Contractor Project Manager

Job Description

• Lead strategic ad-hoc efforts to expand, optimize, and improve the customer experience for Add a Card offers
• The ideal candidate will be someone that can be given a desired outcome and will figure out what needs to happen to get there. They will map out an action plan, which will inevitably evolve as new information is gathered, and ultimately execute on it with limited additional direction
• Candidate should be determined, adaptable, and an excellent problem solver. Needs to be able to think strategically with a steady focus on the end goal, while also having a proven track record of delivering on cross-functional initiatives
• Candidate must be able to work on multiple efforts in parallel and be able to prioritize and reprioritize as efforts evolve
• These ad-hoc initiatives will span a variety of functions – including digital, data, and modelling – but the candidate will be working with SMEs in each area, so deep knowledge in these areas is less important than having a high level of curiosity, ability to ask the right questions, a thoroughness in following up, and an overall ability to drive change

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 4 years of related experience in the field of
   project management
• Excellent project management and organizational skills
• Experience working in the financial services industry preferred.
• Knowledge and experience with working along multiple layers of creative
   reviews and approvals
• Excellent communication skills, particularly as it pertains to tailoring
   one's message and style to best reach one's audience --- in both formal and
   informal settings and regardless of the audience (e.g. technical, creative,
   legal, internal and external auditors, senior managers and officers)
• Demonstrated ability to synthesize, prioritize and drive results with a
   strong sense of urgency.
• Demonstrates flexibility in approach to different types of business
   problems and a willingness to change course when necessary to avoid project
   setbacks.
• Outstanding relationship building and relationship management skills.
• Comfortable with ambiguity; able to create and establish structure and
   process across cross-functional teams when ambiguous situations and new
   business needs arise.m and as an extension of our clients’ team.