Ready to take your Project Management career to the next level? Join our Project Management Office and support mission critical projects from internal to statewide!
The position is available in one of the following State Fund locations: Pleasanton, Fresno, Eureka, Pasadena, Glendale, Bakersfield, Salinas, Santa Ana, Riverside, San Diego, San Francisco, Stockton, San Luis Obispo, San Jose, Redding, Vacaville, Rohnert Park, and Sacramento.
State Fund’s Project Management Office has immediate openings for a Senior Project Managers (Staff Services Manager III or II). In this role you will manage multiple complex projects, to ensure that deliverables (product, service, program solution) are met on schedule, within budget and within scope. The successful candidate will provide project leadership for project team members in a matrix environment.
A Training and Development assignment may be considered.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manages a matrix project team, responsible for planning, organizing, and overseeing the work of multiple strategic projects.
- Sets and manages priorities according to project requirements and time constraints.
- Uses and executes various types of project management methodology (waterfall, agile, hybrid), product management, and system development lifecycles.
- Uses project management software, (e.g. MS Project, Jira, ADO).
- Analyzes and solves technical problems and issues.
- Evaluates alternatives and proposes recommendations; drives and manages to execution.
- Leverages project management fundamentals and negotiates with client level personnel and internal staff for project support.
- Understands State Fund’s business, strategic goals, and business unit functions.
Desired Qualifications:
- 5 years of documented project management experience.
- Project Management Professional (PMP) Certificate from the Project Management Institute
- Certified Scrum Master (CSM) or comparable agile experience, Certified Scrum Product Management (CSPO)
- Exceptional ability to communicate effectively across all levels of the organization
- General understanding of State Fund’s business and strategic goals.
Working at State Fund offers EXCELLENT benefits including:
- Alternate Work Schedule options
- On-the-job training
- Various health, dental and vision plans to choose from
- Retirement plans (CalPERS, 401(k) and 457 Deferred Compensation Plans)
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Vacation and Sick Leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Professional Development Days
- Personal Holidays
- Tuition Assistance/Reimbursement
- Dependent Scholarship Program
- Leadership Training
- Mentoring Program
- Transit Pass Program
- AND MORE
Do you need help with the state application process? Please view this short tutorial video:
https://scif.wistia.com/medias/8g6eazzxjk
SALARY: $9,293 - $10,550 per month depending on experience
LOCATION: California
CLASSIFICATION: STAFF SERVICES MANAGER III
FINAL FILING DATE: 01/06/2025
