Full Time Position

Hybrid.

General Description

Plans, directs, and coordinates activities of IT Programs and projects to ensure that programs benefit, and project goals are accomplished within the defined scope, time, budget and quality parameters established.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Responsible for the oversight, management and completion of strategic projects related to technology. Sets deadlines, assigns responsibilities, maintains project documentation, plans and reports, monitors and summarizes progress of related projects. Act as the point of contact and communicate projects status adequately to all participants. Understands and follows the Project Management methodology of Popular. Candidate is responsible for leading projects from initial planning through any software development and all implementation processes. Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals. Collaborating extensively with all contributors and communicating expectations throughout the project, providing daily and weekly updates to key stakeholders. Maintains and gives follow up to project teams, programmers and external consultants. Leads the work of others, including others Project Coordinators and/or IT Project Managers, during the life of the program and related projects. Controls and approves consultant hours invested in the project. Approves invoices from vendors regarding services rendered by third parties. Oversights and coordinates activities, resources and equipment’s to accomplish program benefits and projects goals in the most efficient way. Ensure resource availability and allocation. Responsible of administrate change management, release management and configuration processes. Promptly escalates issues which cannot be resolved. Liaise with stakeholders to identify and define program objectives and benefits, projects requirements, scope and identify risks. Understand company requirements and how they translate in application features and collaborate with the team to set specifications for new applications this includes evaluating existing applications to reprogram, update and add new features. May lead cross-functional linked teams to address business or systems issues. Supervisory Responsibilities: This Job has no supervisory responsibilities but usually may lead the work of others.

Education

Bachelor’s or master's degree in technology, Industrial or Computer Engineering, Information Systems or Business Administration.

Experience

At least seven (7) years of experience in project management, and 5 (five) years of experience in projects related to Information Security, Information Technology systems design, installation, configuration and maintenance (Software Development Life Cycle) or IT Infrastructure and Operations (I/O). Excellent desktop software skills – MS Office Suite, MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel, Word, Visio. High energy and ability to work both independently and across multiple teams in very fast growth environment. Excellent communication (written and verbal) and interpersonal skills. Proficiency in managing deadlines, scope and budgets, Excellent time management skills.

Preferred Certifications/Licenses

PMI Project Management Professional (PMI-PMP) Certification PMI

Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP) Certification

Lean Six Sigma Certification

Certified Scrum Master

Certified Product Manager (CPM)

ITIL Processes Certification

Competencies

Analytical Discipline

Business Excellence

Change Agent

Character

Collaboration & Teamwork

Customer Centric

Self Development

Accountability