
Project Manager - Advisor I
- Lincoln, NE
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Coordinating activities and communications across all Fiserv teams and client
- Communicating a clear vision and strategy planning with project teams to
- Project governance, including escalation management and communication plan
- Drive efficient decision making and progress across the Project
- Project risks, issues and dependencies identification and management
- Ensure predictable, consistent, and successful program delivery
- Provide a holistic view of the overall program to the organization and all stakeholders
- Exhibit proactive behavior by engaging in program planning activities, including but not limited to: Defining the overall scope of the program; Creating and maintaining a consolidated timeline/schedule highlighting the major milestones and associated dates for program activities; Identifying and communicating program dependencies and impacts; Putting mechanisms in place to ensure on-going control of the program (E.g., Kick off meeting, overall Program Management Approach, Communication Plan, Risk Management, Issues Management, Change Control, etc.)
- Define program governance, outlining roles, responsibilities, decision rights and clearly defined escalation path
- Ensure success criteria defined upfront to promote alignment and actively manage to expected program outcomes
- Keep all stakeholders (internal & external) engaged in the program, aligned on expected outcomes and informed about what is occurring throughout program.
- Proactively communicate the program’s progress on an on-going basis, ensuring transparency throughout program lifecycle. Provide leadership and key stakeholders with the information and venues to make effective, timely decisions
- Facilitate alignment and approach for all related Fiserv business areas to meet One Fiserv Objectives.
- Knowledgeable about how the organizations work; knows how to get things done through formal channels and the informal network. Understands the culture of organizations.
- Manage third party relationships involved in the overall implementation project to include scheduling activities, maintaining budget control and insuring deliverables are properly defined and completed on schedule.
- Communicate all changes to schedule and scope on a timely basis.
- For all Project-level parameters
- Will participate in Project Level meeting with agreed upon schedule to include the client and representatives of Fiserv – audience to be determined mutually.
- Project Health Dashboard
- Consolidated Deliverables / Action Tracking
- Project Risks / Issues / Dependencies Tracking
- High School diploma or equivalent required; Bachelor’s degree preferred
- 5+ years of previous project management and/or relevant consulting experience driving large scale projects in a matrixed environment
- Utilization of Project Management tools such as MS Project, Visio and Power Point
- Flexibility to work after hours/on-call/weekends as needed basis
- Ability to travel up to 25% within the United States
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Experience in banking, financial services, and/or software industries
- Experience within a Professional Services department
- Apply using your legal name
- Complete the step-by-step profile and attach your resume (either is acceptable, both are preferable).