Job Summary
The Sr IT Project Manager is responsible for the successful initiation, planning, execution, control, deployment and closure of technology projects within the enterprise data program, including the buildout of our Snowflake data platform, data governance and data quality initiatives, and the data foundation supporting enterprise AI use cases. The Senior IT Project Manager delivers projects on time and on budget and provides clear communication and transparency to the Sponsor and other stakeholders on status, risks and issues, and resource and capacity conflicts. The role also ensures project artifacts and meetings are managed in accordance with enterprise standards.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Uses proven Project Management tools and methodologies to define, plan, execute and control technology-driven projects within defined guidelines from initiation through completion.
Functions as the central point of contact for project-related activities. Facilitates project meetings, holds project participants accountable, maintains project schedules, milestones and documentation, and ensures adherence to standard processes, timelines, budgets and deliverables.
Support the Technical Platform Director in the development and maintenance of a multi-year enterprise data roadmap, working across origination, servicing, capital markets, finance and risk to capture demand, understand business priorities and sequence work into a coherent, publishable plan. Maintains the roadmap as a living artifact and manages it in partnership with the technical program director.
Establishes and operates a transparent intake and prioritization process for data demand, facilitating tradeoff decisions among business stakeholders with competing priorities and making capacity constraints visible before they create risk.
Manages changes to project scope, requirements and other project components using appropriate, defined communication channels.
Coordinates delivery across data engineering, data architecture, business intelligence and vendor/implementation partners, sequencing data ingestion, migration and platform buildout work on the Snowflake platform.
Partners with data owners, data stewards and business stakeholders to build data governance, data quality, security and compliance requirements into project scope, acceptance criteria and deliverables. This role helps facilitate data governance and steering forums and prepares supporting materials.
Forms collaborative partnerships across all staff levels, including origination, servicing, capital markets, finance, compliance, technology and other departments. Works through conflicting perspectives to arrive at creative and effective solutions. Influences completion of project activities through dotted line relationships.
Manages day-to-day project activities and makes sound decisions based on project management experience and knowledge of the business/company/industry.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Position Requirements
Education
Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent work experience
Experience
Minimum of eight years of technology experience, preferably in financial services or residential mortgage, with at least five years leading data-centric programs or projects (e.g., data warehouse or cloud data platform implementations, data migrations, data governance or analytics initiatives). Hands-on experience delivering programs on the Snowflake platform strongly preferred.
Minimum of six years of Project Management experience.
PMP certification preferred.
Agile (e.g., CSM, PMI-ACP) or Snowflake (e.g., SnowPro Core) certification a plus.
Must have experience and demonstrable ability to plan and manage multiple, complex projects at the same time.
Functional/Technical Skills
Deep mastery of project management techniques, including scope management, schedule development and control, stakeholder management, risk management, vendor and contract management, and budget and cost…