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Berkshire Bank · 2 hours ago

AVP, Strategic Project Manager

Pittsfield, MA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$56K/yr - $118K/yr

8+ years exp

Berkshire Bank is seeking a Strategic Project Manager within their Corporate Strategy division. This role is responsible for delivering complex and strategic projects on time and on budget while ensuring that the original business value is realized, requiring strong project management skills and understanding of Banking Operations and IT.

BankingFinancial Services

Responsibilities

Function as a strategic partner to senior stakeholders to advance business topics pertaining to strategy

Support strategic initiative development from ideation through implementation pertaining to key strategic initiatives, including project management responsibilities, as needed

Facilitate the definition of project missions, goals, tasks, and resource requirements for strategic projects

Participate in the management of the strategic project portfolio, ensuring on-time, to-budget, and to-specification delivery of prioritized IT initiatives aligned with business priorities

Build and maintain strong relationships with business representatives and stakeholders. Understand who the client is and what their needs are. Provide realistic expectations and help establish specific customer satisfaction standards and actively monitor client satisfaction

Enhance project management knowledge, skills, tools and techniques, including scope definition, requirements capture, plan development, risk management, effective communication, decision making, and problem solving

Understand Corporate and Department goals and translate into effective enterprise initiatives, services and capabilities

Establish robust performance measurement frameworks including key performance indicators, milestones, and any other relevant metrics. Monitor project progress and performance, identifying issues, and opportunities for improvement

Prepare executive and board level presentations and project status reports to executive leadership providing recommendations for course corrections as needed

Ensures compliance with all banking laws, rules, regulations, and prescribed policies/practices/procedures necessary to reduce risk and uphold ethical standards related to and required by one’s duties

Qualification

Banking OperationsAgile MethodologiesProject ManagementWaterfall MethodologiesData AnalysisMicrosoft ProjectPresentation SkillsServiceNowProject ServerExcelPowerPointAnalytical SkillsCommunication SkillsTeam Collaboration

Required

Minimum Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience required

8 years' experience managing complex strategic projects or initiatives across the banking or consulting industry

Demonstrated experience and understanding of the project lifecycle, defining, planning, controlling, monitoring executing, and familiarity with established project management tools and techniques

Strong experience working with waterfall and agile methodologies

Experience working with third party vendors / implementation providers and navigating through SOW in partnership with Procurement, Legal, and Third-Party Risk Management

Ability to present complex data analysis in a simplified manner to drive action and results

Process-oriented; analytical, quality-oriented thought process and execution

Excellent written, communications and presentation skills

Ability to create business cases with supporting analysis and prepare board and executive level presentations

Knowledge in analyzing and creating Business Requirements, Project Plans, Project Schedules, and associated project materials

Hands-on experience with tools relating to project management and portfolio reporting (Microsoft Project, collaboration software, etc.)

Project Server, Excel, PowerPoint skills required

Ability to work cooperatively and effectively with all levels of staff

Agile and amenable to change and shifting priorities

Works well under tight timelines without sacrificing quality of work