Senior IT Project Manager

Wintrust Financial Corporation•Rosemont, IL

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Senior IT Project Manager / Assistance Vice President (AVP) orchestrates the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closing of projects with a specific term that have a beginning, an end and specified technology deliverables. The IT Senior Project Manager is responsible for communicating and integrating IT activities into the broader plan held with the business unit/s. The Senior IT Project Manager acts as primary point of contact for project stakeholders across IT, IS, and IT vendors. The Senior IT Project Manager provides technology artifacts to support the movement of projects / programs through the Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) governance process including ePMO processes, templates and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Clarity tool updates. The Senior IT Project Manager defines and maintains project plans, inclusive of scope, milestones, dependencies and technology deliverables. The Senior IT Project Manager is expected to have exposure to enterprise architecture, core banking systems, SaaS applications framework. The Senior IT Project Manager creates, manages and reports on projects / programs, technology, financials and budget. Projects may vary in number, size and complexity. Generally, manages moderate to high complexity, large to extra-large sized projects.

Requirements

5-10 years of related experience
Financial Services or Financial systems at mid-to-large organizations experience, preferred
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Resolve non-routine problems
Exercise judgement within defined procedures and practices
Require minimum supervision
Good technology knowledge, understanding and experience leading technology projects / programs.
Ethical behavior and business practices
Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner.
Comfortable talking with all levels of management
Strong interpersonal, organizational, attention to detail and follow-up skills
Identify and communicate issues early. Bring recommendations and options to resolve issues
Foster teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems and make decisions
Leadership skills: Positively influence others to achieve results
Make decisions: Assess situations to determine importance, urgency and risks to produce clear decisions. Raise issues to Sr. management
Organizational skills: Set priorities, develop work schedule and monitor progress toward goals
Planning skills: Determine strategies to move projects forward; create and implement action plans and evaluate results
Problem-solving skills: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, develop possible solutions and make recommendations to resolve
Change orientation: Adapt to change effectively
Demonstrates leading by example and instills a calm, organized approach in all situations

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional (PMP) certification, Program Management Professional (PgMP), or PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP), preferred
Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or Professional Scrum Master (PSM II/III), preferred
Experience with one or more project management tools (Clarity preferred)

Responsibilities

Project Ownership
Project Life Cycle: Plan the Project
Execute the Project
Monitor and Control the Project
Close the Project
Technology Governance & Architecture Alignment
Efficiencies / Continuous Improvement
Other Duties, as assigned
Participate in the recruiting and hiring of IT PMO staff, consultants and temp workers with appropriate skills
Take part to onboard new team members to the IT PMO team, Wintrust Technology and Wintrust Corporation
Mentor the team in the creation of all project artifacts, including project plans, statements of work, status reports, etc.
Build and maintain influential relationships across business, technology, compliance, legal, and external partner organizations.
Track project actuals vs. budget.
Validate receipt of goods/services before authorizing invoice payments.
Prepare project budget submission and change requests, as needed
Accountable for project with broad scope