Lead Project Manager

Institutional clients include pension funds, endowments and insurance companies. Regulatory oversight is constant, and the compliance department is one of the largest in the company.

Overview

We are adding a Lead Project Manager to our IT team. We use Smartsheet for schedules and Jira for the technical work. MS Project experience is fine too. Remote within the US. We meet in person once or twice a year.

Job duties

• Run weekly status meetings and send clear notes with owners and dates
• Manage project budgets and forecast spend to completion
• Keep project documentation organized in SharePoint or Confluence
• Define scope, schedule, budget and resources with project sponsors
• Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log
• Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost
• Close projects with lessons learned and a clean handoff to operations
• Plan and support go-lives, including cutover and rollback steps

Minimum qualifications

• 7+ years of project management experience
• Experience managing budgets and multiple projects at once
• Comfortable running meetings with senior stakeholders
• Proficient in Smartsheet, MS Project or a similar tool
• Able to travel up to 15%

Preferred qualifications

• Jira and Confluence
• Scrum Master certification (CSM or PSM)
• Change management training such as Prosci

Starting pay: $141,000 - $170,000 per year, depending on experience and certifications.

Compensation and benefits

• Health insurance
• 401(k) with company match
• Paid sick leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Short- and long-term disability
• Cell phone reimbursement
• Paid holidays

Thistleworth provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.

If this sounds like a fit, apply with a resume. A cover letter is optional.

Start: Flexible.

Demo job created on 11jobs for testing and demonstrations. It is not an actual opening at Thistleworth.