Project Manager Lead

FIS Global•Jacksonville, FL

10d

About The Position

As a Project Manager Lead within Technology Development Enablement, you will provide strategic direction and delivery leadership for large, multifaceted technology initiatives. You will guide cross-functional teams through planning, execution, monitoring and closeout while aligning scope, schedules, costs, resources, risks and dependencies with organizational objectives. The role requires strong autonomy, sound judgment and the ability to turn complex information into clear decisions, commitments and executive-level communication. You will create the structure and alignment needed to move strategic technology initiatives from intent to measurable outcomes. Through disciplined planning, transparent governance and strong stakeholder partnerships, you will help Technology Development Enablement scale platforms, processes and ways of working across the enterprise.

Requirements

Extensive project or program management experience leading large-scale, cross-functional technology initiatives with significant organizational impact.
Demonstrated skill integrating scope, schedule, cost, resources, risks, dependencies, quality and stakeholder commitments into an executable delivery plan.
Experience leading projects in financial technology, banking, payments, capital markets or another highly regulated and operationally complex environment.
Strong analytical and decision-support skills, including navigating complex data, assessing feasibility and recommending actions to improve delivery outcomes.
Excellent executive communication, facilitation and stakeholder-management skills, including experience gaining cooperation across internal teams, clients, vendors and external partners.
Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy, determine appropriate methods for new assignments and lead teams through ambiguous or challenging situations.
A university degree in business, technology, project management or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education, training and relevant experience.

Nice To Haves

Project management certification such as Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP) or an agile delivery credential.
Experience with enterprise delivery and portfolio tools such as Jira, Aha! or Planview, and with executive status reporting, RAID management and dependency tracking.
Experience leading enterprise tooling, process-governance, reporting, data, controls or technology-adoption initiatives.

Responsibilities

Lead large-scale technology enablement programs, data migrations and projects from initiation through closeout, establishing outcomes, scope, governance, plans, milestones, resources and success measures.
Develop and maintain integrated delivery plans coordinating schedules, costs, dependencies, risks, issues, assumptions and decisions across workstreams and stakeholder groups.
Direct execution, monitor performance and implement corrective actions to keep deliverables aligned with timelines, financial parameters, quality standards and business objectives.
Analyze complex technical project information and data to identify trends, constraints and delivery risks, and provide actionable recommendations for leadership decisions.
Facilitate alignment among business, product, engineering, operations, finance, risk, security, vendors and other partners; resolve trade-offs and escalate decisions when needed.
Build implementation readiness through stakeholder engagement, communications, training, adoption planning and transition-to-operations activities, with measurable follow-through after launch.
Establish governance, reporting and quality-control mechanisms that provide transparent status, decision logs and evidence of delivery performance.
Provide expert guidance, mentoring and practical support to project team members, strengthening project-management practices and delivery capability.