The Project Manager oversees one or more projects on an ongoing and regular basis. Individually, or as part of a team, responsible for project planning and statusing, risk management, and issue resolution.
What You'll Do- Independently oversees multiple medium to large scale complex projects.
- Coordinates project deliverables, plans and status reports.
- Identifies appropriate resources needed and coordinates schedules to ensure timely completion of project
- Creates project plans specifying goals, strategy, and staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, budgets, and allocation of available resources.
- Facilitates status and milestone meetings with cross functional groups.
- Conducts risk monitoring and controls during a project's duration to ensure ability to achieve expected outcomes, on time and on budget.
- Works closely with end users, business technologies and others to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs related to the project.
- Monitors project budgets including project cost estimates and forecasting.
- Prepares project status reports and keeps team, management and clients informed of project status and related issues.
- May be required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.
- Other duties as assigned
What You'll BringRequired Education, Experience, Certification/Licensure
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience.
- Typically have 4-7 years of directly related project management experience
- Certifications: PMP and CSM (Certified Scrum Master) Preferred
- Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) Certification preferred
- Knowledge of project management best practices and current technologies to plan and communicate effectively with project team and sponsors
- Experience with project management methodologies and techniques
- Experience with applicable business processes sufficient to communicate and consult with team members, customers and management
- Experience with planning, coordinating, and administering projects in a business and/or technology environment.
- Experience with risk management
- Experience with managing multiple projects or large projects
- Experience with managing project plans and budgets
- Experience with facilitating meetings
- Good verbal and written communication skills sufficient to create project plans and other project documentation
- Knowledge of communication, statusing, and Project Management tools to create project documents and reports
Pay Range: $85,000.00 - $113,300.00 Annually
This hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.
** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).
First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant's criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.
Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.
