Immediate need for a Project Manager for a position in the Banking & Financial Industry. This is a 13+ month’s contract opportunity with long-term potential located in Plano , TX. Please review the job description below: Job ID: 18-01568 Key Responsibilities/ Key Requirements and Technology Experience: Follow-up with each accountable IT area to ensure that deliverables remain on schedule Work with business to identify areas requiring decisions/clarity in order to define project scope and objectives/requirements. Identify and assess risks due to changes in scope (business decisions/changes), resources, or timeline Work across IT to ensure that all components supporting the end-to-end objective/requirement have been assigned Align architecture diagrams and process flows to project plan to identify and remediate gaps Work with QA to develop testing strategy which has traceability to requirements Facilitate joint application designs sessions across IT teams Keep open communication with all team members involved Project Management experience with large technology implementations Technical Acumen Ability to work at both detail and high level Ability to communicate to multiple audiences Ability to take lead and drive projects Work across IT to ensure that all components supporting the end-to-end objective/requirement have been assigned Must Haves:Project Management experience and skills Technical acumen Strong Communication skills and able to work with many types of people Ability to drive across multiple stakeholder organizations Experience modeling budget scenarios and status Preferred/ Nice-to-haves:5-10 years of relevant work experience Business Intelligence experience Data warehouse experience Big data and clickstream data experience, a plus Our client is a leading Banking & Financial Industry and we are currently interviewing to fill this and other similar contract positions. Qualified candidates should apply online for immediate consideration.