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Senior Technology Project Manager – Banking Systems

Luminate Bank
Minneapolis, USA
Manager · 5+ years experience
Onsite
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RESPONSIBILITIES

  • AND DUTIES
  • Own and Run Projects
  • Lead bank technology projects end to end: intake, scoping, planning, execution, testing, go-live and post-launch review.
  • Build and maintain project plans with tasks, owners, dates and dependencies; assign work across business, technology and vendor teams.
  • Run kickoffs, working sessions and status meetings; publish clear weekly status, risks and decisions.
  • Hold stakeholders and vendors to their commitments; escalate early, with a recommended path forward, when dates or quality are at risk.
  • Manage several projects at once and keep them moving; no project stalls without a plan to unblock it.
  • Control Scope and Deliver Quickly
  • Define scope, success criteria and out-of-scope items up front and get business sign-off before work begins.
  • Run a formal change-request process; assess the impact of new asks on time, cost and risk before accepting them.
  • Break large initiatives into phased deliveries that put value in users’ hands sooner.
  • Lead Vendor Implementations
  • Manage implementations, upgrades and conversions with Jack Henry and other core, digital banking, payments and fintech providers.
  • Review SOWs and project plans with Vendor Management; own the bank-side plan and hold vendors to theirs.
  • Coordinate testing (UAT), cutover planning, training and go-live readiness.
  • Business Analysis & Technical Recommendations
  • Lead discovery with business owners; document current- and future-state processes and requirements.
  • Write clear functional and technical requirements for vendors, and translate vendor responses back for the business.
  • Evaluate options (configure, buy, or build) and recommend solutions with trade-offs, cost and risk.
  • Work with the Engineering team on integrations, proprietary applications and AI agents that use vendor APIs; define requirements, acceptance criteria and priorities, while Engineering builds.
  • Bring Order and Improve How We Work
  • Organize business stakeholders: clarify roles, decision owners and deadlines for every project.
  • Follow and help improve our SDLC, documentation standards, change management, release planning, intake and capacity planning.
  • Keep project documentation, requirements and decisions current and audit-ready.
  • Identify and champion AI-enabled tools that speed up requirements, ticket writing and project management.
  • Provide hands-on coordination during high-priority incidents or critical release events affecting bank systems.

QUALIFICATIONS

  • AND SKILLS
  • 5+ years of project management in banking or financial services technology, including leading third-party vendor implementations to go-live.
  • Working knowledge of bank operations and products: deposits, lending, payments, digital banking, and related compliance (e.g., BSA/AML, Reg E, vendor risk).
  • Proven record of setting scope, preventing scope creep and delivering on schedule.
  • Strong business analysis skills: discovery, process mapping, requirements and UAT.
  • Enough technical fluency to discuss APIs, integrations, data flows and system configuration with vendors and engineers.
  • Confident, proactive leader who assigns work, follows up and holds peers, business leaders and vendors accountable.
  • Clear written and verbal communication with executives, business users and technical teams.
  • Experience with core conversions, digital banking or LOS implementations.
  • Experience with Agile delivery and tools such as Azure DevOps, SharePoint, Jira or GitHub Projects.
  • Exposure to data platforms, automation or AI agent use cases in banking.
  • What Success Looks Like
  • First 30 days: Knows our core systems, vendors and project portfolio; has an inventory of active projects with owners and status.
  • First 90 days: Every active project has a signed-off scope, a working plan and a weekly status rhythm; at least one stalled project is back on track.
  • First 6 months: Has delivered at least 1-2 vendor implementations or enhancements on time and in scope; the business sees a predictable, organized intake and delivery process.
  • EDUCATION
  • Equivalent professional experience in banking technology or technology project leadership will be considered.

Required Experience

  • Hands-on experience with core banking systems; Jack Henry (SilverLake) and MANTL strongly preferred.
  • Preferred Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field preferred.
  • PMP, PMI-ACP, CBAP, or equivalent certification is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Hands-on experience with core banking systems; Jack Henry (SilverLake) and MANTL strongly preferred.
  • Preferred Experience
  • Bachelor’s degree in Business, Information Systems, Finance, or a related field preferred.
  • PMP, PMI-ACP, CBAP, or equivalent certification is a plus.

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