Project Manager

First American Title Insurance Company facilitates and streamlines real estate transactions by providing comprehensive title insurance protection and professional settlement services.

The Project Manager position is responsible for managing projects and subprojects / work efforts, typically of medium to large size and complexity. Project Manager will manage a project ranging from $250K to $3MM, typically lasting 6 months or less. They can concurrently lead 2-3 medium projects or function as track lead for 1-2 large projects. Candidate should have ability to balance multiple tasks simultaneously.

The Project Manager should possess experience with creating an environment that motivates, inspires and respects others. They will possess 4 to 8 years of experience managing projects throughout the project management lifecycle. The Project Manager must possess leadership skills to inspire coworkers to attain goals and pursue excellence. Candidate should be detail oriented, possessing high organization and planning skills. The position requires individuals who possess a high level of confidence and not afraid to take on challenges due to the dynamic environment. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills as well as ability to work independently and within a team environment.

• Developing project deliverables including project plans, schedules, and status reports

• Facilitating meetings including preparing agendas and coordinating schedules and materials, documenting meeting minutes, following-up on action items; gathering, organizing and distributing project related documentation

• Conducts risk monitoring and controls during a project’s duration to ensure ability to achieve expected outcomes, on time and on budget

• Manage project budgets :including develops project cost estimates and forecasting

• Professional communication is a must: Communicates project status to team and business owners throughout the duration of the assignment to make certain all impacted stakeholders have an understanding of risks, issues and activities related to the project

• Participate in the creation and execution of project work plans and revise as appropriate to meet changing needs and requirements

• Manages the integration of vendor tasks and tracks and review vendor deliverables

• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of a project and scope

• Listen to others and accept input from team members

• Ability to self-start and be versatile in a dynamic environment

• Strong problem solving skills

• Ability to build team cohesiveness to achieve results

• Strong Leadership skills: Ability to build team cohesiveness to achieve results * 4 – 8 years’ experience or more with ad hoc and standard operational procedures

• 8 years’ experience or more with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, Access, Excel, Visio)

• 4- 8 years’ experience with Microsoft Project and PPM Tools

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

• Project Management Professional (PMP®) Certification Preferred

• Certified Scrum Master (CSM) preferred

• 4 – 8 years or more Title insurance/Mortgage acumen and IT experience

• Understanding varies IT delivery methodologies (RUP, ITIL, Agile, Waterfall)