Sr Project Manager, EPMO - Chatsworth

Overview:
The Sr. Project Manager, EPMO plans, manages, and delivers multiple medium-to-large, complex projects enterprise-wide, ensuring scope, schedule, budget, and quality are met while keeping the member and internal-customer experience at the forefront. Acting as a change agent across cross-functional teams, the Sr. Project Manager is fluent in Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery and applies the approach best suited to each initiative. This role owns end-to-end delivery, keeps stakeholders informed, and mentors project managers and teams in sound delivery practices.

What You Will Do:

- Own end-to-end delivery of assigned projects, developing full-scale plans with clearly defined scope, goals, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria in partnership with project owners.

- Apply the right methodology — Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid — based on the complexity and risk profile of each initiative and manage a minimum of 4–5 concurrent projects.

- Facilitate Agile delivery by running sprints and ceremonies (planning, stand-ups, reviews, retrospectives), managing the backlog in Jira, and removing impediments to keep teams on track.

- Manage change control, resource allocation, and vendor coordination throughout the project lifecycle.

- Identify, monitor, and mitigate project risks and issues, proactively resolving or escalating to protect timelines and budgets.

- Conduct project closures, ensuring operational integration, capture of lessons learned, and evaluation against defined success criteria.

- Support portfolio reporting and success metrics, and identify opportunities to improve processes, automation, and workflow efficiency.

- Report project status and communicate updates to senior leadership and business review teams using appropriate tools, techniques, and metrics.

- Provide direction and mentoring to project teams, managers, owners, and sponsors, encouraging trust, accountability, and continuous improvement.
Requirements
What We Are Looking For:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent work experience. Master’s degree in a related field preferred.

- PMP or PMI-ACP certification.

- Certified ScrumMaster (CSM) or equivalent Agile certification.

- Experience in the financial services or banking industry.

- 6–8 years of project or program management experience leading complex, enterprise-wide initiatives, including technology and digital projects.

- Demonstrated ability to deliver across Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid methodologies.

- Working knowledge of project management and delivery tools (e.g., MS Project, Jira, Confluence).

- Advanced proficiency in MS Office (Word, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, Excel) and Atlassian tools (Jira, Confluence).

- Proven experience leading cross-functional teams and presenting to senior leadership and business stakeholders.

- Strong organizational, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple changing priorities.

- Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to influence stakeholders and lead meetings and formal presentations at all levels.

- Analytical mindset, using metrics and data to drive decision-making and delivery success.

- Self-starter with a strong sense of ownership, results orientation, and the ability to balance people, technical, and business needs.
Pay Grade Info :
The base pay range for this position is:  $110k - $130k.

Perks Important to You:
Our Team Members enjoy the following rewards and benefits:
· Competitive pay
· Subsidized health care including medical, dental and vision
· FSA and HSA
· Company-Paid Life and A&D insurance
· Discounts on loans (must be a member)
· Paid Vacation, Holiday, and Sick time
· 401k Retirement Saving Plan with a 6% safe harbor employer match
· Educational Assistance Program and more!

Equal Opportunity Employer – Veterans / Disabled
Drug-free Workplace