Project Manager (Compliance Tech)

Title: Project Manager (Compliance Tech)
Location: Onsite in Boston or Quincy or Burlington in Massachusetts - 4 days onsite
Duration: 12 months
Pay: 65-70

• Strong project management experience, including project planning, estimating, resource forecasting, budgeting, scheduling, dependencies, risk and issue management, and change control.
• Experience managing project backlogs, prioritization, deliverables, and work items using Clarity and Jira Agile/Kanban.
• Experience working in Agile environments and performing Scrum Master/Kanban responsibilities.
• Experience with SDLC governance, tollgates, and project status reporting.
• Experience managing procurement, vendor contracts, SOWs, invoices, change orders, and T&M/fixed-price vendors.
• Experience with resource allocation, timekeeping, actuals tracking, onboarding/offboarding, and resource management.
• Experience with Third Party Risk Management (TPRM), Information Security Risk Management, Data Governance, and Data Privacy processes.
• Experience managing IT budgets throughout the budget cycle and project execution.
• Ability to collaborate with Program Managers, business partners, PMO, project teams, vendors, and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Proficiency leveraging AI tools, including Microsoft Copilot, prompt engineering, and generative AI capabilities, to support project planning, execution, reporting, and decision-making.

• Collaborate with Program Manager(s) in rolling-out projects assigned to application team(s).
• Maintain the Screening Demand Backlog including demand prioritization, Schedule Matrix, linkages to Clarity, Financial Crimes Compliance (FCC) AML Screening Roadmap, and other tools as appropriate.
• Maintain Resource allocations against a maintained list of timekeeping tasks, and track actuals against these tasks for one or more projects, as assigned in Clarity.
• Maintain list of timekeeping tasks in Clarity identifying which activities are deferrable and which are not.
• Manage SOP98 Deferrable workflows in Clarity including Statements of Works (SOWs): annual updates, as costs change, as well as monthly tracking against targets for resources and fixed price contracts.
• Responsible for estimating each project.
• Responsible for resource forecasts in Clarity. Responsible for reviewing resource time actuals and resolving inconsistencies in Clarity.
• Build, monitor and maintain project plans in Clarity including tasks, dates, dependencies/predecessors, owners, etc.
• Build, monitor, and maintain the various project teams' work items in Jira Agile Kanban boards.
• Perform role as Kanban Scrum Master as specified by the Agile Office.
• Record, distribute and follow-up on notes and action items for meetings, as needed (project coordinator may assist in this activity).
• Support all aspects of Status Reporting within Clarity.
• Support risk & issue tracking and maintenance in Clarity.
• Support, maintain, follow-up and update SDLC tollgate processes for all assigned projects using Jira and Microsoft Teams. Project coordinator may support this activity, but it is the PM's responsibility to review and ensure tollgates are completed and closed per SDLC Governance guidelines and training.
• Responsible for procurement management including procurement requests, contract review, approvals, requisitions, invoice approvals, and change orders. Maintain a list of all procurement requests including vendor SOWs, software and hardware requests, and annual maintenance renewals.
• Responsible for managing the Third Party Risk Management (TPRM) process for each vendor engagement including Inherent Risk Questionnaire (IRQ).
• Ensure Information Security Risk Management Process (ISRMP) is updated as needed for each application.
• Support the Project Management Office (PMO) in providing timely updates as directed.
• Ensure a Data Steward is assigned, and that Data Governance and Data Privacy guidelines are completed by the team when data is involved.
• Work with business partners in prioritizing deliverables.
• Manage the IT budget for programs/projects--both during the budget cycle as well as throughout project execution.
• Manage the change control process for designated projects.
• Maintain Resource Tracking worksheet for onboarding and offboarding of resources (employees and contractors).
• Manage time and material (T&M) and fixed price (FP) vendors in the Beeline tool including onboarding contracts, resources, timesheet approvals, milestone payments, etc.
• Effectively leverage AI tools (Microsoft Copilot), including prompt engineering and generative AI capabilities, to enhance planning, execution, reporting, and decision-making across the project lifecycle.
• Support training, access and orientation for new team members.
• Build and maintain positive cross-team relationships.