Technical Project Manager

The UMB Governance organization within Enterprise Technology Services (ETS) is comprised of IT leaders project managers architects software engineers and analysts coming from diverse background and experiences. Functionally the Governance Organization provides guidance and oversight to IT processes projects capacity and risk management functions to ensure appropriate strategies policies and controls are executed effectively and efficiently. We share a strong commitment to ensure our enterprise-level systems are performing at peak capacity and we believe in fully supporting each other to achieve this goal.

As a Technical Project Manager you will lead multiple enterprise projects interacting with cross-functional teams comprised of internal and external technical contributors IT managers and various other stakeholders. You will serve as the liaison with project sponsors vendors and will facilitate continuous communication and manage expectations. You will be expected to coordinate the resolution of complex issues and challenging situations. This is a subset of the overall responsibilities which will include multiple initiatives as assigned by IT leadership.

This role is hybrid (Mon to Thu on-site) and located the UMB Tech Center in our downtown Kansas City MO location.

How you will spend your time:

• Manage one or more projects within the constraints of scope quality time and cost to deliver specified requirements and meet sponsor management and stakeholder satisfaction.
• Manage and deliver the required products for each project phase or stage of a project based on that projects work plan. Obtains signoff from project sponsor on deliverables and project completion.
• Ensure quality is achieved as planned to include enabling quality assurance and quality control as appropriate.
• Deliver and ensure adherence to time budget and deliverables and project milestones within agreed tolerances manage tradeoffs between scope schedule quality and cost and monitor and control the progress of the project at an operational level.
• Obtain direct motivate and manage people including managing the work and resources involved.
• Establish and update project plans and project schedules with forecasts and actuals and manage deviations from plan.
• Report to respective stakeholders through various methods including team meetings status reports steering committee or oversight meetings; etc.
• Liaise with project sponsors customers vendors or partners and facilitate communication to all involved as appropriate and manage expectations with all stakeholders.
• Escalate decisions and unresolved issues to the next level of management. Communicate facilitate and manage resolution to complex issues and challenging situations and personnel.
• Conclude the work upon completion or premature cessation including preparing lessons learned and appropriately close all financial budget and project issues. Close all project documentation and archive appropriate records. Ensure proper hand off to maintain ongoing support as needed.
• Ensure the visibility of the business case or project scope and all project requirements and objectives are properly documented and communicated throughout the project team.
• Understand technical architecture and systems participate in technical discussions and contribute to technical decisions to serve as the technical subject matter expert.
• Ensure EPMO methodology standards process and procedures are followed on all projects. Communicate and train team members on processes where needed such as change control procurement etc. Document obtain approval and enforce project change management with all stakeholders. Make recommendations to improve methodologies processes and templates.
• Obtain and manage project budget and approve of all project expenditures. Track expected versus actual expenditures and provide budget reports to Manager of EPMO and Senior or Executive Management when required.
• Facilitate project risk reviews and proper mitigation.
• Review contracts statements of work and ensure proper sign offs and involvement of key associates.
• Bridges the gap between engineering teams and business stakeholders managing software or technical projects from inception to completion

We are excited to talk if you have:

• Bachelors Degree in Information Technology Business Administration or related discipline ANDat least5progressive years in IT project management experience with 3 years of it being in a technical PM role.
• Demonstrated technical knowledge specifically understanding of software development APIs Database and Cloud (AWS).
• Training in and/or knowledge of Agile methodology terminology and techniques.
• Ability to be goal oriented and action focused pragmatic and self-disciplined.
• Advanced proficiency in project planning organizing team motivation and delegation.
• Ability to pursue information to reduce uncertainty and learn how to improve performance.
• Ability to quickly become knowledgeable about each project sponsors specific subject matter and business challenges being addressed by the assigned projects.
• Leadership organization scope management issue management risk management resource management and time management skills.
• Ability to resolve conflicts and disagreements handle difficult people and tense situations with diplomacy and tact spot potential conflicts deescalate disagreements encourage open debate and open discussion and orchestrate win-win solutions when feasible.

Bonus Points if you have:

• PMP certification.
• Knowledge and usage of a Project Portfolio Management tool (i.e. ServiceNow Sciforma MS Project etc.)
• Knowledge of ServiceNow/ FSO AWS and AI tools.

Applicants must have legal authority to work in the United States. Work Visa sponsorship not available for this position.

Compensation Range:

The posted compensation range on this listing represents UMBs standard for this role but the actual compensation may vary by geographic location experience level and other job-related addition this range does not encompass the full earning potential for this role. Please see the description of benefits included with this job posting for additional information

UMB offers competitive and varied benefits to eligible associates such as Paid Time Off; a 401(k) matching program; annual incentive pay; paid holidays; a comprehensive company sponsored benefit plan including medical dental vision and other insurance coverage; health savings flexible spending and dependent care accounts; adoption assistance; an employee assistance program; fitness reimbursement; tuition reimbursement; an associate wellbeing program; an associate emergency fund; and various associate banking benefits. Benefit offerings and eligibility requirements vary.

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