Sr Principal Project Management

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JOB SUMMARY

The Sr Principal Project Manager is a critical part of company to drive the timely delivery of projects that impact that provide significant value to the organization, both operation and technology related. This position is responsible for providing leadership, management, and direction for the implementation of the new servicing system to include project identification, prioritization, resource allocation, specification / requirements definition, planning, timeline management & project reporting with all corresponding documentation and artifacts.

Scope/Responsibilities: Operational oversight as a subject matter expert for a single or multiple defined functions within a sub-segment of a business channel or corporate staff function. Provides thought leadership and/or planning for areas of responsibility. Assists in developing budget for assigned area. Direct report to SVP or VP. Responsible for medium and/or short term business entity planning and operational direction. Decisions have a moderate impact on assigned business area.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

• Leads the project throughout the project life cycle, defining project objectives, aligning project resources to achieve goals and ensuring established timelines are met.
• Drives the initial review to identify and gathers documents for business and functional requirements.
• Defines detailed description of user needs, program functions and steps required to develop or modify systems.
• Maintains an in-depth knowledge of business operations and understands the technical scope and objectives of their projects.
• Provides critical thinking and thought leadership in analyzing functional requirements, procedures and problems to automate processing and/or improve systems to ensure that maximum business value is derived from each project.
• Coordinates with Business Partners, Technical Analysts and Developers to identify and define specifications, indicate areas of system impact and continuously communicate project status and needs.
• Develops, analyzes and manages project schedules and appropriate project management documentation.
• Ensures that all PM reports are accurate and are updated in a timely manner.
• Drives the adoption and implementation of project and program management methodology and oversee project and program management coaching.
• Provides timely assessment of projects, quality or risk issues with early identification of project issues and risks impacting completion.
• Provides consistent communication to leadership with updates on progress, impacts, and changes associated with management of portfolio
• Identify issues/risk solutions, and provides project team with resources/support.
• Excellent communicate skills (verbal and written) for all levels in the organization.
• Proven organizational skills and ability to manage through ambiguity in processes and requirements.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, ABILITIES

• Bachelor’s degree and typically 10+ years of experience preferred. Graduation from a four-year college or university with major course work in a discipline related to the requirements of the position is preferred.  Will consider the equivalent combination of job experience and education that demonstrates the ability to perform the essential functions of this position.
• Six Sigma and/or Project Management Professional(PMP) certification preferred.
• Previous experience implementing residential mortgage servicing system highly preferred
• Experience with program and/ or portfolio management highly preferred
• Previous experience in Mortgage Banking and/or associated lines of business is highly preferred.
• Proficient in Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint, Word and Excel 

Mr. Cooper Group is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or status as a protected veteran. EOE/M/F/D/V

Job Requisition ID:

023318

Job Category:

Project Management

Primary Location City:

Dallas

Primary Location Region:

Texas

Primary Location Postal Code:

75019

Primary Location