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Lead Project Manager
First American
Santa Ana, CA, United States
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The Lead 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.
Essential Functions
• Responsible for all aspects of the development and implementation of assigned projects and provides a single point of contact for large scale complex projects.
• Takes projects from original concept through final implementation.
• Work closely with the end users, business technologies, and others to understand and prioritize business goals and information needs related to the project.
• Develops detailed work plans, schedules, project estimates, resource plans, and status reports.
• Conducts project meetings and is responsible for project tracking and analysis.
• Consult with management and review project proposals to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations procedures for accomplishing project, staffing requirements and allotment of resources.
• Recommends and drives the analysis and solutions of problems.
• May determine, oversee and track budgets.
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.
• Experience with planning, coordinating, and administering projects in a business and/or technology environment.
• Experience with applicable business process sufficient to communicate and consult with team members, customers and management.
• Experience with risk management.
• Experience managing multiple projects or large project with complex inter-dependencies.
• Experience developing and managing complex project budgets.
• Knowledge of communication, statusing, and Project Management tools to create project documents and reports.
Typical Education
• Generally requires BS Degree in a business field or equivalent work experience.
Typical Range of Experience
• Typically have 8+ years of directly related experience.
License or Certification
• PMP Desirable
First American invests in its employee’s 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.