Strategic Project Lead in Corporate Development & Finance

First American Financial Corporation; Santa Ana (CA); Remote; USD 98,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical

Dental

Vision

401k

PTO/paid sick leave

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

First American Financial Corporation seeks a Senior Project Manager within Corporate Development Delivery to lead medium to large cross-functional initiatives, including acquisitions and organizational changes. You will work with sponsors, Finance and Accounting, and enterprise teams to translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution that drives sustainable outcomes.

This role focuses on bridging business needs with technical execution, managing governance, and delivering measurable

Qualifications

• Bachelors/Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a business field.
• PMP Certification preferred.
• 5+ years of progressive project management experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives.
• Working knowledge of project governance, methodologies, and enterprise technologies to plan and coordinate effectively.
• Oracle or comparable enterprise financial systems integration experience preferred.
• Experience leading complex, cross-functional business changes or integrations; Finance and Accounting process migration experience preferred.
• Ability to bridge business needs and technical execution across functional teams.
• Strong executive communication and influence, including presenting decisions, recommendations, and trade-offs.
• Strong financial and business acumen.
• Connect strategic objectives to execution, bringing structure to ambiguity and adapting to changing priorities.
• Proven ability to independently lead complex, cross-functional projects using sound judgment and established governance practices.
• Ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders and constructively challenge assumptions without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business sponsors and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, establish governance, and define delivery strategies.
• Lead discovery of current-state business and accounting processes, identifying requirements, gaps, dependencies, and future-state needs.
• Coordinate functional teams to define, prepare for, and implement future-state processes and operational changes.
• Coordinate financial systems and business process integration, working with accountable technology and functional experts to support readiness and transition.
• Lead end-to-end delivery, defining measurable success criteria and tailoring project management practices to each initiative while managing scope, milestones, dependencies, ownership, risks, issues, and changes.
• Provide senior leaders with actionable visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Use data and stakeholder feedback to reassess priorities, evaluate trade-offs, remove barriers, and drive resolution or timely escalation.
• Coordinate cross-functional business readiness, stabilization, and handoff to operational owners.

Skills

PMP Certification

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Finance / Accounting integration

Oracle integration

Education

Bachelor's/Master’s degree in finance, accounting, or a business field

Tools

Oracle

Job description

First American Financial Corporation seeks a Senior Project Manager within Corporate Development Delivery to lead medium to large cross-functional initiatives, including acquisitions and organizational changes. You will work with sponsors, Finance and Accounting, and enterprise teams to translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution that drives sustainable outcomes.

This role focuses on bridging business needs with technical execution, managing governance, and delivering measurable