Senior Technology Project Manager (Financial Services)

Location: Hybrid schedule with three in-office days per week, including Monday or Friday, at the St. Petersburg, Florida corporate office. Travel is less than 25%. This position is not eligible for work visa sponsorship, now or in the future.

Company

hirify.global is a financial services firm focused on client service, integrity, independence, and long-term business relationships.

What you will do

• Manage multiple CTB and RTB Middle and Back Office technology projects from proposal and requirements definition through planning and implementation.
• Investigate project requests and align requirements, priorities, resources, business objectives, and expected value.
• Develop and maintain project plans, staffing requirements, cost estimates, budgets, work breakdown structures, schedules, dependencies, milestones, and documentation.
• Manage project risks, issues, changes, resources, budgets, suppliers, stakeholders, and communications in a complex, high-risk IT environment.
• Coordinate development, business analysis, QA/testing, UAT, release activities, quality checks, and technology acceptance criteria.
• Partner with functional areas, senior management, internal customers, and external suppliers to deliver business applications.

Requirements

• 6–10 years of general experience; ideally 8–10 years of relevant project management experience, or an equivalent combination of experience, education, and training approved by Human Resources.
• Proven project management experience, including project plans, dependency mapping, critical path, milestone tracking, resource allocation, budget planning, risk management, issue tracking, change management, and status reporting.
• Experience managing projects in financial services technology, preferably in Back Office or Middle Office environments.
• Working knowledge of Waterfall methodology and ability to manage Waterfall, Kanban, and Agile projects.
• Proficiency with project management tools such as MS Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or similar, plus Confluence or SharePoint for documentation.
• Experience with SDLC activities and coordination with development, business analysis, and QA/testing teams through UAT and release.
• Knowledge of application development and project life cycle methodologies, project selection and approvals, business cases, budgeting, forecasting, requirements gathering, technical documentation, and complex release cycles.
• Completed bachelor's degree in Business Administration or Computer and Information Science, or completed high school education as required.
• Ability to analyze and interpret information, collaborate effectively, and maintain both detailed and big-picture perspectives.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with money movement systems such as ACH and wire transfers, and digital documentation or workflow platforms such as DocuSign.
• Experience managing large, complex release cycles.
• PMP or equivalent certification.
• CSM or equivalent certification.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid-friendly work schedule combining flexibility with regular in-office collaboration.
• Benefits may include medical, dental, and vision insurance; life, critical illness, accident, and disability insurance; retirement savings; paid vacation, holidays, and sick leave; and parental leave.
• Culture emphasizes developing professionally, collaboration, pragmatic decision-making, accountability, continuous improvement, inclusion, and respect for individual backgrounds.