Project Manager

Job Description:

The Job/What You'll Do:

The Project Manager will be an experienced PMO leader responsible for managing and implementing small and medium corporate initiatives and strategic projects to accelerate winning outcomes for AssetMark by delivering on the organizational strategy to grow and scale, and enable AssetMark to achieve our goals. This position will be responsible for managing small and medium projects up to $2M including ownership from initiation to launch and close-out, optimizing project implementation, delivering on time and on budget, collaborating with cross-functional teams, proactively identifying and mitigating risks and resolving issues, and reporting project status to senior leadership, stakeholders, and customers. The Project Manager will be accountable for delivering measurable project results for ROI and scope achievement, effective resource management, high project team engagement, PMO governance protocols adherence, and continuous improvement implementation. A strong background in project management and experience delivering cross functional technology projects is required.

We can consider candidates for this position who are able to accommodate a hybrid work schedule and are close to one of our following offices: Concord, CA or Phoenix, AZ.

Responsibilities:

• Provide project management leadership and execution for assigned small to medium initiatives up to $2M as well as product backlogs that maximize value and return on investment.
• Manage development and implementation of business requirements, technical design, coding, testing plans, and production roll-out in an iterative development environment per project charter document.

• Create and manage schedules, forecasting, budgets, funding gates, milestones, resources, and project charter deliverables for assigned projects that realize target return on investments and scope achievement.
• Identify potential risks, develop risk mitigation strategies, and implement remediations as needed to ensure successful project delivery.
• Communicate and align with senior management, project stakeholders, and customers on project financials, ROI performance, delivery status, risks, issues, and issue resolution.
• Certify that all project deliverables meet or exceed PMO governance policies and procedures.

• Work with PMO governance to complete project post-completion auditing and issues identification, stakeholder-customer satisfaction surveys, and project documentation archival via PMO close-out procedures.

• Accountable for PMO Charter metrics at two levels:
  • Project: measured by ROI achievement, budget attainment, schedule variance, customer value, scope adherence, project audit results, and resource utilization.
  • Individual: measured by project utilization, delivery responsibility, stakeholder feedback, policy compliance, position competence.

• Focus on client outcomes, problem solving, cooperating, and communicating with the rest of the organization to achieve shared success.
• Cultivate and maintain long-term, collaborative relationships with senior leadership, stakeholders, strategic business partners, development teams, and critical vendors to understand business needs, execute project charter, and ensure software solution meets or exceeds expectations.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive understanding, certification, and compliance in all AssetMark PMO operations including project management tools, practices, policies, guidelines, and requirements.
• Cultivate a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement within the project management function.
• Present concisely and thoughtfully while facilitating discussions that drive clarity.
• Foster adoption of the PMO vision across cross-functional leadership, team members, and stakeholders.

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:

In order to be considered for the PMO Project Manager role, the desired candidate must possess clear, documented experience in a PMO-based project management leadership in which candidate has demonstrated quantifiable results delivering small to medium projects:

• Demonstrated responsibility for professionally managing a minimum of $2,000,000 in project budget or project spend across the total experience listed above.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively and align cross-functional teams, stakeholders, customers, and senior business leaders across various areas including user experience, technology, operations, risk management, legal, compliance, and other key partner areas to deliver business outcomes effectively.
• Effective leader and proven manager, able to balance the need for process and flexibility while playing a c