Senior Project Manager

nbkc bank is looking for a Senior Project Manager to join our Product & Project Management team.

This role is for someone who thrives on solving complex business challenges, driving alignment across teams, and leading high-impact initiatives that move an organization forward.

As a Senior Project Manager, you'll lead strategic, cross-functional projects that support key priorities across our Deposit, Lending, and Operations teams. You'll partner closely with executive leaders, business stakeholders, and external vendors to guide initiatives from concept through implementation while helping shape how work gets prioritized, executed, and measured across the organization.

This is a business-focused project management role rather than a technical PM role. We're looking for a strategic thinker who can navigate ambiguity, influence without authority, build strong relationships, and drive meaningful business outcomes.

This position works @Flex, with a combination of time in the office and at home.

What You'll Do

• Lead large-scale, cross-functional business initiatives from discovery and planning through implementation and post-launch evaluation.
• Partner with stakeholders and Executive Sponsors to define project objectives, success measures, scope, priorities, and business outcomes.
• Drive organizational alignment by facilitating discussions, influencing decisions, and helping teams navigate competing priorities.
• Manage multiple strategic initiatives simultaneously while balancing timelines, resources, dependencies, risks, and stakeholder expectations.
• Develop and maintain project plans, communication strategies, governance structures, and executive reporting.
• Identify project risks, roadblocks, and dependencies while proactively developing mitigation plans.
• Lead vendor implementations and strategic partnerships, ensuring timelines, deliverables, and business objectives are achieved.
• Analyze existing processes and workflows, identify opportunities for improvement, and lead initiatives that increase efficiency and scalability.
• Facilitate executive-level discussions and provide meaningful project updates, recommendations, and risk assessments.
• Promote project management best practices and help strengthen project delivery capabilities across the organization.
• Drive accountability, momentum, and successful execution across cross-functional teams.

What You'll Bring

• 5+ years of experience leading complex cross-functional projects and business initiatives.
• 7+ years of banking, financial services, fintech, consulting, or other highly regulated industry experience preferred.
• Demonstrated success leading initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, departments, competing priorities, and significant business impact.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to evaluate challenges, identify solutions, and translate business needs into actionable plans.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and executive stakeholders to drive strategic initiatives.
• Proven ability to influence outcomes and build consensus without direct authority.
• Strong facilitation, communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
• Experience with project management platforms such as Monday.com or similar tools.
• Bachelor's degree in Business, Management, Finance, or a related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Bonus Points

• Experience supporting Deposit Operations, Lending, Banking Operations, Payments, or other financial services functions.
• Experience leading enterprise-wide process improvement, business transformation, or organizational change initiatives.
• Experience managing complex vendor implementations and strategic third-party relationships.
• Consulting experience with a focus on business process improvement, operational excellence, or transformation.
• Experience working within banking, financial services, fintech, or another highly regulated environment.
• PMP, Agile, Six Sigma, Lean, or other relevant project management or process improvement certifications.
• A consultative mindset with the confidence to ask thoughtful questions, challenge assumptions, and recommend better solutions.
• Experience presenting project updates, recommendations, and strategic insights to executive leadership.

Why This Role?

At nbkc, you'll have the opportunity to lead meaningful initiatives that directly impact our customers, employees, and business. You'll partner with talented teams across the organization, help shape strategic priorities, and drive projects that create lasting value in a collaborative, people-first environment.

This version will attract a significantly more senior talent pool while still being candidate-centric and approachable, which tends to perform well on LinkedIn.

Our Hiring Process

After we review your application and feel you’re a potential fit we will reach out with next steps. We work hard to meet our candidates on their time- sometimes that’s a phone screen, video interview, or even a cup of coffee before meeting our team. We are committed to keeping you updated along the way.

What you’ll love about us:

Benefits & Perks:

• Choose from one of our multiple comprehensive health care plans that best suits you and your family where you are in life right now. (HSA, FSA, PPO – we got you covered!)
• Enjoy 4 weeks of paid time off, 11 paid holidays, Birthday PTO, and 8 paid volunteer hours per year
• Save more for your future with our 401k retirement savings plan with a generous match and immediate vesting from nbkc. Now that’s a sweet deal!
• Spend time bonding with your family with paid parental leave options
• Care for your whole person with access to our EAP and behavioral health advocates
• Take advantage of our wellness programs which include a wellness reimbursement account and an on-site gym facility.
• Flexible work options to allow you to do your job and live your life (Work-Life Integration for the win!)
• Enjoy anniversary awards for your 3- and 5-year anniversaries (That’s serious cash money towards your retirement account, student loan refinancing or your HSA).
• Take a 4-week paid sabbatical for your 10-, 18-, and 25-year anniversaries

About nbkc:

nbkc isn’t your average bank. We take your traditional financial institution and make it better.

We know what we offer our customers is only as good as the people behind the scenes who keep it going. That’s why we make sure you’re supported and encouraged along the way. You’ll work with some awesome, intelligent, and diverse people in a fun and forward-thinking environment and accomplish plenty of things you’ll wanna brag about.

nbkc is deeply committed to diversity, equality, and inclusion in all its practices, especially when it comes to growing our teams. We aim to build a company whose culture promotes inclusion and embraces how rewarding it is to work with employees from all walks of life.

nbkc has been proud to be recognized as one of Kansas City’s Best Places to Work for 6+ years by the Kansas City Business Journal. We’re pretty proud to work here and we know you will be too!

Join us to find out!

nbkc bank is an Equal Opportunity-Affirmative Action Employer – Minority/Female / Disability / Veteran / Gender Identity / Sexual Orientation