Project Manager

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's degree or other advanced degree preferred
• 7 years+ or more experience with managing multiple projects
• 5 years or more experience with leading projects in Automotive, Finance and Insurance (F&I) products, Dealer Management Systems, or Insurance industry is strongly preferred
• 5 years or more experience managing third-party vendors, implementation partners, and consulting resources.
• Experience leading Business Intelligence, enterprise reporting, data management, analytics, or system migration initiatives.
• Strong understanding of data governance, reporting platforms, data validation, and business process transformation.
• Advanced analytical skills
• Demonstrate skill in working with a matrixed team focused on large complex initiatives
• Strong financial aptitude
• Expert understanding of cross functional business structures

Skills

• Successfully lead team with delivery of project or process changes with focus on business and customer satisfaction
• Strong decision making and problem-solving skills
• Innovate thinking with ability to mobilize ideas into action
• Ability to package, present and tell the story to executive leadership
• Proven ability to manage multiple projects with appropriate strategies to mitigate risks
• Demonstrate ability to identify, develop, and implement processes
• Ability to motivate, influence and achieve outcomes in a matrixed team
• Proven ability to evaluate alternative courses of action and make sound decisions
• Demonstrated ability to manage in ambiguity and demonstrate grit and perseverance in unfavorable conditions while maintaining a professional approach
• Must be intrinsically motivated (cannot require constant support/supervision)