Project Lead
On-siteAtlanta, Georgia, United States
Job Summary
Define project scope, deliverables, and success criteria in collaboration with stakeholders and leadership. Create and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource allocations, tracking progress against baselines. Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks, implementing contingency plans to minimize impact on timelines, cost, and quality. Coordinate meetings, workshops, and reviews while ensuring documentation remains accurate and up to date. Report project status, milestones, and challenges to senior management regularly. Manage project closure processes including handover, transition, and lessons learned. Leverage AI-driven tools like Copilot or Claude to enhance planning and data-informed decision-making. Manage multiple development projects in a fast-paced environment requiring flexibility and strong stakeholder communication.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in business, finance, engineering or related field
- 5+ years of project management experience, preferably in the financial services industry and software development projects
- Proficient in Microsoft Office, especially Excel, PowerPoint and Project, as well as other project management tools and software
- Hands-on experience using JIRA tool to plan, track, and manage project deliverables by creating and prioritizing backlogs, defining user stories, managing sprints, tracking issues, and generating boards/dashboards and reports to monitor project progress
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to communicate effectively with senior management, clients and stakeholders across different cultures and geographies
- Ability to leverage AI-driven tools (Copilot or Claude) to improve project planning, risk forecasting, project communication & data-informed decision-making across project lifecycle
- Proactive, self-motivated and results-oriented, with the ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Strong analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills, with the ability to handle complex and ambiguous situations
- High attention to detail, quality and accuracy, with the ability to deliver under pressure and tight deadlines
Desired Qualifications
- Professional certification in project management, such as PMP, PRINCE2 or Agile is a plus but not mandatory
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