Lead Project Manager

About this role:

Wells Fargo is seeking a Lead Project Manager to support the Commercial Banking Business Enablement Operational and Regulatory Risk programs.  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work horizontally across all of the Commercial Bank and interact with other support partners. This critical role will be responsible for leading and driving one or more high-visibility initiatives.

In this role, you will:

• Lead complex initiatives managing all activities in a project life-cycle such as initiation, planning, executing, controlling, and closing associated with projects that are long-term and cross functional with broad impact, scope and complexity
• Act as key participant in large-scale project planning and budgets for change management
• Review, analyze and initiate complex multi-faceted enterprise support operations, organizational systems knowledge and navigation to anticipate change impacts that require in-depth evaluation of multiple factors
• Ensure full understanding of project impacts that translate into comprehensive engagement strategies
• Make decisions in complex and multi-faceted situations, demonstrating ownership of the entire process from beginning to end while developing and implementing program and project level processes, procedures and performance metrics
• Demonstrate understanding of policy, methodology and artifact creation that influence and lead change management to meet deliverables and drive new initiatives
• Strategically collaborate and consult with stakeholders, project leads, mid-level to senior managers sponsors and business partners to clarify and define project requirements and achieve goals

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of Project Management and Methodologies, Strategic Planning experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education

Desired Qualifications:

• Experience with both Agile and Waterfall project methodologies
• Financial Services experience.
• Ability to work creatively and independently in a dynamic environment.
• Exceptional organizational skills with proven ability to manage multiple work assignments based on established priorities
• Strong meeting management / facilitation skills.
• Excellent problem solving and analytical skills.
• Ability to interact and build relationships with senior leaders, user community and key support partners.
• Exceptional oral and written communication skills and ability to communicate effectively with both business unit (non-technical) and development (technical) personnel.
• Strong track record of successful project work in a diverse environment.
• Fully proficient in standard Microsoft Office suite of products including Outlook, Excel, Word and PowerPoint.

Job Expectations:

• This position offers a hybrid work schedule.

• Willingness to work on-site at stated location on the job opening.

Posting End Date: 

*Job posting may come down early due to volume of applicants.

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