[Hiring] Project Manager @PortX

Role Description

Lead projects from initiation through delivery, including:

• Scope definition
• Planning
• Budgeting
• Resource coordination
• Status reporting
• Risk management
• 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
• 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
• Opportunities

Qualifications

• Strong knowledge of project management principles and practices, with experience delivering complex projects successfully.
• Practical experience with Agile methodologies, including facilitating ceremonies and coordinating cross-functional teams.
• A solid understanding of system integrations, APIs, and related concepts.
• Experience in banking, credit unions, or payments, ideally involving core banking systems, digital banking, ACH, or ISO 20022.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to explain complex issues clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• A confident, credible customer-facing presence, with the ability to build trust, provide reassurance, and inspire confidence.
• A proactive, self-directed approach, supported by strong planning, prioritization, and time-management skills in a remote working environment.
• 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.

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