Position Details  

Client: Banking  

Title: Project Manager Loan IQ

Location: Irving, TX 75039 (Hybrid)  

Duration: 12 months + Possible extension  

Schedule: Shift hours: Basic Business Hours  

Start Date: ASAP 

Pay Range: $69/hr - $73/hr

Function background / context: 

• The Institutional Credit Management (ICM) team is a critical component of bank’s First Line of Defense for wholesale lending and counterparty credit risk.  

• ICM partners with businesses bank-wide to ensure we have best-in-class risk and control capabilities.  

• ICM also plays an important role in bank’s Transformation efforts by helping to drive a bank-wide focus on wholesale credit risk management.  

• Through ongoing investment in processes, controls, systems, and governance, ICM continues to further embed consistency and best practices across banks, driving closer alignment between our business and regulatory goals. 

• The Lending Transformation Program (LTP) is a key initiative within ICM.  

• ICM Lending Transformation is looking for a highly skilled and dynamic Scrum Master to drive forward the Governance of bank Loan IQ Implementation.  

• Extensive project management with Agile experience is a pre-requisite, having run governance using Agile practice in a prior role.  

Key Responsibilities: 

• Partner with Technology, Operations, and other key partner groups to deliver across key program initiatives and manage the end to end execution throughout the agile lifecycle 

• Establish a culture of accountability and rigorous timeline management across key technology and business deliverables 

• Create and manage best practice scrum meetings across cross functional teams, in order to deliver programme milestones 

• Drive forward the use of Agile programme management, identifying areas for improvement and consolidating on successes 

• Establish and maintain a rigorous reporting suite, that provides cross functional partners a clear view of programme capacity and rate of delivery 

• Lead on the improvement of programme delivery data quality within an Agile framework 

• Ensure timely project tracking, status reporting and escalation 

• Partnership with program governance lead to ensure material accurately reflects the current status of the program 

• Establish strong relationships with stakeholders across bank at all levels, businesses, and locations 
• Appropriately assess risks when making business decisions, using sound ethical judgment, while complying with both Bankgroup policy and applicable laws, rules, and regulations 

Qualifications and Competencies: 

• Demonstrable experience as a Scrum Master within a large scale program 

• 3+ years experience using Agile program management 

• 3+ years experience in Financial Services industry; wholesale lending experience 

• Loan IQ platform expertise, with strong preference of migration and/or new implementation experience 

• Excellent oral and written communications skills; must be articulate and persuasive 

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred 

• Should demonstrate a commitment to quality and attention to detail 

• Ability to drive change and effectively manage projects and stakeholders 

• Strong organizational leadership and influencing skills 

• Proactive, 'no surprises', approach in communicating issues/requests 

• Capable of prioritizing and multi-tasking in a dynamic environment 

• Strong business analysis, problem solving and analytical skills 

• Keen sense of urgency and eagerness for ownership 

• Works well under pressure and to tight deadlines