Project Manager

Watercress Financial Group LLC is seeking an experienced and organized Project Manager to lead the delivery of complex projects. This role involves coordinating between stakeholders and cross-functional teams to ensure projects are completed on time, within budget, and meet quality standards.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent projects (scope, schedule, budget, quality, risk, resources)
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, detailed schedules, resource plans, and budgets
• Create and manage project charters, RACI matrices, communication plans, and change management processes
• Facilitate effective project kick-offs, status meetings, steering committee meetings, and retrospectives
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues — driving timely resolution
• Manage scope change through formal change request processes
• Track and report project health using KPIs, earned value metrics (when applicable), and executive dashboards
• Build and maintain strong relationships with sponsors, business owners, product managers, engineering, design, marketing, finance, legal, and external partners
• Ensure projects align with company strategic objectives and OKRs
• Drive continuous improvement of project management practices, templates, and governance within the organization
• Mentor and support junior project coordinators / associate project managers (when applicable)
• Lead enterprise-wide projects from initiation through delivery, managing scope, schedule, budget, and quality
• Develop detailed project plans, resource forecasts, and risk mitigation strategies
• Facilitate weekly status meetings and steering committee meetings
• Ensure stakeholder alignment and manage expectations across departments
• Assess requirements to ensure they are complete and contemplate impacts on the entire business application / systems when solutioning
• Build strong relationships with internal teams, vendors, and external partners
• Work with business and IT teams to ensure technical solutions meet business needs
• Maintain project documentation including requirements, status reports, and dashboards
• Track KPIs and success metrics; escalate risks and issues proactively
• Support PMO governance processes and contribute to portfolio prioritization
• Foster a positive and ethical work environment while establishing effective communications of matters and timely resolution of issues
• Champion project management best practices and continuous improvement
• Identify opportunities to streamline workflows and improve delivery efficiency

Requirements:

• Experience in leading end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent projects
• Ability to develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, detailed schedules, resource plans, and budgets
• Experience in creating and managing project charters, RACI matrices, communication plans, and change management processes
• Proven ability to facilitate effective project kick-offs, status meetings, steering committee meetings, and retrospectives
• Proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation of project risks and issues
• Experience in managing scope change through formal change request processes
• Ability to track and report project health using KPIs, earned value metrics, and executive dashboards
• Strong relationship-building skills with sponsors, business owners, product managers, engineering, design, marketing, finance, legal, and external partners
• Experience ensuring projects align with company strategic objectives and OKRs
• Ability to drive continuous improvement of project management practices, templates, and governance
• Experience mentoring and supporting junior project coordinators / associate project managers
• Experience leading enterprise-wide projects from initiation through delivery
• Ability to develop detailed project plans, resource forecasts, and risk mitigation strategies
• Experience facilitating weekly status meetings and steering committee meetings
• Ability to ensure stakeholder alignment and manage expectations across departments
• Experience assessing requirements to ensure they are complete and contemplate impacts on the entire business application / systems
• Ability to build strong relationships with internal teams, vendors, and external partners
• Experience working with business and IT teams to ensure technical solutions meet business needs
• Ability to maintain project documentation including requirements, status reports, and dashboards
• Experience tracking KPIs and success metrics; escalating risks and issues proactively
• Experience supporting PMO governance processes and contributing to portfolio prioritization
• Ability to foster a positive and ethical work environment while establishing effective communications of matters and timely resolution of issues
• Experience championing project management best practices and continuous improvement
• Ability to identify opportunities to streamline workflows and improve delivery efficiency