Senior Project Manager

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!

State Fund’s Project Management Office has immediate openings for a Senior Project Manager (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.

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 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:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage options
• Generous retirement plans (CalPERS Pension Plan, 401(k), and 457 Deferred Compensation)
• 11 Paid Holidays + Sick Leave
• Professional Development Days and Personal Holidays
• Alternate work schedules
• Award winning training and development programs
• Tuition Assistance / Reimbursement
• Dependent Scholarship Program
• Transit Pass Program
• Wellness Programs
• State Employee Discounts
• AND MORE