Managers Notes:
- Working on a project around purchase agreements – when purchasing a home, first step is purchase agreement, submit deposit, then customer signs, they sign, kicks off process – creation/consolidation around the agreement
- National team and then regions and divisions – purchase agreements are by home type – a lot of nuances and complexities creating and putting together purchase agreement national
The Project Manager is responsible for leading the delivery of internal and outsourced projects from project initiation to transition to operations so as to deliver projects on time and within budget and to meet the desired business objectives.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Identify project stakeholders, project requirements, and overall timelines
- Manage and coordinate with project team to define scope, schedule, budget and risks
- Document the communication plan, change management plan and escalation plan
- Define team member roles and responsibilities, monitor team performance and ensure project resources receive the training required to perform their duties
- Review and manage all changes requests according to the defined change management processes
- Lead project meetings, status calls, coordinate project activities and manage stakeholder expectations
- Provide regular project status updates including project progress toward achieving the objectives defined in the business case
- Ensure the project management software tools are being updated in a timely manner
- Provide sign-off for phase and project completion; document project outcome and lessons learned
- Direct the activities of up to eight resources dependent upon on the scope of the project
- Other job duties as assigned
Education and Experience Requirements:
- 10+ years relevant work experience
- Bachelor's degree required; Masters degree preferred or multiple certifications
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification preferred
Additional Requirements:
- Experience at working as a leader and collaborator in a team-oriented environment is essential.
- Can conform to shifting priorities, demands and timelines through analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
- Reacts to project adjustments and alterations promptly and efficiently.
- Flexible during times of change.
- Ability to read communication styles of team members and contractors who come from a broad spectrum of disciplines.
- Persuasive, encouraging, and motivating.
- Ability to elicit cooperation from a wide variety of sources, including upper management, clients, and other departments.
- Ability to defuse tension among project team, should it arise.
- Ability to bring project to successful completion through organizational dynamics.
- Strong written and oral communication skills.
- Strong interpersonal and operational skill sets
- Adept at conducting research into project-related issues and products – strong analytics skills.
- Must be able to learn, understand, and apply new technologies.
- Strong Customer service skills and focus required.