Project Manager

MJK Connections is working with Sandia Laboratory Federal Credit Union to hire their next great Project Manager. This will be a highly impactful working directly with executive sponsors to drive key key projects.

Works with SLFCUs Leadership Team and project leaders/participants to facilitate the effective scoping prioritization reporting and implementation of the organizations enterprise projects. This role will directly support our organizations longterm strategy and vision by leading crossfunctional business units internal stakeholders and external partners to facilitate the successful delivery of projects with moderate to high complexity. The ability to leverage project management methodologies and effectively coordinate and communicate with stakeholders will be instrumental in driving the success of our organization.

Job Duties:
Lead both directly and indirectly assigned projects to ensure successful completion. Support SLFCU leaders managers and project contributors (both internal and external) by providing project management guidance perspective and support.
Leverage project management principles to both develop and drive adherence to planned timelines and outcomes.
Conduct regular project status meetings providing updates to stakeholders on project progress risks and mitigation strategies.
Foster a culture of continuous improvement within the PMO promoting the adoption of best practices tools and techniques.

Project Portfolio Management:
o Work with Director of Project Management and SLFCU leadership to prioritize and schedule key strategic projects.
o Work with Director of Project Management the Leadership Team and business unit leaders to assess and wisely leverage the Organizations project capacity.
o Work with business unit project managers to maintain visibility into individual project progress and provide CU Leadership Team with regular updates on status/progress of critical projects.
Program Management:
o Assist in maintaining SLFCUs Project Management Charter.
o Assist in developing and maintaining Project Management tools education and structural support processes to facilitate effective project management/deployment.
o Work with Leadership and business unit stakeholders to develop deploy and monitor standard PM processes (includes training business unit project leaders/participants on basic PM practices/tools).
o Identify document and continuously improve SLFCUs key PM related processes.
o Manage the Credit Unions PM tools/systems (task tracking meeting minutes timelines etc.).
Project Management
o Assist in the development and implementation of projects under the direction of the Director of Project Management to ensure all business requirements are met.
o Assist business unit project sponsors and leads in completing thorough project scoping business cases and project charters.
o Assist in the development and implementation of attainable project plans/timelines.
o Serve as project management assistant to business unit project managers on approved organizationwide crossfunctional projects through the use of standardized PM tools and practices.
o Facilitate/cofacilitate project related meetings.
o Lead/colead large scale crossfunctional projects as needed.
o Interface with all areas affected by the project including end users and vendors.
o Actively work with project sponsors leaders and team members to monitor and manage to quality standards timelines and commitments made to complete project tasks/deliverables.
o Capture project meeting minutes followups and business decisions to maintain an accurate narrative of each projects progress.
o Facilitate project closeouts/lessons learned and incorporate improvements into the Credit Unions key PM processes tools etc.
o Coordinate with SMEs throughout the organization as needed to facilitate their involvement in project related testing activities to ensure quality results.
Promote the service and sales culture by maintaining thorough knowledge of products and services and referring members to the appropriate person/department.
Requirements

Experience and Knowledge:
Minimum 5 years experience planning and managing projects of various sizes that involve technology.
Minimum 3 years experience in a leadership role that required good decisionmaking problemsolving influencing others and facilitation skills.
Working knowledge of process mapping principles practices and tools.
Working knowledge of change management principles and experience in deploying change management methodologies to facilitate successful adoption of project related changes/impacts.
Working knowledge/experience with Lean principles other continuous improvement models and PM industry best practices desired.
Thorough knowledge of Credit Union products and services.
Solid knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Working knowledge of basic technology systems and structures (networks servers databases etc.).

Education:
Bachelor of Science or Bachelor of Arts in relevant field or equivalent combination of relevant education training and experience in project management may be substituted for a degree.
PMP or Agile certification preferred.
Interpersonal Skills:
Possesses exceptional interpersonal skills as demonstrated by mastery of servant leadership facilitation situational awareness conflict resolution continuous improvement empowerment and transparency.

A collaborative leader who
o Thinks holistically (from a systems perspective) as they pursue improvements so as to regularly consider the impacts of their work on other departments and the membership.
o Has a respectful adulttoadult style of interacting with employees at all levels.
o Demonstrates an overall posture that is gracious and humble in its approach to collaboration while also being courageous objective/datadriven and action/results oriented.
o Seeks to establish/fix process first then people.
o Works to establish longterm trusting mutually beneficial and enjoyable relationships with internal stakeholders vendors and resources from other credit unions/trade associations; actively pursues winwin solutions.
Communication:
Possesses advanced verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to clearly succinctly and winsomely communicate project needs risks objectives and next steps to a wide variety of stakeholders in order maintain forward progress on complex project activities.
Possesses strong presentation skills and the ability to interface with and influence partners at all levels of the organization.
Other Skills:
Exhibits capacity to embrace change and quickly adapt to new situations changes in direction and altering priorities.
Able to thrive in a fastpaced environment.
Possesses excellent critical thinking interpersonal and mentoring skills.
Proven problemsolving skills from problem assessment to solution selection; able to identify and propose alternatives and make contingency plans.
Able to supervise and train employees to include organizing prioritizing and scheduling work assignments.
Able to train mentor and influence project leaders and team members toward more effective project management and change management approaches.
Exhibits high levels of accuracy adaptability sound judgment and initiative.
Demonstrates excellent organizational and time management skills; able to handle/prioritize multiple tasks and meet deadlines.

Remote Work :

No