Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives

Champion Homes; Winter Park (FL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k Plan with Company Match

Paid Vacation

Paid Holidays

Medical

Rx

Dental Vision Life Insurance

Job summary

Champion Home Builders, Inc. is seeking a Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives to lead high-priority cross-functional projects within Champion Construction Services and Builder Developer division.

You will partner with leaders to enhance processes, implement scalable systems, strengthen reporting, and drive initiatives from planning through adoption. The role requires collaboration with Operations, Technology, Finance, Marketing, and Engineering, as well as travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, construction management, information systems, or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years leading cross-functional projects, initiatives, or system implementations.
• Experience documenting requirements, mapping processes, coordinating testing and deployment, and supporting adoption.
• Ability to influence without direct authority and drive execution.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, and meeting facilitation skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 apps, including advanced Excel and PowerPoint.
• Willingness to travel as needed.
• Experience in manufactured housing, homebuilding, construction, or related industries.
• Project management certification (PMP) or formal training a plus.
• Experience with ERP, workflow, reporting, or BI platforms.
• Experience directing project teams, consultants, or third-party partners.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic and cross-functional initiatives from definition through implementation.
• Develop project charters, workplans, timelines, milestones, resources, governance, and business cases.
• Identify operational challenges and opportunities for standardization and scalability.
• Map current-state processes and design future-state workflows and tools.
• Define requirements, scopes, and change impacts for improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to design, test, deploy, and sustain new processes and dashboards.
• Manage implementation activities, including requirements gathering, testing, UAT, training, deployment, and adoption.
• Support development of dashboards, KPI reporting, and analyses for leadership decisions.
• Monitor progress, adoption, risks, and dependencies; escalate with clear recommendations.
• Collaborate with Operations, Technology, Finance, Marketing, and Engineering on tools and communications.
• Facilitate leadership and project meetings, drive decisions, and ensure commitments.

Skills

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Influence without authority

Analytical/problem-solving

Travel flexibility

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Microsoft 365

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Good Life Begins With A Good Company.

Good Life Begins With A Good Company. Champion Home Builders, Inc. wants YOU! We are seeking to hire a Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives, to join our team within the Champion Construction Services and Builder Developer division.
WHAT DO WE OFFER?

• 401k Plan with Company Match
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Holidays
• Medical
• Rx
• Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance

WHO IS CHAMPION HOME BUILDERS, INC.?

For decades, Champion has served as a leader in the manufactured housing industry and one of the largest mobile and modular home builders in North America. Champion offers many factory-built solutions, from single-family and multi-family homes to commercial and government buildings. Our manufactured homes, modular homes, mobile homes, park models, and commercial modular buildings can be found throughout the United States and western Canada. Throughout the organization, we act with integrity and respect. We take pride in our craftsmanship and build strong relationships with our customers, suppliers, and our employees. We know that we would not be successful without our team. In return for hard work and dedication, our goal is to provide a safe, productive, and enjoyable workplace for every employee.

Job Title: Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives

FLSA Status: Exempt

Job Summary: The Project Manager, Strategic Initiatives is a full-time role that reports to the National Vice President, Builder Developer, and leads high-priority initiatives supporting Builder Developer and Champion Construction Services. This role partners with operational and functional leaders to improve processes, implement scalable systems and tools, strengthen reporting, and drive cross-functional initiatives from planning through sustainable adoption. The position aligns stakeholders, manages risks and dependencies, and provides leadership with clear insight into progress, decisions, and results.

Position Details

• Reports to National Vice President, Builder Developer
• Travel required as business demands
• Work location is yet to be determined
• Role may have direct reports in the future

Key Responsibilities

• Lead strategic and special projects supporting Builder Developer and Champion Construction Services from definition through implementation.
• Develop project charters, workplans, timelines, milestones, resource requirements, governance, success measures, and business cases.
• Partner with CCS and Builder Developer leaders to identify operational challenges, workflow gaps, inefficiencies, and opportunities for standardization and scalability.
• Map current-state processes and design future-state workflows, operating standards, tools, and documentation that improve execution and visibility.
• Define business requirements, project scopes, implementation plans, success measures, and change impacts for operational improvements.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams to design, test, deploy, and sustain new processes, systems dashboards, and operational tools.
• Manage implementation activities, including requirements gathering, testing, user acceptance, training, deployment, adoption, and post-implementation review.
• Support development of operational dashboards, scorecards, KPI reporting, and analyses that strengthen leadership decision-making.
• Monitor project performance, user adoption, operational results, risks, and dependencies; resolve issues and elevate decisions with clear recommendations.
• Work with Operations, Technology, Finance, Marketing, Engineering, and other partners to develop supporting tools, materials, processes, and communications.
• Facilitate leadership and project meetings, drive decisions, assign accountability, and ensure commitments are completed.
• Establish and maintain project governance, documentation, reporting disciplines, and visibility across the portfolio.
• Promote process consistency, knowledge-sharing, and alignment between CCS and Builder Developer operations.
• Influence across functions and levels to build alignment, remove barriers, and sustain momentum.
• Provide direction to project team members and external partners; may lead or develop assigned resources as the function evolves.
• Handle sensitive and confidential information with sound judgment and discretion.
• Perform other duties and special assignments as needed.

Qualifications

REQUIRED

Preferred

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, construction management, information systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• Five or more years of progressive experience leading cross-functional projects, business initiatives, operational improvements, or systems implementations.
• Demonstrated success managing complex priorities, project plans, risks, budgets, or resources, and senior-level stakeholders.
• Experience documenting business requirements, mapping processes, coordinating testing and deployment, and supporting sustainable adoption.
• Ability to influence without direct authority, drive accountability, and move teams from analysis to execution.
• Strong executive communication, presentation, meeting facilitation, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications, including advanced use of Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to travel as business needs require.
• Experience in manufactured housing, homebuilding, construction, field services, real estate development, or a related industry.
• Experience leading enterprise-level initiatives and partnering directly with executive and operational leaders.
• Project management certification, such as PMP, or formal project management training.
• Experience with process improvement, change management, business transformation, workflow automation, or portfolio governance.
• Experience with ERP, project management, workflow, reporting, or business intelligence platforms.
• Experience directing project teams, consultants, or third-party partners.

Core Competencies

• Strategic Leadership
• Project Leadership
• Collaboration
• Executive Communication
• Business Judgment
• Continuous Improvement

EEO Statement

Champion Home Builders is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other legally protected characteristics. Champion Home Builders participates in the E-Verify Program.

Background check and Drug Screen are required