Senior Project Manager

Shaw Systems Associates, LLC

Senior Project Manager at Shaw Systems managing implementation of credit-based financial software products for banks. Overseeing large-scale projects and maintaining client relationships in Houston, Texas.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeHouston • Florida, Idaho, Louisiana, Minnesota, Missouri, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead end-to-end delivery of large-scale financial services application implementations for banks and financial institutions, owning scope, budget, schedule, forecasting, and resources.
Plan and oversee integration of, and interfaces to, third-party systems - managing vendor dependencies, data exchange, and joint testing.
Manage scope and change control: track budget against scope and identify, document, and escalate out-of-scope items.
Serve as the customer's central point of contact, managing expectations and facilitating resolution of complex software issues with subject matter experts.
Maintain a risk and issue register; proactively escalate issues and request assistance to clear blockers before they impact delivery.
Communicate at the executive level - translating complex technical issues into clear status, risk, and decisions through executive-grade PowerPoint reports and steering-committee materials.
Apply working knowledge of cloud, network, and application technology together with loan servicing business knowledge to guide project decisions and risk management.
Leverage meeting transcriptions to consolidate key notes, decisions, and action items, then document and track them to closure.
Establish project governance and report progress through KPIs and dashboards; manage quality and secure deliverable sign-off against acceptance criteria.
Lead organizational change management and user adoption, mentor project staff, and ensure compliance with financial-services regulatory, audit, and data-privacy requirements (e.g., SOX, information security).

Requirements

What you’ll need

Minimum 5 years managing full life cycle software implementation projects, including large-scale financial services applications for banks and financial institutions.
Background in banking or loan servicing, with business knowledge of loan servicing applications.
Experience integrating and interfacing with third-party systems, and tracking budget against scope while escalating out-of-scope items.
Structured risk and issue management experience (risk registers, mitigation planning).
Project governance experience (KPIs, dashboards, executive reporting), plus quality management and deliverable sign-off.
Excellent communication skills: able to understand complex issues, translate them for an executive audience, and confidently escalate for assistance.
Advanced PowerPoint expertise; advanced proficiency in MS Project, Word, and Excel.
Working understanding of cloud, network, and application communications.
Experience leading organizational change management / user adoption and mentoring project managers or cross-functional teams.
Familiarity with financial-services regulatory, audit, and data-privacy requirements (e.g., SOX, information security).
Ability to use meeting transcriptions to consolidate notes, decisions, and action items and track them to completion.
Strong problem-solving and analysis skills.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Full-time position
Hybrid office schedule if within 75 miles of the Houston office
Remote with travel at least 5% within specified states

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Hard Skills & Tools

software implementationrisk managementbudget trackingproject governancequality managementdata exchangeintegrationchange managementloan servicingKPI reporting

Soft Skills

communicationproblem-solvingmentoringstakeholder managementexecutive reportingissue resolutionorganizational skillstranslating technical issuescollaborationdecision-making