What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager position at Novo?
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager who understands how to set up an entirely new business line. If you're passionate about building front and back office capabilities to enable innovative products, then we want to chat. Are you ready to revolutionize the small business banking industry with us?
About the Role:
- Assist in the definition of project scope and objectives, involving all relevant internal stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility.
- Develop a detailed project plan and timeline to monitor and track progress.
- Address issues/blockers and manage changes to the project scope, project schedule, and project costs, when appropriate.
- Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation in a central repository.
- Keep open lines of communication for updates and feedback.
- Track project performance, specifically to analyze the successful completion of OKRs.
- Evaluate project performance post mortem and identify best tactical options to address similar challenges in the future.
- Use industry best practices and techniques for continuous project management execution improvement.
- Ability to grow by taking ownership of initiatives and producing results.
Requirements for the Role:
- A bachelor's degree or equivalent (example: Associates degree 2 years relevant work experience, 4 years relevant work experience).
- 2 years in project management, leading and collaborating with cross functional teams.
- Experience seeing projects through the full life cycle
- Experience in financial services; awareness of financial products, workflows and risk management preferred.
- Excellent problem solving, influencing, and communication skills.
- Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multitasking skills.
- Experience with project management software tools.
- Collaborative and Adaptive Team player; does their part without the ego.
How We Define Success:
- Successful launch, management, and completion of projects aimed at helping us meet our OKRs.
- Proactive Identification of initiatives that may require the support of project management
Nice To Have, but Not Required:
- Experience at a hyper-growth startup or fast-paced company.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is a plus.