SR. Project Manager (1096)

Job Title: SR. Project Manager (1096)

Location: Brooklyn, OH (4910 Tiedeman Rd) - Cleveland, OH area
Duration: Contract - 5 months (potential temp-to-perm)
Pay Range: $70/hr $70/hr (W2)
Job ID: 406709
Work Arrangement: Onsite

About BCforward

BCforward is a leading global IT consulting and workforce solutions firm providing services and support to Fortune 500 and government clients. Founded in 1998, BCforward has grown with our customers needs into a full-service business solutions provider. With delivery centers and offices across North America and India, we take pride in building long-term relationships and delivering excellence through innovation, collaboration, and integrity.

Job Description

We are seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead web/mobile application development and front/back-end processing projects in a fast-paced environment. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Agile/Scrum and Waterfall delivery, application development lifecycles, vendor management, and financial services and a proven ability to deliver complex initiatives, manage cross-functional teams, and drive scope, schedule, budget, and risk outcomes.

Candidate Questionnaire (must be submitted with resume):

• Do you have Financial Industry / Banking experience?
• What applications have you delivered as a PM? Web/Mobile? Back End?
• What is your level of experience with Waterfall and Scrum practices?
• What is the largest project team you have managed?

Responsibilities:

• Lead one or more web/mobile application development and front/back-end processing projects, including third-party and virtual teams.
• Orient teams to the Standard Project Lifecycle Framework and roles to coordinate effective delivery.
• Develop and maintain partnerships with senior functional managers to prioritize projects and align to business objectives.
• Support business case development, project registration, consolidation, prioritization, and funding plans; administer pipeline checkpoints.
• Define and manage scope, objectives, requirements, deliverables, and value propositions across multiple stakeholders.
• Develop integrated project plans, manage dependencies and critical paths, and report milestones and status.
• Estimate and secure resources, track utilization, manage staffing and vendor on/off-boarding, and monitor vendor performance.
• Draft and manage budgets, perform cost forecasting and actuals tracking, and report variances.
• Identify, analyze, prioritize, and resolve issues and risks; manage dependencies and escalate with corrective actions.
• Tailor methods and metrics; administer configuration management and version control; ensure standards compliance; conduct assessments and manage reviews and sign-offs.
• Lead communication planning and execution with teams and stakeholders; prepare clear status and executive updates.
• Support change management planning, communications, training, and adoption activities.
• Manage documentation, knowledge transfer to business-as-usual functions, and conduct lessons-learned reviews.
• Oversee execution of vendor contracts and ensure adherence to contractual provisions.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• PMI certification.
• Minimum 5 years of increasingly complex project management experience.
• Knowledge of financial services industry preferred.
• Proficiency with standard project management methodologies, tools, and lifecycles.
• Familiarity with Jira, Scrum, Agile, and Waterfall practices.
• Understanding of application development practices and cloud, network, and security infrastructure components.
• Demonstrated critical thinking, problem solving, conflict management, and the ability to connect the dots across workstreams.
• Ability to assess and coach team members; share knowledge and develop others.
• Ability to plan and execute on multiple levels; organized and self-disciplined leader driving strategy execution.
• Credible communicator with strong written, verbal, and presentation skills; adapts to audience.
• Proven leadership competencies with decisiveness and an enterprise view.
• Growth mindset; seeks feedback and learning opportunities; learns from setbacks to drive improvements.
• Business acumen; understands impacted business areas, trends, and industry practices.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience in financial services or banking programs and platforms.
• Background managing both web/mobile and back-end integrations with vendors.

Notes

Candidate responses to the questionnaire must be submitted with the resume. Submissions without answers will be rejected.

Why BCforward?

At BCforward, we believe in advancing lives and careers. When you join our team, you gain access to:

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Opportunities for growth with global clients.
• A supportive, inclusive culture that values innovation and people.
• Exposure to cutting-edge technologies and projects.

About Our Commitment

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or veteran status.

Interested? Apply Now!

If this sounds like the right opportunity for you, please apply with your most recent resume and include answers to the questionnaire.