AVP-Project Management

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Position Summary
The AVP of Project Management is responsible for executing on the strategic direction by managing projects that drive operational excellence. This position works closely with key business partners and leadership to build strong working relationships and ensure projects are completed on-time and within budget. The AVP of Project Management is responsible for setting the framework required to meet project objectives.
Job Requirements:
Leadership Skills – self-starting leader with proven ability to see the vision and drive frequent and continual organizational change and improvement to accomplish world-class service and superior quality; proven ability to formulate and execute strategic and tactical organizational and operational plans to improve operational performance and support corporate goals
Project Management Skills – proven ability to manage projects and project teams consisting of multiple layers of service providers and internal and external stakeholders to complete projects on time and within budget
Results Oriented – track record of delivering quantifiable results to the organization (i.e. analyze opportunities/risks, develop and execute related action plans and deliver results), highly organized and disciplined
Leadership Development Skills - proven ability to recruit, build/develop and lead teams comprised of a diverse group of scarce, skilled resources in a directly managed environment
Operations Management Skills – proven ability to identify, collect and analyze operations performance data, market research data, and other related data to improve performance
Expertise at consensus and relationship building with internal and external stakeholders
Excellent written, presentation and oral communication skills
Primary Responsibilities
Lead project management initiatives that support new business objectives including systems and technology integration; regulatory and legal requirements; testing plans; training; policies and procedures and reporting requirements
Manage a team of high performing project managers to support these initiatives by establishing and monitoring performance measurements, define training goals, competencies, and provide professional mentoring to associates to foster best practices to improve productivity and to promote innovation in the workplace
Develop an understanding of operations and business issues to develop the formula for success for each line of business. The formula should be designed to improve customer satisfaction while driving operational efficiencies
Guide the business management team throughout the project cycle
Monitor project budgets and schedules and address any variances
Regularly review the project management strategy for effectiveness by analyzing measurements of success and timeline management for each initiative
Collaborates with key stakeholders across the organization to drive quality improvement in Operations
Regularly prepare executive updates for project updates to keep leadership and management team informed of progress and roadblocks
Manage internal and external vendors responsible for delivering technology and business process services, including participating in contract negotiations, establishing and monitoring service delivery/productivity/quality standards, setting priorities and analyzing costs as required
Qualifications
Required:
A Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or a related field is required
Experience managing large-scale projects and service providers
Operational leadership experience in a mortgage servicing environment
A minimum 10 years of financial services experience
Experience managing large-scale outside service providers
Desired:
PMP certification and/or training preferred
Mortgage experience
RoundPoint’s Employee Value Proposition:
Grow. Make a difference. Have fun along the way.
Our mission is to serve our homeowners and all of their homeownership needs. We do this by embracing challenges, executing with excellence, and fostering a positive work culture that encourages personal and professional growth. We are on the fast track to becoming the premier marketplace for all things home, and the National Mortgage News and Best Companies Group just named us one of 2019's Best Mortgage Companies to Work For! Without a doubt, RoundPointers are what make this company a great place to work! That’s why we hire individuals who share our core values: Energy, Ethics, Execution, Everyone, and Earn it!
As a RoundPointer, we will empower you to innovate, provide meaningful solutions, set goals and crush them, play hard, and give back to the community! Our secret sauce is our mantra, All In. All Win. Together, we can achieve great things!
Physical Demands & Working Conditions
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job:
The employee is regularly required to talk or hear.
The employee is required to sit for extended periods of time and is occasionally required to stand and walk.
The employee must regularly use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects and is regularly required to reach with hands and arms; the employee may occasionally climb or balance, and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, and ability to adjust focus.
The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet to moderate, and no extreme conditions are present.

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