Project Manager - Real Estate Finance & Fund Operations

AlphaGov; Fresno (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Company-sponsored benefits

Job summary

AlphaGov is seeking a Project Manager to drive complex initiatives across real estate lending, finance, compliance, and investment fund operations. You will own delivery from objective definition to budgeting, coordinating cross‑functional teams, mitigating risks, and reporting outcomes to executive leadership.

The role requires hands‑on project management experience in financial services, real estate, or fund management, with a focus on governance, milestones, and stakeholder communication.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of direct project management experience in finance, real estate, financial services, or investment fund management.
• Experience delivering initiatives involving lending processes, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, or investor operations.
• Proven ownership of project scope, budgets, vendor management, risk tracking, timelines, and executive communications from initiation through launch.
• Background managing projects in regulated financial services or other compliance‑driven environments.
• Strong understanding of project governance, planning, milestone management, risk mitigation, and cross‑functional delivery.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, project management tools, and reporting platforms.
• Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to prioritize competing demands, resolve complex issues, and deliver measurable results.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects across lending operations, financial reporting, compliance, and investor services from planning through launch.
• Establish project objectives, scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, resource needs, and success measures.
• Manage project plans, dependencies, vendor commitments, milestones, and deliverables across multiple workstreams.
• Partner with cross‑functional teams to align priorities and keep initiatives on track.
• Identify risks and regulatory concerns; develop and implement mitigation plans.
• Oversee project records, reporting workflows, requirements, and handoffs.
• Monitor budgets, timelines, project performance, and key decisions; report to executives.
• Maintain governance, track risks and action items, ensure accountability for deliverables.
• Evaluate processes, identify inefficiencies, and implement improvements for controls and reporting accuracy.
• Drive issue resolution and ensure delivery of defined business outcomes.

Skills

Analytical skills

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Stakeholder management

Problem-solving

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Project management tools

Reporting platforms

Job description

We're seeking a Project Manager to drive complex initiatives across real estate lending, finance, compliance, and investment fund operations. This role requires hands-on ownership of project delivery, from defining objectives and managing budgets to coordinating cross‑functional teams, mitigating risks, and reporting outcomes to executive leadership. Candidates must have direct project management experience in financial services, real estate, or fund management.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead projects across lending operations, financial reporting, compliance, and investor services from initial planning through implementation and launch
• Establish project objectives, scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, resource needs, and success measures
• Manage project plans, dependencies, vendor commitments, milestones, and outstanding deliverables across multiple workstreams
• Partner with lending, finance, compliance, reporting, and investor operations teams to align priorities and keep initiatives on track
• Identify operational risks, regulatory or compliance concerns, resource constraints, and potential delivery delays; develop and implement mitigation plans
• Oversee project records, reporting workflows, implementation requirements, and operational handoffs
• Monitor budgets, timelines, project performance, and key decisions, providing regular updates to executive stakeholders
• Maintain project governance, track risks and action items, and ensure accountability for deliverables
• Evaluate existing processes, identify inefficiencies, and implement improvements to strengthen controls, reporting accuracy, and operational performance
• Drive issue resolution and ensure projects achieve defined business outcomes within agreed timelines and budgets

Requirements

• 3+ years of direct project management experience in finance, real estate, financial services, or investment fund management
• Experience delivering initiatives involving lending processes, financial reporting, regulatory compliance, or investor operations
• Proven ownership of project scope, budgets, vendor management, risk tracking, timelines, and executive communications from initiation through launch
• Background managing projects in regulated financial services or other compliance‑driven environments
• Strong understanding of project governance, planning, milestone management, risk mitigation, and cross‑functional delivery
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, project management tools, and reporting platforms
• Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and stakeholder management skills
• Ability to prioritize competing demands, resolve complex issues, and deliver measurable results

Important: Candidates must have independently managed complex projects and been accountable for delivery outcomes. Experience limited to administrative support, scheduling, or project coordination is not sufficient.

Benefits

• Competitive salary based on experience
• Potential health insurance benefits
• Retirement plan options
• Paid time off
• Additional company‑sponsored benefits and programs