Senior Project Manager IT

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Company: TIAA
Location: Charlotte, NC 28262 (University City North area)

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COMPANY OVERVIEW:

As long as there are people who make the world a better place, we’ll keep making a difference for them. Since 1918, it has been TIAA’s mission to serve those who serve others. It is this mission and the values we embrace that make us a different kind of financial services organization.

When you work here at TIAA, you’re not just in it for yourself. You are part of something bigger. A collective mission to make a difference – a collective mission we make our own.

To be difference makers.

For more information about TIAA, visit our website.

POSITION SUMMARY:

Senior Technical Project Manager responsible for projects supporting our Office of the CFO technologies; General Ledger, Procure to Pay, Reconciliation, Financial Analytics etc. Manages and coordinates the delivery of a project including work plan, schedule, risk/issues, and budget using project management tools and techniques to implement.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES:
  • Manages the Work In Take process which includes coordinating with the business in prioritizing their project and enhancement needs and working with the IT team to estimate, staff, prioritize and deploy solutions
  • Team Mentoring and Leadership – Works with team members to set and achieve development goals
  • General Project Management – Creates appropriate project documentation, balances stakeholder needs, and effectively negotiates tradeoffs between scope, schedule, and budget; Schedule Management, Cost Management, Risk & Issue Management and Quality Management
  • Communication Management – Creates performance and status reports for relevant stakeholders
  • Change Request Management – Ensure project documentation and approvals conform to our SDLC requirements and manage the releases for your projects
  • Implementation and Transition Management – Creates transition plan, identifies lessons learned, and applies the lessons learned to future projects
  • Integration Management – Identifies and manages project and program interdependencies
  • Provides constructive feedback throughout the project lifecycle
  • Creates budget reports to compare actual with forecasted costs Communication Management
  • Creates performance and status reports for relevant stakeholders
  • Risk & Issue Management – Develops and manages project risk and issue management plans. Analyzes risks by probability and severity to assess their Page 1 of 6 impact on project delivery.
  • Implements procedures to mitigate risk threats. Utilizes available tools for identifying and tracking issues such as the Delivery Risk Assessment, risk workshops, and Clarity
  • Resource Management – Develops project organization chart and governance structures
  • Defines roles and responsibilities of team members Quality Management – Defines processes and standards around governance, communication, and quality
  • Develops strategic rationale for change including costs, benefits, tradeoffs, etc.
Qualifications
  • 4+ years of functional experience with Financials Systems and ERP Platforms (PeopleSoft preferred)
  • 4+ years of functional Project Management experience


Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Oracle Cloud Environments (SaaS, IaaS etc.)
  • PMP certification suggested but not required