improve, and contribute new ideas
• Ability to understand and proactively act on team/leadership needs, and resourceful in finding solutions to business problems
• Able to work through ambiguity and can thrive with minimal instruction