Senior Project Manager

FNF ® is the leading provider of title insurance and settlement services to the real estate and mortgage industries. FNF ®'s various mortgage and real estate services companies provide services that complement our title insurance business. From a full-service qualified intermediary, home warranties, UCC insurance, relocation services, and notary services, we provide essential services to fulfill the needs of a changing real estate industry. FNF ® believes the power of technology can elevate the real estate transaction. From investments in title and escrow software to industry-leading real estate partner solutions, we take our commitment to provide real estate professionals and consumers with a truly reimagined, transparent, connected, and trusted real estate experience to heart.

Position Summary

Leadership for complex projects and initiatives. Projects are typically IT, data and development focused but may also include finance/accounting, business planning, business operations, customer service, or other non-technical subjects and require extensive interactions with cross-functional teams of various functional areas of the business and vendors.

Duties

• Leads the development of the overall approach for the project, its major time frames and the definition of its major deliverables to address and meet the desired goals and outcomes.
• Partners with the executive sponsor to communicate project goals, objectives and potential outcomes.
• Leads regular interactions with the executive sponsor to inform, alert, negotiate and maintain a continuing good relationship and shared vision for the project outcome.
• Establishes and ensures appropriate governance functions for the project in accordance with enterprise policies, practices and on behalf of the executive sponsor/owner.
• Directs the creation and maintenance of the required project documentation and artifacts.
• Monitors and controls the resource allocation and usage on the project.
• Ensures and balances the availability of the required skills and competencies across project teams.
• Leads reviews with the executive sponsor and stakeholders to identify organic or specific project needs and changes, and directs the development of appropriate approaches to address.
• Leads the development and maintenance of stakeholder mapping, communications and reporting.
• Leads the oversight of projects' execution, their progress compared with the plan and the production of agreed deliverables.
• Monitors and coordinates dependencies across the projects and resolves conflicts.
• Directs or approves the establishment of a framework or guidelines for the use of contractors and professional service providers, and determines their use across the project.
• Supports and facilitates agenda setting for project committee/board meetings.
• Manages project initiation activities that include discovery, confirming contractual obligations, business or client requirements, goals, existing context, key contacts and access to existing information as needed.
• Ensures requirements for projects align to operational standards. Develops alternate requirements or document exceptions as appropriate.
• Develops, defines and executes project plans, project scope, activities schedules, budgets and deliverables.
• Coordinates activities and tasks with project team members, other internal departments and client or vendor/subcontractor organizations as needed to meet project goals and ensure project completion is on schedule, within budget constraints, and of the appropriate quality standards for the project scope.
• Manages project risks, issues/problems, and activity progress to ensure project goals (e.g., deadline, scope and quality) are achieved. Assists with problem resolution or risk mitigation as needed.
• May manage the integration of vendor/subcontractor tasks, and track and review vendor/subcontractor deliverables, if appropriate.
• Serves as liaison between internal departments as well as in client and vendor/subcontractor organizations to ensure all project targets and requirements are met.
• Delivers informational and decision-seeking presentations to business groups.
• Conducts project closure activities to formalize and communicate the project acceptance, handover documentation and ongoing activities to accountable teams, and complete a post-implementation review to identify areas of improvement.
• Identifies project management coordination gaps or areas of improvement and recommends and implements solutions.
• Some travel may be required.
• Performs additional related duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Must be proficient with MS Office products including MS Project and Visio
• Must be comfortable working with technical teams
• Must be a problem solver
• Must be an excellent communicator - both verbal and in writing

Experience

• 5+ Years leading and managing technical projects
• 2+ Years Agile Project Management/ScrumMaster experience

Education

• A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science, information systems, business administration or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• PMP is preferred but not required.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

FNF, its affiliates, and subsidiaries carefully considers multiple factors to determine compensation, including a candidate's education, training, specialty, experience, and work location. The base salary (exempt) or hourly rate (non-exempt) is just one component of the total rewards package offered to our employees, including potential bonus or commission eligibility, insurance (medical/dental/vision/life/disability), matching 401(k) plan and matching employee stock purchase plan.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY POLICY

FNF, its affiliates and subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.