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About the Role
Farm Credit East (FCE) is seeking a Project Manager (PM) to independently deliver projects that drive measurable value for customers and business objectives. The PM owns the full project lifecycle, ensuring alignment with organizational strategy and standards. This role requires strong skills in team leadership, stakeholder engagement, and risk management to coordinate cross-functional efforts and achieve project outcomes with a customer-first mindset.
Responsibilities
- Develop integrated schedules, budgets, dependencies, and change/decision management processes for assigned projects.
- Maintain and communicate progress on value realization, including post-implementation reviews.
- Analyze project performance against OKRs and benefits targets, implementing adjustments to maximize value delivery.
- Independently develop and manage integrated project plans, including schedules, budgets, and resource allocations.
- Facilitate team meetings, clarify roles and responsibilities, and ensure accountability for deliverables.
- Identify and address project interdependencies, oversee change requests, and escalate issues or risks.
- Ensure all project artifacts are complete, accurate, and accessible in the designated system of record.
- Coordinate with Legal, Information Security, and Risk to apply organizational policies and standards.
- Conduct regular risk reviews with the team, proactively identify and address risks and issues.
- Deliver clear updates, manage exceptions, and document key decisions for sponsors and stakeholders.
- Partner with Change Enablement and Learning & Development to deliver training, communications, and seamless handoffs.
- Lead sponsor and stakeholder meetings, resolve escalations, and ensure alignment with project and organizational goals.
- Lead retrospectives, propose EPMO procedure updates, and implement enhancements to project delivery.
- Mentor team members in flow efficiency, lead time, and benefits tracking.
- Utilize AI tools to optimize project management deliverables, coach team members in responsible AI use, and lead continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, Agriculture, Agri-Business, Economics, Finance, or a related field.
- 3–5 years of professional experience leading projects or major workstreams, ideally in a regulated or cross-functional environment.
- Demonstrated experience managing project lifecycle phases: planning, execution, monitoring, and closing.
- Experience coordinating teams, managing budgets, and delivering measurable business outcomes.
Skills
- Team leadership
- Stakeholder engagement
- Risk management
- Project planning
- Project execution
- Budget management
- Dependency management
- Change management
- Continuous improvement
- Responsible AI utilization
Location
- Northeast (8-state territory)
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 3-5 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000 to $95,000
Benefits
- Short-Term Incentive
- 401k match up to 6% of salary
- Verified student loan payments may qualify for an employer match in your 401(k) up to 6% of salary
- Defined Contribution retirement plan funded at 2-9% of salary depending on years of service
- 15-25 days of vacation leave per year
- 12 days of holiday leave per year
- 7.5 days of sick leave in your first year, followed by 12 days of sick leave per year thereafter
- Unlimited rollover of unused sick leave
- Up to 80 hours of paid parental leave
- Family Care Leave
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
- Health Savings Account
- Life insurance at 2x base pay
- Accidental Death and Dismemberment insurance at 2x base pay
- Long-term disability insurance at 2/3 base pay
- Tuition reimbursement
- Continuing education and training
- Employee Assistance Program
About the Company
- Farm Credit East (FCE) is the leading provider of loans and farm advisory services to farm, forest product, fishing, and other agricultural business owners across the northeast.
- Nearly $15 billion in total loan volume and $29 million in annual financial services revenue from 18,000 customers across our 8-state territory.
- We are One Team Working Together with a focus on our five pillars: Outstanding Customer and Employee Experience, Quality Growth, Operational Excellence, Commitment to our Communities, and Protecting Customer Information.
Equal Opportunity
- Farm Credit East is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, marital status, parental status, political affiliation, disability status, protected veteran status, genetic information or any other status protected by federal, state or local law.
- It is our goal to make employment decisions that further the principle of equal employment opportunity by utilizing objective standards based upon an individual's qualifications for a specific job opening.
- In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”), if you have a disability and would like a reasonable accommodation in order to apply for a position with Farm Credit East, please call 1-800-562-2235 or e-mail FarmCreditCareers@farmcrediteast.com