Director, Technical Project Management

The Director, Technical Project Management is responsible for leading a team of Project Managers who deliver strategic technology project(s) that span across one or more business units. The team will manage resources, schedules, and adheres to quality standards. This includes management of issues, risks, and project change requests to ensure successful and on-time project delivery.  The Director will also lead large scale Strategic projects for the organization.

Essential Functions

• Work with IT Leadership, Product Managers, and Enterprise Project Managers to roadmap strategic initiatives along with assigning project managers to those initiatives.

• Establishing practices, templates, policies, tools, and operational implementation to expand and mature the capabilities of the PMO to focus on consistent project deliverables.

• Assist with overall project portfolio management and provide weekly status.

• Provide leadership for the Project Management team by hiring, coaching, mentoring, motivating, and supervising.  This includes employees and contracted resources

• Act as the bridge between engineering, product, operations, security, and business units.

• Provide leadership for project teams by building, coaching, and motivating team members to meet project goals, adhering to their responsibilities, and project milestones

• Identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project team by monitoring progress and removing roadblocks

• Own and evolve the organization’s delivery methodologies through project planning, RAID logs, status reporting, estimation models, and change control.

• Understand the architectural implications of projects and guide teams in making informed decisions to the established IT strategy and roadmap.

Required Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s degree in business or a technical discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant work experience required

• Minimum of seven (7) years of IT or technical strategic project management experience in progressively responsible roles required

• Minimum of three (3) years of people management experience required

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification required

• Minimum of one (1) year of financial services or regulated industry experience required

• Scrum Master certification preferred

• Strong understanding of project management methodologies, including both traditional (Waterfall) and Agile (Scrum) frameworks

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple concurrent projects across diverse functional areas, including planning, coordination, risk mitigation, and driving initiatives through deployment

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Jira, and Lucidchart

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy required

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required

• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic work environment

Physical Demands

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is regularly required to sit, stand, walk, see, talk, hear, and use hands to handle or operate objects, tools, or controls. The employee may occasionally be required to lift, push, or pull up to 20 pounds.

This is an office-based position that requires the ability to remain seated for extended periods of time and to work on a computer for the majority of the workday (approximately 90%).