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The ideal candidate will have a strong technical foundation in *Java and enterprise application development*, combined with excellent project management, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.\n\nThe successful candidate will serve as a key liaison between *business stakeholders, technology teams, architects, developers, vendors, and senior leadership*, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business and technology objectives.\n\nThe role requires someone who understands modern technology trends, particularly *Artificial Intelligence (AI)*, and can contribute to the development and execution of an *AI technology roadmap*. Candidates with prior experience in the *banking or financial services industry* are strongly preferred.\n\nThis is a highly visible role requiring strong communication skills, technical credibility, leadership, and the ability to work directly with client stakeholders.\n\n*Key Responsibilities*\n\n* Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex *technology and application development projects* from initiation through implementation.\n* Manage project scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and deliverables.\n* Serve as the primary point of contact between the client, business stakeholders, technology teams, and project leadership.\n* Work closely with *Java development teams, software architects, engineering teams, QA, DevOps, data teams, and infrastructure teams*.\n* Provide technical project leadership and demonstrate a strong understanding of *Java-based enterprise applications and software development life cycles*.\n* Translate business requirements and strategic objectives into actionable technology initiatives and project plans.\n* Develop and maintain detailed project plans, roadmaps, schedules, status reports, and executive-level presentations.\n* Identify project risks, dependencies, and technical challenges and develop appropriate mitigation strategies.\n* Facilitate project meetings, architecture discussions, planning sessions, stakeholder reviews, and executive status meetings.\n* Monitor project progress and proactively communicate status, risks, issues, and dependencies to stakeholders and leadership.\n* Coordinate multiple technical workstreams and ensure alignment across development, testing, infrastructure, security, data, and deployment teams.\n* Manage vendor and third-party relationships where applicable.\n* Ensure projects follow established *SDLC, Agile, Scrum, governance, security, and compliance processes*.\n* Work with technical leadership to evaluate emerging technologies and identify opportunities for modernization and automation.\n* Support the development and execution of an *AI/ML roadmap*, including identifying business use cases, prioritizing initiatives, defining milestones, and coordinating implementation.\n* Collaborate with AI/ML, data, and engineering teams to understand technical requirements, dependencies, and implementation considerations.\n* Stay current with emerging technologies, including *Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), Machine Learning, automation, and intelligent applications*.\n* Ensure project deliverables meet quality, security, compliance, and organizational standards.\n* Provide regular project reporting and executive-level communication to client leadership.\n\n*Required Qualifications*\n\n* *12+ years of experience* in technical project/program management, technology delivery, or a related field.\n* Strong technical understanding of *Java/J2EE and enterprise application development*.\n* Experience working closely with software engineering and development teams.\n* Strong understanding of the *Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)* and enterprise application architecture.\n* Experience with *Agile/Scrum methodologies* and modern software development practices.\n* Demonstrated experience managing complex, enterprise-level technology projects involving multiple teams and stakeholders.\n* Strong knowledge of project planning, scheduling, risk management, issue resolution, dependency management, and delivery governance.\n* Excellent *verbal and written communication skills*.\n* Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences, including senior executives and client stakeholders.\n* Strong presentation and stakeholder-management skills.\n* Ability to manage competing priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced enterprise environment.\n\n*AI / Emerging Technology Experience*\n\n* Working knowledge of *Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning* concepts and 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systems\n* Customer-facing banking applications\n* Risk management\n* Regulatory and compliance initiatives\n* Data and analytics platforms\n* Digital banking or technology modernization\n* Enterprise financial systems\n* Security and governance within regulated environments\n\nExperience working in a *highly regulated enterprise environment* is a strong plus.\n\n*Preferred Qualifications*\n\n* PMP, Scrum Master, SAFe, or other relevant project management certification.\n* Experience managing large-scale *Java modernization or application transformation initiatives*.\n* Experience working with cloud technologies such as *AWS, Azure, or GCP*.\n* Familiarity with APIs, microservices, REST services, DevOps, CI/CD, and containerization.\n* Experience working with data, analytics, AI/ML, or digital transformation programs.\n* Experience developing executive presentations, project dashboards, and technology roadmaps.\n* Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills.\n\n*Work & Interview Requirements*\n\n* *Client-facing role with significant stakeholder interaction.*\n* *Client interview is required and will be conducted face-to-face/in person.*\n* *Hybrid work environment* with onsite presence based on client requirements.\n* Candidates must be comfortable working directly with client stakeholders and presenting project status, risks, roadmaps, and recommendations.\n* *No visa sponsorship is available for this position.*\n* Candidates must currently have valid *U.S. work authorization that does not require visa sponsorship*.\n\n*Ideal Candidate*\n\nThe ideal candidate is a *technically strong project manager who can speak the language of software engineers while effectively managing business and executive stakeholders*. You should be comfortable discussing Java applications, architecture, development methodologies, AI technologies, project roadmaps, risks, and delivery timelines.\n\nStrong communication and client-facing skills are essential. 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The ideal candidate will have a strong technical foundation in *Java and enterprise application development*, combined with excellent project management, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.\n\nThe successful candidate will serve as a key liaison between *business stakeholders, technology teams, architects, developers, vendors, and senior leadership*, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with business and technology objectives.\n\nThe role requires someone who understands modern technology trends, particularly *Artificial Intelligence (AI)*, and can contribute to the development and execution of an *AI technology roadmap*. Candidates with prior experience in the *banking or financial services industry* are strongly preferred.\n\nThis is a highly visible role requiring strong communication skills, technical credibility, leadership, and the ability to work directly with client stakeholders.\n\n*Key Responsibilities*\n\n* Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of complex *technology and application development projects* from initiation through implementation.\n* Manage project scope, schedule, milestones, dependencies, risks, issues, resources, and deliverables.\n* Serve as the primary point of contact between the client, business stakeholders, technology teams, and project leadership.\n* Work closely with *Java development teams, software architects, engineering teams, QA, DevOps, data teams, and infrastructure teams*.\n* Provide technical project leadership and demonstrate a strong understanding of *Java-based enterprise applications and software development life cycles*.\n* Translate business 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