Program Manager, Principal

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Program Manager, Principal
The program manager, principal is the master juggler for the internal creative department's projects and tasks. You are an expert project navigator, unpacking and assessing briefs & deliverables, time keeper for milestones and deadlines, key informant to communicate important decisions and details, and facilitator across partner stakeholders and the internal creative department teams.
What You'll Do:

• Develop and implement effective project management processes to ensure projects are completed on time and with best-in-class quality
• Create project plans and design schedules that achieve milestones throughout the entire lifecycle of each project
• Assess Creative & Dev team resources to ensure each project is "cast" with the best resources available
• Vet project calendars with creative team + stakeholders and negotiate milestones for reviews and delivery
• Assess project intake materials (from detailed briefs to simple task requests) for completeness; push for clarity and ask questions
• Lead project milestone meetings; provide action oriented, detailed recaps to working group and partners, so team is informed on meeting outcomes & next steps
• Get ahead of and troubleshoot issues that may impact the successful delivery of a project. Keep a bird's eye view on the flow of tasks, stepping in when necessary to address/remove blockers.
• Develop strong relationships with key stakeholders leveraging key competencies to successfully negotiate project timelines, requirements, etc.
• Reinforce the rituals of creatives working on agile pods, joining the sprint planning sessions to get full understanding of bi-weekly scope, then make team adjustments as needed (for now CRM. In the future, DM and B2B)
• Evangelize and help team adopt tools and processes

What You Bring:
The ideal candidate will have experience as a lead project manager for an in-house agency, marketing department or full-service agency.
CANDIDATES WITH PMP CERTIFICATION WILL RECEIVE TOP CONSIDERATION.

• Bachelor's degree. PMP certification preferred.
• 12+ years as a project manager leading complex projects with multiple phases and deliverables
• Expert level experience with sophisticated project workflow tools like Asana, Workfront, etc.
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex projects from start to finish, with a focus on delivering high-quality work on time and within budget.
• Excellent communication skills; able to communicate everything from simple to complex concepts, good and bad news, gives and takes for successful project delivery.
• Ability to motivate and inspire working teams and individuals towards success
• Exceptional time management skills; ability to prioritize tasks in accordance with urgency and complexity
• High level of confidence in making decisions independently or within a collaborative setting
• Skilled ability to keep composure during high stress or challenging situations
• Creative problem solver to foresee, troubleshoot and recommend solutions
• Experience working with distributed / multi-office teams.

We balance accelerated creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration and flexibility, from inside and outside of our office walls. For most roles, our employees work three days of their choice in our offices and the remaining two days from home.
Realtor.com has offices in Santa Clara, CA (Corporate Headquarters); Westlake Village, CA; Morgantown, WV; Scottsdale, AZ; Chicago, IL; Austin, TX; New York, NY; Vancouver, BC.
At Realtor, we recognize that attracting the best talent is key to our strategy and success as a company. As a result, we aim for flexibility in structuring competitive compensation offers to ensure we are able to attract the best candidates. Pay-for-performance is a key element in our strategy to attract, engage, and motivate talented people to do their best work. Accordingly, offers extended for this role will include an annual bonus target typically expressed as percentage of salary. Similarly to salary, annual incentive bonus targets are set based on a variety of factors including job level, competitive market practice, experience, tenure, and essential skills.
In addition to cash compensation, the company provides a comprehensive and highly competitive benefits package, with a variety of physical health, retirement and savings, caregiving, emotional wellbeing, and other benefits, including "elective" benefits employees may select to best fit the needs and personal situations of our diverse workforce.
Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com
Building your career? Build it better at Realtor.com®. Here, you'll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you'll find your way home too. People are our foundation-the core that drives us passionately forward. At Realtor.com, you'll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return we'll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.
Diversity is important to us, therefore, realtor.com is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, realtor.com will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.