Sr IT Project Manager

Job Summary and Opportunity

Axos Bank is looking for a Senior IT Project Manager to join the PMO team. The role is primarily responsible, under intermittent direction, for planning, overseeing, and closing multiple, complex Agile and Waterfall projects within the established scope, schedule, and budget. Responsibilities include the analysis, preparation, and maintenance of a variety of project documents, plans, and correspondence; as well as, the set up and coordination of project meetings and sessions with a variety of individuals. In addition, this role will be responsible for detailing resources and coordinating the efforts of team members and third-party contractors to deliver software development projects according to plan. This Senior Project Manager will also oversee project quality control throughout its life cycle, and should be meticulous when it comes to delivering complex, software development projects. This position will be on-site and located at our office in San Diego or Las Vegas. 

Responsibilities

• Prepare/Author key project documentation including project plans, project charters, status reports, communication plans, and other documentation in alignment with Axos’ PMLC/SDLC processes
• Track project milestones, budgets/expenses, and performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of short- and long-term goals and deliverables
• Identify and manage project dependencies and critical path
• Proactively manage changes in project scope, identify potential crises, and devise contingency plans
• Coordinate internal resources and vendors for the flawless execution of Agile and Waterfall projects
• Actively identify and resolve issues and conflicts within the project/Scrum team
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Keep management and key stakeholders well informed on a timely basis on project progress, status and/or concerns to ensure that expectations and satisfaction are met or exceeded. Create executive level status reports, analyze project results, and troubleshoot problem areas; as well as perform needs assessment when applicable
• Plan, lead, guide, document and execute project execution routines including (but not limited to) status meetings, daily scrum, backlog grooming, requirement development, sprint planning, etc
• Meet or exceed budgetary objectives and adjust project constraints based on financial analysis
• Define project success criteria in a clear and concise manner and disseminate to involved parties throughout project life cycle
• Conduct project lessons learned/sprint retrospectives and create a recommendation report to identify successful and unsuccessful project elements
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Ensure alignment and adherence to milestones and objectives

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Business,Logistics, or related field
• 5 years' of IT Project Management with implementation in complex environments
• Experience managing or working with IT software development projects
• Knowledge of all phases of the project management life cycle and software development life cycle
• SCRUM/Agile methodologies with enterprise level application development projects

Preferred:

• Project Management Certifications preferred. (e.g. PMP {Project Management Professional} or CAPM {Certified Associate in Project Management})
• Financial services/banking industry 
• Agile certifications (i.e. CSM, PMI-ACP)
• Knowledge of Daptiv, Tableau, and Azure DevOps (formerly Team Foundation Server/TFS)

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Born digital, Axos Bank has reinvented the banking model and grown to over $18.4 billion in assets since our founding in 2000. With a broad and ever-growing range of financial products, Axos Bank is rated among the top 5 digital banks in the country! Axos Financial is our holding company and publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "AX" (NYSE: AX).   

We bring together human insight and digital expertise to anticipate the needs of our customers. Our team members are innovative, technologically sophisticated, and motivated to achieve.   

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Pre-Employment Drug Test:

All offers are contingent upon the candidate successfully passing a credit check, criminal background check, and pre-employment drug screening, which includes screening for marijuana.  Axos Bank is a federally regulated banking institution.  At the federal level, marijuana is an illegal schedule 1 drug; therefore, we will not employ any person who tests positive for marijuana, regardless of state legalization.

Equal Employment Opportunity:

Axos Bank is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.

Job Functions and Work Environment:

While performing the duties of this position, the employee is required to sit for extended periods of time. Manual dexterity and coordination are required while operating standard office equipment such as computer keyboard and mouse, calculator, telephone, copiers, etc.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee may encounter while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.

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