Senior Project Lead - Remote & Cross-Functional PM

First American Financial Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 74,000 - 99,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

401k

PTO / paid sick leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

First American Financial Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Specialist for remote work across the United States. You will oversee small project phases, coordinate cross-functional teams, and define project scope to meet business needs.

Strong planning, budgeting, and risk management are essential. The role requires 4–6 years of related experience, solid MS Excel skills, and excellent communication and presentation abilities.

Qualifications

• Strong understanding of project management best practices and current technologies.
• Knowledge of project management methodologies and techniques.
• MS Application experience with Excel experience being a must.
• Ability to communicate with team members, customers and management.
• Strong project planning skills.
• Experience facilitating meetings.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Experience in organizing projects and budgets.
• Knowledge of statusing and Project Management tools to create documents and reports.

Responsibilities

• Oversees small scale projects or phases of a larger project.
• Coordinates activities of project team, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of project.
• Responsible for defining system scope and project objectives to support business needs, as well as define the role and function of each team member, to effectively coordinate the activities of the team.
• Assists in preparing project plans specifying goals, strategy, and staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, budgets, and allocation of available resources.
• Regularly facilitates status and milestone meetings with cross functional groups.
• Prepares documentation related to project, which may include training/process materials.
• May be required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.

Skills

Project management

MS Excel

Communication

Planning

Facilitating meetings

Presentation skills

Budgeting

Risk management

Teamwork

Multi-tasking

Education

BS Degree in business field

Tools

MS Excel

Job description

First American Financial Corporation is seeking a Senior Project Specialist for remote work across the United States. You will oversee small project phases, coordinate cross-functional teams, and define project scope to meet business needs.

Strong planning, budgeting, and risk management are essential. The role requires 4–6 years of related experience, solid MS Excel skills, and excellent communication and presentation abilities.