Project Manager

Overview

BankNewport celebrates being a community bank since 1819. Offering new and exciting career opportunities, BankNewport is committed to providing our employees the resource and guidance to develop careers that are challenging and rewarding.

So if you’re looking for a great professional opportunity, know that BankNewport will empower and invest in you.

Under the direction of the SVP, Director of Project Management and Business Intelligence, the Project Manager will be responsible for managing concurrent, highly visible strategic projects using agile and traditional project management methods in a fast-paced environment across multiple business lines.

Responsibilities

Project Management:

• Define project scope, and schedule and identify and organize priorities within the project
• Organize and lead project status and working meetings; prepare and distribute progress reports
• Manage project risks and issues
• Direct, motivate, build credibility, establish rapport, and maintain communication with all managers, project team members, and stakeholders, including those external to the organization, in order to achieve strategic objectives
• Assist in team development while holding teams accountable for their commitments
• Remove roadblocks and impediments to the project team’s work
• Support the Product Owner in managing expectations for project deliverables
• Manage stakeholder communications
• Other duties as required

Qualifications

• Experience as a Project Manager managing large, complex projects in a high-tech environment with multi-function teams.
• Knowledge of both Agile and traditional project management principles, as well as Lean/Six Sigma process improvement methodologies
• PMP designation preferred, but not mandatory
• Experience overseeing multi-function project teams with at least 10-15 team members
• Sufficient level of technical background to accurately and objectively evaluate complex project risks and issues
• Experience with process mapping and documentation
• BA or BS or equivalent experience is required
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills with an ability to manage competing demands
• Experience with Smartsheets as well as the Microsoft Suite of products
• In-depth knowledge and understanding of banking industry business needs with the ability to establish/maintain high level of stakeholder trust and confidence
• Excellent oral and written communications skills and experience interacting with all levels of the organization
• Strong interpersonal and relationship building skills
• An unwavering spirit of optimism, collegiality, curiosity and humility
• Creative approach to problem-solving with the ability to focus on details while maintaining the “big picture” view

   

   

  SUPERVISORY SCOPE:

  None

   

  INDEPENDENT ACTION:

   

  Establishes own work plan and performs work independently within scope of established guidelines and practices.  Refers specific problems to your direct manager where clarification of policies and procedures is necessary.

   

  BANKNEWPORT CORE VALUES:

  • We celebrate individuality
  • We empower employees to be creative problem solvers
  • We invest and take the time to really get to know our customers
  • We commit to serving the financial needs of Rhode Islander’s

All employees of BankNewport are expected to support bank-wide efforts designed to understand, measure, monitor, reduce, control and report risk in the most efficient and cost-effective manner. Risk management includes but is not limited to compliance risk, credit risk, liquidity risk, market risk, operations risk and systems risk as well as attention to physical building safety and security. Furthermore, all support staff employees are expected to fully support the Bank’s “All In” initiative and utilize support staff training to consistently provide sales support to all departments. They should also possess an understanding of their department’s support metrics and continue to improve Bank efficiencies.

Any physical demands or work conditions described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

BankNewport is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability, veteran or military status, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, military service, marital status, or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.