To be considered for this role, candidates must be a U.S. citizen.
This role is responsible for leading and overseeing our Project Management Office (PMO) team. The role will be accountable for establishing and maintaining project management standards, processes and best practices while providing strategic oversight to ensure successful product delivery. This role will work closely with executive leadership, product managers and cross-functional teams to drive consistency, accountability and alignment towards the department's goals. This position is a key partner within the organization requiring extensive communication with colleagues, business stakeholders, technology partners, and teams across the Federal Reserve System and/or the US Treasury.
Key Responsibilities:
Leads a team focused on project management for a complex portfolio of projects to ensure successful product delivery
Provide strategic guidance and oversight to the team
Establish and maintain PMO frameworks, methodologies and standards to better drive consistency across projects
Develop and implement project management tools, templates and reports for use across portfolio
Monitor performance across multiple products and initiatives while providing executive level reporting on project health, risks, and milestones
Identify, manage, and communicate risks and issues across initiatives, including cross-team and technical dependencies
Manage resource allocation and capacity planning across projects
Drive continuous improvement and PMO maturity within the team
Provide performance management, career development, and coaching & mentoring of team.
Leads a culture that drives innovation and continuous improvement
Education and Experience
Bachelor’s degree and 5 years of related work experience OR
Master’s degree and 3 years of related work experience
Minimum of 5 years of management and leadership experience
Knowledge and Skills
Project Methodologies: Agile, Waterfall, Hybrid
Project lifecycle management
Portfolio and program management
Tools & Software: MS Project, Jira, Confluence, Visio
Strong business acumen and analytical skills
Strategic thinking and vision-setting
Executive-level communication, reporting and presentation skills
Problem-solving and critical thinking
Process improvement mindset
The expected starting salary range for the IT Manager I is between $123,700 and $170,100 annually and for the IT Manager II is between $137,000 and $188,400. Final salary and offer will be determined by the applicant’s background, experience, skills, internal equity, and market data.
The Cleveland Fed offers benefits to support overall health and financial security. Learn more about our benefits here: https://www.clevelandfed.org/careers
Physical Demands and General Working Conditions
This is not necessarily an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, standards or requirements, efforts, skills or working conditions associated with the job. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland reserves the right to revise this or any job description at any time.
Reasonable Accommodation Statement - The Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland is committed to ensuring that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. To request a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please send an email to clev.4d.benefits.specialist@clev.frb.org.
Bank’s Ethics Rules and Drug Testing:
As a condition of employment, Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland employees must comply with the Bank’s ethics rules which generally prohibit employees, their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children from owning or controlling, directly or indirectly, any debt or equity interest in a depository institution or an affiliate of a depository institution. A "depository institution" means a bank, a trust company, or any institution that accepts deposits, including a bank chartered under the laws of a foreign country. In addition, employees (and their spouses/domestic partners, and minor children) may not own shares of mutual funds, unit investment trusts or ETFs that have a policy, as stated in the prospectus, of concentrating in the financial services industry and that have underlying investments in banks or other depository institutions. If you or your spouse/domestic partner or minor child own such securities and would not be willing or able to divest them if you accepted an offer of Bank employment, you should raise this issue with the recruiter for this posting.
In addition, as a condition of employment, candidates must undergo a background check and will be tested for all controlled substances prohibited by federal law, to include marijuana, prior to hire and for certain safety sensitive positions during employment.
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