Project Manager in Austin, Texas - #73185 | VanderHouwen

Description

Job Id: 73185

Project Manager
Our client is seeking a Project Manager to coordinate cross-functional initiatives, improve operational processes, and keep projects moving toward established goals. This role is ideal for a detail-oriented, resourceful professional who can manage competing priorities, anticipate challenges, communicate effectively with stakeholders, and bring structure and accountability to a fast-paced environment.

This role is fully remote.

Project Manager Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to establish project scope, objectives, timelines, deliverables, dependencies, risks, and measures of success.
• Manage multiple concurrent projects and priorities, maintaining momentum, quality, and accountability throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify potential risks, roadblocks, and operational challenges early, develop mitigation plans, and drive issues through resolution.
• Develop, document, and enhance processes that improve efficiency, consistency, scalability, and overall project execution.
• Maintain project plans, status reporting, dashboards, documentation, and stakeholder communications to provide visibility into progress and outcomes.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration across project teams, ensuring responsibilities, priorities, and expectations remain clear.
• Manage contract backlog in alignment with revenue objectives and process contract line claims according to applicable billing and financial control requirements.
• Support organizational change initiatives by helping teams implement new processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Apply established project management methodologies and best practices to support consistent and successful project delivery.
• Leverage technology, automation, and AI-enabled tools to enhance workflows, reporting, collaboration, and operational efficiency.

Project Manager Qualifications

• Minimum of 2 years of project management experience, preferably within a SaaS, technology, automotive, or similarly fast-paced business environment.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Project Management, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or an equivalent combination of education and professional experience.
• Demonstrated ability to coordinate multiple projects and competing priorities while maintaining strong attention to detail, organization, and follow-through.
• Strong communication, collaboration, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence across cross-functional teams.
• Experience developing, documenting, and improving business processes with an emphasis on operational efficiency and continuous improvement.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and project management or collaboration platforms such as Jira, MS Project, Visio, Confluence, SharePoint, Salesforce, Power Automate, or MS Teams.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills with a proactive, solutions-oriented approach to identifying and resolving challenges.
• Ability to work independently, adapt to shifting priorities, and take ownership of assignments in a dynamic environment.
• Accounting or financial operations experience is preferred; experience supporting an automotive dealership or related business environment is a plus.
• PMP certification is preferred.
• Ability to travel occasionally for business meetings.

Compensation: (DOE)

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