Sr. Project Manager
About PortX
PortX is a leading AI-powered data and integration company for modern banking, bringing systems together and data to life through our unified platform for modern integration, governed customer 360 data, and next-generation payments.
We're in strong growth mode, with new opportunities for Project Managers, working in a high-impact environment, with a culture that's open and rewarding, so it's a great time to join.
Responsibilities
- Lead projects from initiation through delivery, including scope definition, planning, budgeting, resource coordination, status reporting, risk management, and escalation.
- Facilitate project stand-ups and serve as a trusted point of contact for both customers and the PortX technical team.
- Maintain a relentless focus on customer outcomes, ensuring projects deliver meaningful and measurable value.
- Engage key stakeholders at the right time, demonstrating responsiveness, sound judgment, and reliable follow-through.
- Identify and resolve delivery challenges proactively, adapting plans as priorities and requirements evolve.
- Provide managers and key stakeholders with clear, strategic reporting that highlights progress, risks, context, insights, and opportunities.
Skills and Experience
- Project management: Strong knowledge of project management principles and practices, with experience delivering complex projects successfully.
- Agile delivery: Practical experience with Agile methodologies, including facilitating ceremonies and coordinating cross-functional teams.
- Technical integration: A solid understanding of system integrations, APIs, and related concepts, enabling you to work effectively with customers, technical teams, and business stakeholders.
- Banking/payments: Experience in banking, credit unions, or payments, ideally involving core banking systems, digital banking, ACH, or ISO 20022.
- Communication: Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Customer engagement: A confident, credible customer-facing presence, with the ability to build trust, provide reassurance, and inspire confidence.
- Organization and ownership: A proactive, self-directed approach, supported by strong planning, prioritization, and time-management skills in a remote working environment.
- Problem-solving: Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills, with the ability to assess situations, identify root causes, and drive issues through to resolution.
Personal Attributes
- Highly organized and dependable, with strong attention to detail.
- Flexible and responsive, with the ability to adapt to changing priorities and tight deadlines.
- Collaborative and solutions-focused, with a strong sense of ownership.
- Calm and confident when managing ambiguity, risk, or competing stakeholder needs.
- Committed to building productive relationships and delivering excellent customer experiences.
This is a chance to join a fast-growing company at the forefront of AI-powered banking integration and data innovation. You will work in a collaborative, high-impact environment where your technical expertise and customer-facing skills directly influence business growth and customer success.
At this stage, ownership isn't a talking point - it's the job. You'll drive your space end to end, which means your time and availability flex with what the work actually needs, not a fixed clock. If that type of environment is energizing rather than exhausting, you'll thrive here.
PortX Principles
- Do Everything with Purpose
- Challenge the Ordinary
- Check your Ego at the Door
Benefits
- Competitive compensation: attractive equity opportunities at a venture-backed startup
- High Impact Role: Have a direct and immediate impact on revenue & scaling the business
- Insurance (medical, dental, vision)
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
- Be a part of a collaborative and highly motivated team culture where your voice is heard and you're not just a number in a big company
US Citizenship required - No Visa Sponsorship available