Project Manager, Operations

Overview

Are you looking to take your career from good to great? As an employee of PenFed, every day is an opportunity to thrive, and be part of a team working to ensure our organization is providing world class service to our members, employees, and our communities. We exist to help our members realize their full potential, educate and encourage their dreams, and make every effort to follow our mission and help our members “do better.” Joining PenFed is more than being an employee; it’s about being a part of the PenFed family.

PenFed is hiring a (Hybrid) Project Manager, Operations at our Eugene, Oregon or Tysons, Virginia location. The primary purpose of this job is to be accountable for multiple medium to high risk projects and work with stakeholders to establish deadlines and track responsibilities as well as monitor and summarize progress of projects to Operations leadership.

Responsibilities

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive list of job duties and the position will perform other duties as assigned.

• Build and maintain working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in assigned projects.
• Document constraints and assumptions with stakeholders in order to establish the project deliverables.
• Along with Business Analyst, ensure project requirements are documented and provide clear direction for development teams.
• Create and execute project communications and delivery via status reports and other deliverables necessary to inform and align stakeholders verbally and in writing.
• Work as a liaison between vendors, project sponsors, and project teams to facilitate effective project management.
• Create and execute project plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements.
• Identify needed resources, assign individual responsibilities and tasks, and notify appropriate management if resource constraints will impact the project timeline.
• Proactively manage changes in project, identify potential crisis, and devise contingency plans.
• Establish strong internal and external working relationships, build credibility and partner with key PenFed constituents and external vendors to ensure project timelines are met.
  
  

Qualifications

Equivalent combination of education and experience is considered.

• Bachelor’s Degree in business or related field required.
• Minimum of three (3) years of experience in project management required.
• Experience with Clarity or Jira highly preferred.
  
  

Supervisory Responsibility

This position will not supervise employees.

Licenses and Certifications

PMP or CSM certification highly preferred.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly exposed to an indoor office setting with moderate noise.

• Most roles require working in an office setting with moderate noise and the ability to lift 25 pounds.*
  
  

Travel

Ability to travel to various worksites and be on-call will be required.

About Us

Established in 1935, PenFed today is one of the country’s strongest and most stable financial institutions with over 2.9 million members and over $31 billion in assets. We serve members in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in Guam and Puerto Rico. We are federally insured by NCUA and we are an Equal Housing Lender. We are available to members worldwide, via the web, seven days a week, twenty-four hours a day.

We provide our employees with a lucrative benefits package including robust medical, dental and vision plan options, plenty of paid time off, 401k with employer match, on-site fitness facilities at our larger locations, and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

PenFed management will maintain and observe personnel policies which will not discriminate or permit harassment or retaliation against a person because of race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital status, military or veteran status or obligation, the presence of a physical and/or mental disability or medical condition, genetic information, sexual orientation, and all statuses protected by applicable state or local law in all recruiting, hiring, training, compensation, overtime, position classifications, work assignments, facilities, promotions, transfers, employee treatment, and in all other terms and conditions of employment. PenFed will also prohibit retaliation against individuals for raising a complaint of discrimination or harassment or participating in an investigation of same.

PenFed will also reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with a disability so that they can apply for a job or perform the essential functions of a job unless doing so causes a direct threat to these individuals or others in the workplace and the threat cannot be eliminated by reasonable accommodation or if the accommodation creates an undue hardship to PenFed. Contact human resources (HR) with any questions or requests for accommodation at 402-639-8568.