Program Manager

Since 1927, the bank has grown through more than a dozen acquisitions. Most lenders have lived in the area for decades and know their borrowers.

About the role

Chestnuttrack has an opening for a Program Manager. Looking for someone who runs a tight meeting, writes a status report people actually read and escalates early. We are headquartered in Oakland and have been hiring remotely since 2020. Employment is through our payroll partner in the Netherlands. Salary is paid monthly in euros. You will need at least 3 hours of overlap with US Pacific time.

Main duties

• Manage project budgets and forecast spend to completion.
• Close projects with lessons learned and a clean handoff to operations.
• Track risks, issues and decisions in an RAID log.
• Handle change requests and their effect on scope, time and cost.
• Plan and support go-lives, including cutover and rollback steps.

Minimum qualifications

• 8+ years of project management experience.
• Able to travel up to 15%.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Proficient in Smartsheet, MS Project or a similar tool.
• Experience managing budgets and multiple projects at once.
• Working knowledge of waterfall and Agile methods.
• Organised, with a habit of following up.

Preferred

• PMP or CAPM certification.
• ERP or software implementation experience.
• Change management training such as Prosci.
• Scrum Master certification (CSM or PSM)

Perks and benefits

• Home office setup budget.
• 24 days paid time off.
• Flexible hours.
• Paid parental leave.
• Company laptop.

Please submit your CV in English.

Start: Flexible.

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