Project Manager I

About This Role

This Project Manager I role focuses on coordinating projects from planning through implementation, collaborating with various teams and vendors. The position involves gathering information for decision-making, tracking progress, and supporting project portfolio activities across the organization. It suits a candidate who can manage timelines, identify risks, and help bring new strategies, products, and services to life.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate projects, gather information for decision-making, track progress, and support project portfolio activities
• Partner with teams and vendors to manage timelines, identify risks, and bring new strategies, products, and services to life
• Assist with the implementation of new growth strategies, new products and services, and relationships and processes that generate significant value
• Administer the MFCU Project Portfolio, maintaining project timelines, resource heat maps, department project tracking, and other necessary reporting
• Assist project manager team with coordinating a variety of projects, managing scope, schedule, resources, risks/issues, and cost
• Research and gather data/resources for decision-making purposes, often presenting information in a presentation format
• Build relationships and work closely with internal departments and outside firms/vendors to ensure successful executions
• Communicate with project stakeholders on a regular basis, concentrating on giving updates, confirming timelines, and tracking work progress
• Develop progress reports and lists of requirements
• Help to identify and communicate any foreseen roadblocks or challenges interfering with a successful project completion
• Fulfill any project team requests for information, tasks, coordination, etc.
• Interface with staff and/or members as needed to convey intended goal
• Offer insight, thoughts based on experience, and ideas on strategies and projects to ensure positive outcomes
• Provide support in project planning, budget preparation, resource management, time management, and risk management activities
• Perform cost/benefit analyses for projects
• Attend educational opportunities and meetings as required
• Prepare pre and post write-ups on the educational experience and ideas for implementation
• Coordinate, document, and record meeting decisions for enterprise and department projects
• Fulfill other duties that may be assigned

Requirements

• Successfully obtain Certified Credit Union Financial Counselor (CCUFC) designation through America's Credit Unions within first year of service
• Manages projects successfully from start to finish
• Understands deadlines and does what is necessary to meet them