Project Manager – Business Planning and Strategic Initiatives

United States Bowling Congress; Arlington (TX); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Medical, FSA, HSA

Dental, Vision, Life Insurance

401(k) + match, PTO, Holiday Pay

Job summary

United States Bowling Congress is seeking a Project Manager – Business Planning and Strategic Initiatives in Arlington, TX. This hybrid role supports the annual planning cycle, leads major cross-functional projects, and delivers monthly leadership dashboards with status, risks, and decisions.

The position requires collaboration with department leaders and strong governance discipline. The role emphasizes timely execution, visibility into strategic priorities, and continuous improvement of

Qualifications

• Excellent written, verbal, and executive-level reporting skills.
• Ability to develop schedules, track milestones, and analyze risks.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the annual USBC business planning cycle with calendars, milestones, templates, and submissions.
• Consolidate and organize departmental plans, identify interdependencies, and track completion.

Skills

Executive communication

Planning facilitation

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk/issue management

Analytical skills

MS Office proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or related field

Tools

Microsoft Project

Jira

Smartsheet

Job description

JOB TITLE: Project Manager - Business Planning and Strategic Initiatives

LOCATION: Arlington, TX & Hybrid 2 days

POSITION TYPE: Full-Time

FLSA STATUS: Exempt

REPORTS TO: Senior Manager of Projects

WORK HOURS: Monday-Friday 8AM-5PM, with the ability to work weekends and/or extended hours as needed.

WHY WORK FOR USBC:

If you're passionate about your work, thrive in a positive office culture and get excited about bowling, then the United States Bowling Congress wants you! We're looking for someone who is ready to start an interesting, challenging, and rewarding career with us at USBC. We offer a fu filling and dynamic workplace with great benefits.

Become part of A Future For The Sport!

POSITION SUMMARY:

Responsible for coordinating USBC's annual business planning process, managing major cross-functional projects identified in approved business plans, and providing monthly progress reporting to leadership. This role drives planning consistency, accountability, timely execution, and visibility into strategic priorities across departments.

DUTIES/RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Coordinate the annual USBC business planning cycle, including calendars, milestones, templates, instructions, reviews, and final submissions.
• Partner with department leaders to develop clear objectives, initiatives, deliverables, timelines, resource needs, and measurable success criteria within annual business plans.
• Consolidate and organize departmental business plans, identify interdependencies, and track completion of required planning activities.
• Facilitate business planning meetings, follow-ups, and cross-functional alignment while ensuring department leaders retain ownership of their plans and results.
• Lead assigned major business initiatives from approved annual plans, developing project charters, scope, schedules, milestones, and delivery plans.
• Coordinate cross-functional project teams, stakeholders, dependencies, vendors, and resources to advance work against agreed priorities.
• Monitor project scope, schedule, budget, deliverables, risks, issues, and decisions; escalation material concerns and recommend corrective actions.
• Maintain centralized project plans, status trackers, action logs, and supporting documentation using established PMO practices.
• Collect and validate monthly progress updates from initiative owners, including milestone completion, performance against objectives, and upcoming activities.
• Prepare and distribute concise monthly business plan project reports and leadership dashboards highlighting status, accomplishments, risks, delays, and decisions needed.
• Facilitate monthly progress reviews with department leaders and follow up on commitments, overdue items, and mitigation plans.
• Identify opportunities to improve business planning, project governance, reporting consistency, and organizational execution.
• Provide timely communication and support to leadership and project stakeholders; maintain current project management skills.
• Other duties as assigned.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• This position does not have supervisory responsibilities.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITY REQUESTS:

• Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and executive-level reporting skills.
• Ability to facilitate planning processes and manage multiple complex, cross-functional projects.
• Ability to develop schedules, track milestones, analyze risks, and resolve competing priorities.
• Strong organizational, analytical, documentation, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with department leaders and influence without direct authority.
• Proficiency with project management, spreadsheets, presentations, and status reporting tools.

EXPERIENCE AND OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

• At least 5 years of project management, business operations, strategic planning, or related experience.
• Experience coordinating annual business plans, operational plans, or organization-wide planning cycles.
• Demonstrated success managing cross-functional projects and reporting progress to leadership.
• Experience with project management methodologies, including Waterfall, Agile, or hybrid approaches.
• Experience developing dashboards, executive status reports, and project tracking tools.
• Experience working with internal stakeholders and external vendors.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, or similar tools is a plus.
• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, or related field preferred; equivalent experience considered.
• Must pass the RVP program and maintain a "Green Light" status.
• Must adhere to the Code of Conduct of the USBC Registered Volunteer Program as a condition of employment and continued employment.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS:

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position, often standing or sitting, for prolonged periods.
• Occasionally required to move about inside the office and offsite locations.
• Occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, or crawl.
• Light work that includes occasionally lifting/moving objects up to 30 lbs.

COMPENSATION/BENEFITS:

• Compensation paid commensurate on experience.
• Benefits (Health, Medical, FSA, HSA, Dental, Vision, Life, 401(k) + match, PTO, Holiday Pay, and more).

TRAVEL: Ability to travel up to 10% of the time, at a minimum.