Project Manager Lead

FIS • Atlanta, GA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

As the world works and lives faster, FIS is leading the way. Our fintech solutions touch nearly every market, company and person on the planet. Our teams are inclusive and diverse. Our colleagues work together and celebrate together. If you want to advance the world of fintech, we’d like to ask you: Are you FIS? About the team: As one of our Project Managers, you’ll have an exciting opportunity to use best-in-breed PM tools to help us coordinate and deliver on a variety of deployment activities. You’ll work closely with other Project Managers, Clients, Developers, and internal teams to ensure successful implementations and delivery on customized solutions. As a PM Lead within the Lending business, you will either lead the delivery of large, complex client projects across the full lending lifecycle, or run workstreams within large, multi-year programs. You will manage high‑visibility delivery, coordinate multi‑disciplinary global teams, and ensure predictable outcomes across scope, schedule, cost, quality, and risk. This role blends delivery excellence, domain expertise, commercial stewardship, and executive‑level stakeholder management. Location - Hybrid (3 days in office, 2 days remote) Jacksonville, FL or Milwaukee, WI or Atlanta, GA

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree
• 8+ years of experience with Project and Program Management in Lending technology solutions, including leading large-scale (1000+ days) project implementations successfully
• Strong written and verbal communication skills with the ability to develop and maintain professional relationships
• Tech-savvy with the ability to understand technical language
• Relationship-building skills and a passion to network internally
• Advanced professional role. Highly-skilled with extensive proficiency. May coach and/or mentor junior project management and support staff. Works under minimal supervision on complex projects. Wide latitude for independent judgment.

Responsibilities

• Plans and coordinates all aspects of technical projects from initiation through delivery.
• Manages project initiation activities including identifying contractual obligations, facilitating scoping, assessing risks, issues and dependencies, planning and running project kickoffs
• Ensures requirements for internal technology projects align to operational standards.
• Develops alternate requirements or document exceptions as appropriate.
• Develops, defines and executes project plans, project scope, activities, schedules, budgets and deliverables.
• Interacts with product development, sales, client relationship teams, technology solutions, service delivery and/or other cross-functional teams.
• Identifies needed resources for projects, defines and assigns major project roles.
• Coordinates activities and tasks among project team members, other internal departments and client or vendor/subcontractor organizations as needed to meet project goals and ensure project completion is on schedule, within budget constraints and of the appropriate quality standards for the project scope.
• Assigns and monitors work of project team providing technical and analytical support and direction.
• Interfaces with external clients or field-based employees on technical matters as needed.
• Manages project risks, issues/problems and activity progress to ensure project goals, e.g., deadline, scope and quality are achieved.
• Assists with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed.
• May manage the integration of vendor/subcontractor tasks and track and review vendor/subcontractor deliverables, if appropriate for the project.
• May include customizing base products to meet client requirements, system integration with other FIS or third-party products or consulting projects and engagements.
• Serves as liaison between technical and non-technical teams, in internal organizations as well as in client and vendor/subcontractor organizations to ensure all project targets and requirements are met.
• Delivers informational and decision-seeking presentations to technical and business groups in FIS and/or in client organizations.
• Conducts project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover documentation and ongoing activities to accountable teams and complete a post-implementation review to identify areas of improvement.
• May directly oversee employees assigned to manage specific project that have a distinct beginning and end.
• Selects, develops and evaluates personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the function.
• Identifies project management coordination process gaps or areas for improvement, recommends and implements solutions.
• May work at client sites from time to time requiring some travel.

Benefits

• A career at FIS is more than just a job. It’s the change to shape the future of fintech.
• A voice in the future of fintech
• Always-on learning and development
• Collaborative work environment
• Opportunities to give back
• Competitive salary and benefits

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level