Senior Project Manager - Technology

Position Overview

This role offers a hybrid work schedule with opportunities for in-person collaboration at our Buffalo, NY Tech Hub. The Project Manager within Technology Strategic Operations is responsible for leading complex initiatives that span multiple technology platforms, business units, or functional areas. This role ensures that projects are executed with precision, aligning with the Division of Technology’s strategic priorities while managing changes to project scope, schedule, and costs through established governance and verification techniques.

Location: Buffalo, New York, United States of America.

Key Responsibilities

• Project Leadership: Manage technology-driven projects from initiation through close, establishing clear roles and responsibilities for team members.
• Planning & Forecasting: Develop detailed project plans, forecasts, and schedules while partnering with stakeholders to capture requirements, constraints, and assumptions.
• Governance & Controls: Ensure project plans include work breakdown structures, organizational charts, cost/budget forecasts, and comprehensive communication, risk, quality, and resource management strategies.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Communicate project plans and updates to stakeholders to set clear expectations and maintain transparency across the Division of Technology.
• Execution & Monitoring: Drive task execution to achieve project goals; manage budgets, monitor progress, and apply change controls to uphold project integrity.
• Risk & Compliance: Adhere to the Company's risk and regulatory standards, policies, and controls while identifying issues that require management escalation.
• Culture & Brand: Promote an environment that supports belonging and reflects the M&T Bank brand.
• Assurance: Maintain M&T internal control standards, ensuring timely implementation of audit recommendations and addressing external regulatory feedback.
• Additional Duties: Complete other related duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 3 years’ proven general management, project analysis, or project management experience; or, in lieu of a degree, a combined minimum of 5 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including at least 3 years of relevant experience with a minimum of 2 years in project management.
• Proficiency with personal computers and pertinent software packages.

Compensation

M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. Compensation: $74,600.00 - $124,400.00 Annual (USD). The candidate’s specific combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will determine the final compensation offer.