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Project Manager -Retirement Funds

Project Manager - Retirement

1- 2 days onsite.
Must have strong experience with Budgets
Must come have experience with Retirement Funds or Financial Services

The Project Manager will be a change agent in leading the successful execution of projects throughout the Fund. This role demands a highly organized and results-oriented individual with proven project ownership, accountability, and a strong desire to contribute to the Fund’s mission. The ideal candidate will possess a blend of experience, expertise, and a continuous learning mindset. This role will report to the Director of the Fund’s Project Management Office (PMO).

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Project Planning & Execution: Develop comprehensive project plans, defining scope, goals, timelines, resource allocation, and communication strategies. Manage project execution, ensuring adherence to established methodologies and best practices. Define clear deliverables, track progress, manage dependencies, and proactively address roadblocks.
• Leads Scrum ceremonies: Organize sprint planning, run scrums, sprint reviews, and sprint retrospectives, driving the team to deliver high-quality work in each sprint and continuously learn, refine, and improve their processes.
• Project Documentation: Maintain comprehensive, accurate and up-to-date project documentation, including project plans, status reports, risk registers, and meeting minutes. Ensure that technical and non-technical teams continuously build and refine the organizational knowledge base for current and future projects. Foster a culture of continuous improvement by capturing and sharing lessons learned from completed projects.
• Stakeholder Management: Build and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, including internal teams (technical and business users), external vendors, and clients.
• Contribute to the development of the PMO: Play a key role in helping the PMO Director to mature the PMO (Project Management Office), including partnering with the Director to develop and implement standardized project management methodologies and tools.
• Continuous Learning: Proactively seek opportunities to expand knowledge of project management methodologies, retirement plan trends, and YMCA Retirement Fund technologies, policies, and procedures.
• Budget Management: In close teamwork with the accounting department, maintain the IT budget, sharing responsibilities, and taking the lead to track IT expenditures, proactively identify trends to mitigate potential overruns, optimize and address invoicing, streamline payment processing and improving overall IT budget tracking and payment efficiency.

REQUIREMENTS

• 3+ years of experience in project management, including demonstrated experience within the financial services industry, is required. Experience with retirement plans (defined contribution, defined benefit, 401(k), etc.) is highly valued.
• Demonstrated experience with Agile methodologies is required.
• Proficiency in project management tools like Jira, MS Project, Asana, or similar is required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite is required.

EDUCATION

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in related fields which may include Computer Science, Business, or Engineering.

Estimated Min Rate: $108500.00
Estimated Max Rate: $155000.00


What’s In It for You?
We welcome you to be a part of the largest and legendary global staffing companies to meet your career aspirations. Yoh’s network of client companies has been employing professionals like you for over 65 years in the U.S., UK and Canada. Join Yoh’s extensive talent community that will provide you with access to Yoh’s vast network of opportunities and gain access to this exclusive opportunity available to you. Benefit eligibility is in accordance with applicable laws and client requirements. Benefits include:

• Medical, Prescription, Dental & Vision Benefits (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• Life & Disability Insurance (for employees working 20+ hours per week)
• MetLife Voluntary Benefits
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 401K Retirement Savings Plan
• Direct Deposit & weekly epayroll
• Referral Bonus Programs
• Certification and training opportunities

Note: Any pay ranges displayed are estimations. Actual pay is determined by an applicant's experience, technical expertise, and other qualifications as listed in the job description. All qualified applicants are welcome to apply.

Yoh, a Day & Zimmermann company, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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For California applicants, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. All of the material job duties described in this posting are job duties for which a criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship potentially resulting in the withdrawal of a conditional offer of employment.