Senior Commercialization Manager - Remote

Velera

1d•Remote

About The Position

Join the People Helping People Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The company serves more than 4,000 financial institutions throughout North America, operating with velocity to help our clients keep pace with the rapid momentum of change and fuel growth in the new era of financial services. Our purpose: We accelerate partners’ success through innovative financial technology solutions and inspired service. The Opportunity The Senior Commercialization Manager will perfrom similar duties as the Commercialization Manager yet be responsible for special initiatives and projects. The role will manage enterprise wide initiatives, serving as a project manager to help deliver and accomplish organizational goals. The role will oversee the management, coordination and execution of all aspects of ongoing product commercialization efforts. This role leads commercialization “go-to-market” team(s) and plans, organizes and controls all commercialization activities. The role develops and oversees multiple product plans and implementation schedules, directing and tracking resources and combined tasks to ensure successful delivery of products and ability to onboarding & implement new proudcts & solutions. The Commercialization Manager works cross functionally across all teams within the organization, external vendors and Clients.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in related field and/or minimum eight years of product/project management and/or Client experience
Seven (7) plus years project management experience, or equivalent required.
Certified Project Manager, or equivalent.
Proven track record of delivering projects on time and managing multiple projects at one time.
Thorough knowlede of the financial services industry and related products and processes required.
Ability to successfully manage multiple projects and initiatives at the same time.
Strong knowledge of product delivery lifecycles and processes.
Leadership skills, strong facilitation and team building skills.
Excellent interpersonal, presentation, verbal and communication skills.
Expert organizational, risk management, time management and project management skills.
Ability to manager multiple initiatives, deliver and adhere to deadlines.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Certification or related training/certification preferred (CX or Lean Six Sigma)

Responsibilities

Support other Commercialization Managers, including onboarding support and ongoing process improvement.
Lead Communities of Practice, ensuring consistency in delivery and team deliverables
Lead various initiatives and special projects that require additional collaboration with vendors, clients and/or senior leadership.
Train and teach the principles of Commercialization to other business units.
Oversees all communication to stakeholder indicating status and risks to ensure stakeholders are ready to sell, implement and support the solution.
Oversees the development, coordination, planning and implementation of new processes and procedures to create efficiences, provide transpareny and deliver consistent product methodology.
Lead project governance processes and ensure stakeholder alignment.
Develop and manage project timelines, success criteria and maintain project documentation.
Deliver leadership reporting and communication of project status, issues, risks, milestones, and key decisions made regarding project objectives and direction.
Facilitate the delivery of services among different product activities to increase effectiveness and efficiency.
Continuous improvement of the process, driving the development, documentation, and implementation.
Escalate risks, issues and dependencies and drive to resolution.
Identify, evaluate, and resolve issues and work cross functionally to problem solve timely.
Cross functional collaboration, managing and holding team members accountable for delivering tasks on time.
Ensure commercialization activities operation within policies and procedures of the organization.