Project Manager - Kalamazoo

What's This Job All About?

Provide project management services throughout the project lifecycle. Responsible for project execution while leading a team, or teams, to accomplish specific objectives in a given time frame with necessary resources provided from Divisions within Greenleaf Trust and Greenleaf Capital.

What You'll Be Doing:

General Responsibilities

For Greenleaf Trust and all other Greenleaf entities:

▪ Create positive relationships with divisions, entities as well as the vendor community.

▪ Facilitate and provide communication regarding status of projects.

▪ Manage the scoping, benchmarking, planning and execution of projects

▪ Assist company with contract management programs including W-9 collection and contract renewal notifications.

Project Management

▪ Facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, deliverables and success metrics.

▪ Conduct research/benchmarking for business and technologies solutions.

▪ Facilitate project specific business case development and return on investment strategy.

▪ Establish and manage project budgets from a financial and human capital resource perspective.

▪ Establish and update resource allocation plans.

▪ Establish and manage project timelines.

▪ Adhere to regulatory compliance requirements.

▪ Assemble and coordinate project staff.

▪ Assist in project specific asset procurement.

▪ Provide effective reporting on current project status.

▪ Monitor and track financial project expenses.

▪ Facilitate and assist in the development of project specific training activities

▪ Facilitate quality assurance for all BIS project management and service delivery initiatives.

▪ Provide training on project management standards and assist in mentoring resources that are associated with project initiatives.

▪ Educate project team members on their responsibilities and enforce accountability.

▪ Monitor vendor, service provider, and/or contractor performance to ensure quality of service on project specific initiatives.

▪ Participate actively in the Change Management process.

What You Need For This Position:

Bachelor's Degree and minimum three (3) years project management experience with five (5) or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in a professional office, or equivalent education and experience. Project Management Certification preferred.

Talents, Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• High ethical standards
• Strong desire to achieve impactful outcomes
• Strong work ethic and team orientation
• Ability to motivate and influence others to achieve results
• Strong organizational skills with a strong attention to detail
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, with a focus on rapport-building, listening, and questioning skills ("people skills")
• Strong project management skills and experience
• Proficient with MS Office Suite
• Ability to work, and problem-solve independently
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task

• Effective negotiation skills
• Ability to deal tactfully with vendors, suppliers, and contractors who provide a broad spectrum of software application products and services

• Superb budgeting, inventory, and cost-management skills
• General knowledge of accounting, finance, marketing, and logistics
• Experience at working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment
• Ability to demonstrate ownership, both individual and shared, to achieve results

• Ability to quickly adapt to shifting priorities, product demands, and purchasing timelines

• Must be able to quickly learn, understand, and apply new technologies
• Experience in contract negotiation and project budget management
• Experience in vendor management

Security Responsibilities

• Employees are required to comply with all information and physical security policies and procedures
• Recurring training on information and physical security policies will be provided throughout your period of employment. Participation in these trainings is required
• Refer to the Personnel Information Security Guide and the Information Security Policy Manual for further guidance on information security responsibilities and expectations

All other duties as assigned