Senior Project Manager

M C Bank

  • New Orleans, Louisiana
  • 24 days ago

    Highlights

    Job Description: The Senior Project Manager – Financial Institutions is responsible for leading complex, cross-functional initiatives that support banking products, operations, regulatory compliance, and business transformation within a financial institution. This role partners across lines of business — which may include deposits, lending, payments, wealth management, treasury, or digital banking — to drive strategic programs from concept through implementation.

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    LocationNew Orleans, Louisiana

    Description

    Job Description: 
    The Senior Project Manager – Financial Institutions is responsible for leading complex, cross-functional initiatives that support banking products, operations, regulatory compliance, and business transformation within a financial institution. This role partners across lines of business — which may include deposits, lending, payments, wealth management, treasury, or digital banking — to drive strategic programs from concept through implementation.
     
    Expectations:
     
    Enterprise Project Leadership
    • Lead large-scale enterprise initiatives across banking and financial services lines of business.
    • Manage project lifecycle from initiation through closeout.
    • Develop project plans, budgets, schedules, and governance artifacts.
    • Facilitate executive steering committees and status reporting.
    Business Operations & Transformation
    • Drive initiatives spanning retail and commercial banking, lending, deposits, payments, wealth management, or digital banking, as assigned.
    • Partner with Risk, Operations, Compliance, Finance, Technology, and Business Systems Implementation teams to deliver strategic initiatives, system implementations, process improvements, and digital transformation programs across the institution.
    • Support enhancements to core operational, servicing, and decisioning processes.
    Regulatory Compliance & Risk Management
    • Ensure compliance with applicable banking regulations and industry requirements.
    • Identify, mitigate, and escalate project risks and issues.
    • Partner with Compliance, Legal, Audit, and Risk Management teams.
     
    Qualifications and Education Requirements:
    Minimum Qualifications
    Education
    • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Accounting, Information Systems, or a related field.
    Experience
    • 8+ years of project management experience within banking, financial services, or other financial institutions.
    • 5+ years managing complex, cross-functional initiatives within a financial institution.
     
    Preferred Qualifications
    • PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP, or Lean Six Sigma certification.
     
    Competencies:
    Strategic Thinking  •  Executive Presence  •  Financial Acumen  •  Risk Management  •  Stakeholder Management  •  Operational Excellence  •  Change Leadership  •  Decision Quality
     
    M C Bank is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer, committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.  We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other factor protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.  All hiring decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs.
     
     

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