Sr. Project Manager W/ Mortgage Experience

Job Description

Title: Sr. IT Project Manager W/ Mortgage Experience

Location: Iselin NJ

Duration : Long Term

Interview Process: Direct In-person Interview.

EAD-GC / GC/USC - Required.

Key Skills:

· Must have experience in Mortgage industry and must have handled projects in the domain.

· Mortgage experience related to Loan originations – retail and Wholesale.

Scope/Purpose of the Position:

We are seeking a highly qualified Senior Project Manager to perform a lead role in managing the implementation of enterprise software solutions. The selected Project Manager must maintain control of project schedule, quality, budget and risk issues. The candidate must:

Facilitate timely decisions to maintain project schedule, quality and budget.

Provide management with regular project updates, maintain trusting relationships, identify project risks early and assist by providing prudent and timely recommendations for risk avoidance.

Supervise and mentor junior staff for both project and career growth, and make staff development recommendations.

Major Responsibilities and Essential Functions:

Lead large complex projects to achieve key business objectives.

Strong project management process

Execution knowledge in defining, understanding and managing scope and solution and related issues.

Estimates, planning work breakdown structure (WBS), base-lining project plans and tracking projects estimate variances.

Monthly revisions to rolling forecast (month over month) of project expenses and variances with allocated budgets and tracking any variances in monthly expenditure & understanding impacts to forecast.

Managing cross-application test planning, execution & status reporting.

Understanding qualitative and quantitative benefits of the projects and impact to benefits due to changes and issues.

Understanding drivers for change and managing a change (scope / schedule / cost / benefits / quality).

Understanding / defining stake holder expectations, issue escalation paths and managing the project communications / change communications at appropriate levels / intervals to proactively mitigate potential new issues due to communication fall-out.

Responsible for coordinating with other teams and application areas as necessary to resolve schedule and other interdependency challenges.

Provides subject matter expertise in areas including program management, projectmanagement, project scope definition, risk identification, project methodology, resource allocation, facilitation, and other project management areas.

Drives risk/issue resolution, and appropriate escalations.

Develop and manage work breakdown structure (WBS) of information technology projects.

Effective communication of IT changes / issues / risks / mitigation / action plans.

Effective planning / management of meetings & tracking of minutes / action items to closure.

Strong understanding of variations between release management & project management.

Effectively manage/direct cross-application, cross-functional and cross-segment teams.

Develop and manages IT/business plans to achieve objectives.

Solve unique and complex problems with broad impact on the IT / business.

Translate highly complex concepts in ways that can be understood by a variety of audiences.

Influencing senior leadership to adopt new ideas, products, and approaches.

Understanding of IT Project life cycles, artifacts & versioning and key-stake holder sign-offs.

SKILLS/ABILITIES:

Successful candidate will possess:

Problem solving ability to analyze and challenge conventional thought processes and use experience and/or intuition to create pragmatic solutions

Demonstrate a flexible mindset by adapting to and helping drive change

Committed to taking responsibility and ownership for agreed actions and delivery.

Demonstrating a positive attitude and standing firm

Basic understanding of SQL or similar analytical toolset

Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail, and excellent data analytic skills

Ability to allocate time efficiently; handle multiple demands and competing priorities

Ability to thrive under production pressure and deadlines

Strong communication (verbal and written), time management skills, fast learner, self motivated, and comfortable taking initiative and handling multiple projects simultaneously

Ability to be a persuasive leader who can serve as an effective member of the leadership team and communicate project management and business analysis related concepts to a broad range of technical and non-technical employees

Mortgage practice experience a must specifically in the retail space

Experience with Microsoft project

Exposure to multiple PM methodologies