Project Manager

Company: First American
Location: Santa Ana
Posted on: August 28, 2020

Job Description:

Job Description: Join our team! First American's National Commercial Services division provides single-point service for simple to multi-property/multi-state national commercial real estate transactions. As a global leader in providing title insurance, settlement services and risk solutions for real estate transactions, First American (NYSE: FAF) is an ideal place to build your career. We have been entrusted with helping our customers achieve and protect their dream of homeownership since 1889. We believe that our people are the key to the company's continued success, and we invest in diverse talents and backgrounds and empower our teams to achieve more than they could anywhere else. First American has created an award-winning culture and has been named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For-- list for the fifth consecutive year and to more than 50 regional Best Places to Work lists. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com Job Summary The Project Manager oversees one or more projects on an ongoing and regular basis. Individually, or as part of a team, responsible for project planning and statusing, risk management, and issue resolution. Duties may include assembling project team, assigning individual responsibilities, identifying appropriate resources needed, developing schedules to ensure timely completion of project, communicating project status and issues to team and management, acting to reduce risk and resolve issues. Coordinates with other projects and work groups. Job Description Essential Functions * Independently manage projects and subprojects varying in size and complexity * Independently oversees medium to large scale complex projects. * Coordinates activities of project team, identifying appropriate resources needed, and developing schedules to ensure timely completion of project * Manage the day to day operational aspects of a project: Schedule, Risk, Scope, Stakeholder, and Cost management * Develop project plans specifying goals, strategy, and staffing, scheduling, identification of risks, contingency plans, budgets and allocation of available resources. * Consult with management and review project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements and allotment of resources. * Work closely with the end users, business technologies, and others to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs related to the project. * Facilitates status and milestone meetings with cross functional groups. * Facilitates meetings including preparing agendas and coordinating schedules and materials, documenting meeting minutes, following up on action items; gathering, organizing and distributing project related documentation * Prepare project status reports and keep team, management, clients and others informed of project status and related issues. Impact Knowledge and Skills/Technology Used * Conceptual understanding of current technologies and methodologies to plan and communicate effectively with project team and sponsors. * Experience with project management methodologies and techniques, and their application in business and technical environments. * Understanding of various delivery methodologies such as RUP, ITIL, Agile, and Waterfall * Experience with applicable business process enough to facilitate, communicate, and consult with team members, customers and management. * Experience with risk and budget management. * Experience managing multiple projects concurrently or projects varying in size with complex inter-dependencies. * Experience developing and managing project budgets. * Experience facilitating meetings. * Written communication skills enough to create project plans and other project documentation. * Knowledge of project management tools and techniques communication, statusing, and Project Management tools to be able to plan, create project documents and reports, and communicate status. * Strong problem solving and negotiation skills * Be a self-starter and be versatile in a dynamic and virtual environment Typical Education * Generally, requires BS Degree in a business field or equivalent work experience. Typical Range of Experience * Typically have 2-5 years of directly related experience. License or Certification * PMP, ACP Desirable First American invests in its employees' development and well-being, empowers them to provide superior customer service and encourages them to serve the communities where they live and work. First American is committed to diversity and inclusion. We are an equal opportunity employer. For more information about our Company and our dedication to putting People First, check out firstam.com/careers.

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