Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. CardWorks Financial Group is a diversified financial services platform providing solutions across credit, lending, and the customer lifecycle through its family of companies. The Senior Technology Project Manager leads complex, cross-functional technology initiatives from initiation through closure, coordinating delivery plans, governance, risks, resources, testing, and implementation. The role partners with business and technical stakeholders, applies Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, or Hybrid practices, and provides executive-level reporting and decision support.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex technology initiatives from intake and initiation through implementation and closure, establishing clear scope, outcomes, milestones, delivery approach, and success measures
- Create and maintain integrated delivery plans that align cross-functional workstreams, resources, budgets, dependencies, testing, business readiness, and production implementation activities
- Own project governance artifacts, including scope, schedules, RAID logs, decision records, change controls, financial tracking, status reports, and closure documentation
- Drive accountability for deliverables and commitments; identify emerging risks early, remove impediments, and escalate with clear context, business impact, options, and recommendations
- Facilitate Agile/Scrum ceremonies and apply Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid practices appropriate to the initiative while maintaining enterprise governance requirements
- Maintain accurate and current JIRA and Confluence records, dashboards, roadmaps, workflow structures, delivery metrics, and portfolio-level reporting
- Translate technical and business information into concise, decision-oriented communications for executives, sponsors, control partners, and delivery teams
- Coordinate with Product, Architecture, Engineering, Infrastructure, Security, Risk, Compliance, Operations, Quality, Finance, and external partners to ensure delivery readiness and adherence to applicable controls and standards
- Monitor delivery performance and value realization using measurable outcomes, milestones, KPIs, quality indicators, and corrective action plans
Skills
- Ability to lead through influence in a matrixed environment, align competing priorities, and coordinate multiple teams toward shared outcomes
- Demonstrated ability to convert ambiguous objectives into structured plans, clear ownership, measurable milestones, and timely delivery
- Sound judgment in identifying delivery threats, evaluating trade-offs, escalating early, and driving timely decisions and corrective actions
- Sufficient understanding of software development, system integration, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, testing, DevOps, and deployment practices to challenge assumptions and coordinate technical delivery
- Ability to coach teams on Scrum practices, improve flow and predictability, remove impediments, and maintain focus on outcomes rather than ceremonies alone
- Commitment to keeping JIRA, plans, risks, dependencies, financials, and executive reporting complete, accurate, and current
- Ability to synthesize complex information, facilitate productive conflict, tailor messages to the audience, and communicate decisions, risks, and recommendations with clarity
- Proactive, results-oriented approach with the resilience to manage changing priorities, maintain momentum, and close actions without relying on positional authority
- Working knowledge of governance, audit, regulatory, security, and internal control expectations in an enterprise or regulated environment
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Business, or a related field
- 15+ years of Technical Project Management experience
- Agile/Scrum delivery experience
- Experience managing software development, system integration, cloud, and enterprise technology initiatives
- Strong knowledge of Agile, Scrum, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies
- Hands-on experience with JIRA, Confluence, and project reporting tools
- Experience managing cross-functional teams and technical stakeholders
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation communication skills
Benefits
- Bonus Target or Variable Pay Incentive Program
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- 401(k) Plan with Company Match
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Wellness Programs
- Group Life and AD&D Insurance
- Paid Vacation, Sick Days and bank Holidays
- Employee Engagement Activities including Employee Appreciation Day, DEI Employee Resource Groups, Corporate Social Responsibility, Service Recognition
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