Sr Project Manager

Overview

Why GM Financial?

GM Financial is the wholly owned captive finance subsidiary of General Motors and is headquartered in Fort Worth, U.S. We are a global provider of auto finance solutions, with operations in North America, South America and the Asia Pacific region. Through our long-standing relationships with auto dealers, we offer attractive retail financing and lease programs to meet the needs of each customer. We also offer commercial lending products to dealers to help them finance and grow their businesses.

At GM Financial, our team members define and shape our culture - an environment that welcomes new ideas, fosters integrity and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work - we thrive.

Our Purpose: We pioneer the innovations that move and connect people to what matters.

Responsibilities

About the role

The Sr. Project Manager is responsible for managing the project management lifecycle for the organization's most complex, cross-functional enterprise projects designed to support GM and GMF in making strides towards achieving our strategic priorities. These projects often require considerable resources and high levels of functional integration. This individual will partner with others across the enterprise to ensure consistent application of the GPPM (Global Project Portfolio Management) processes and procedures, and will contribute to EPMO initiatives. In this role you will:

• Serve as a project manager for high-priority projects, applying the enterprise GPPM (Global Project Portfolio Management) processes and procedures
• Identify and assembles the appropriate blend of resources to meet project needs and requirements
• Foster and champion an environment that promotes trust, self-development, continuous improvement, innovation and quality outcomes
• Ensure a consistent level of quality, accuracy, compliance to GPPM standards, state and federal regulations, and internal controls
• Lead the development of project requirements and scope; establish appropriate metrics for measuring successful delivery of the projects
• Engage with project teams, business partners and stakeholders frequently on the status of key initiatives with respect to scope, schedule, cost, and resources; present RAID logs
• Coach and counsel members of cross-functional teams to accomplish project goals, meet deadlines, and resolve technical/operational issues
• Administer the project change process when needed, formulating contingency plans to address schedule revisions, risks, costs, and scope
• Support reporting needs of the PMO
• Maintain awareness of industry trends, practices, techniques and emerging technologies related to the project management discipline
• Capture and distribute meeting minutes highlighting decisions, action items, issues, risks, and key discussion topics as needed

Qualifications

What makes you a dream candidate?

• You have experience and knowledge of the discipline of project management including common principles, methodologies and tools used by practitioners
• You are proficient in process improvement and development practices
• You have experience with business case preparation, cost benefit analysis and project execution
• You have advanced knowledge and experience with PPM software tool; Planview experience preferred
• You have experience using Agile/Scrum methodologies preferred
• You have excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to tailor the message based on the audience
• You have interpersonal skills necessary to work well with others and collaborate with other stakeholders in the organization
• You have strong problem solving, multi-tasking and decision making abilities
• You have a proven ability and experience navigating competing priorities
• You possess servant leadership skills and ability to learn new skills quickly
• You have the ability to plan, execute and improve work processes to ensure achievement of business objectives
• You proactively achieves goals and objectives and apply critical thinking skills in day-to-day problems and solutions
• You have the ability to demonstrate integrity while successfully managing work demands and pressure

Education and Experience

• Bachelor's Degree in related field or equivalent related work experience required
  • 4+ years experience in project management role working on enterprise level projects required

Licenses

• Other: Project Management Certification (PMP, PgMP, Agile, etc) preferred
• Agile/Scrum Certifications (CSM, PSM, PMI-ACP, etc) preferred

What We Offer: Generous benefits package available on day one to include: 401K matching, bonding leave for new parents (12 weeks, 100% paid), tuition assistance, training, GM employee auto discount, community service pay and nine company holidays.

Our Culture: Our team members define and shape our culture - an environment that welcomes innovative ideas, fosters integrity, and creates a sense of community and belonging. Here we do more than work - we thrive.

Compensation: Competitive pay and bonus eligibility

Work Life Balance: Flexible hybrid work environment, 2-days a week in office

NOTE: We are unable to consider candidates who require visa sponsorship for this position

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