Manager, Project Management

All Jobs  >  Manager, Project Management Apply Manager, Project Management Fully Remote • United States • Client Experience Apply Job Type Full-time Description Lead the Way to Intelligent Banking with Us!You might not think about what happens behind the scenes when you check your bank balance or deposit a check from your phone, but we do. Every day.Kinective empowers banks and credit unions to move beyond keeping up with technology to shaping the future of banking. Our platform seamlessly connects the right tools, delivers real-time data, and drives smarter operations for more than 4,000 financial institutions nationwide. We are a fast-growing team built on individual ownership, company-wide collaboration, and setting industry-leading standards. Here, new ideas are encouraged, candid feedback is welcomed, and your growth truly matters as much as the company’s. At Kinective, we are leading the way to intelligent banking together and enjoying the journey along the way.Why This Role MattersEvery role at Kinective exists to move the needle for our clients, partners, and the financial institutions we serve. As our Manager of Project Management, you will lead a team of project managers responsible for planning, coordinating, and delivering initiatives that span product, engineering, operations, and client-facing programs across the organization.Reporting to the Director of Program Management, you will own the performance and development of your PM team, drive consistency in how projects are scoped, tracked, and delivered, and serve as a key operational partner to senior leadership. This is a player-coach role with real scope and real accountability. You will manage and mentor your team, lead delivery on select high-visibility initiatives directly, and be the connective tissue that keeps cross-functional programs moving with clarity, momentum, and rigor. Requirements What You’ll OwnTeam Leadership & DevelopmentLead, coach, and develop a team of project managers — setting clear expectations, providing regular feedback, running structured 1:1s, and creating development plans that grow each PM’s skills and career trajectoryOwn team performance management, including goal-setting, mid-year and annual reviews, and addressing performance gaps directly and constructivelyBuild team capacity through hiring: partnering with Recruiting and HR to attract, evaluate, and onboard strong PM talent as the team scalesFoster a culture of ownership, transparency, and continuous improvement — where PMs feel empowered to escalate blockers early, advocate for their stakeholders, and hold themselves accountable to commitmentsProject Delivery & Program OversightMaintain a clear, real-time view of portfolio health across your team’s active projects — tracking scope, schedule, budget, risks, and dependencies — and escalating issues to leadership before they become delivery failuresLead delivery directly on select strategic or high-complexity initiatives, serving as the senior PM accountable for cross-functional alignment, stakeholder communication, and on-time, on-scope completionEstablish and enforce consistent project intake, scoping, and prioritization processes that allow leadership to make resourcing decisions with confidenceRun structured project reviews, retrospectives, and lessons-learned sessions that generate actionable improvements the team applies to future delivery cyclesLeverage AI-powered project management tools and workflows — including intelligent scheduling, automated status reporting, risk prediction, and resource optimization — to increase team throughput, reduce administrative overhead, and surface delivery insights that would otherwise require manual analysisProcess, Standards & PMO PracticeOwn and continuously improve Kinective’s project management standards, templates, and playbooks — ensuring PMs across the team operate from a shared methodology that is...