Project Manager, PMO

The Project Management Office at Invitation Homes facilitates and oversees a portfolio of enterprise wide, cross-functional projects and initiatives. This position will manage a set of projects with responsibilities to ensure execution on all tasks including assisting in organizing, managing and communicating with resources that deliver all the work required to complete a project within a defined scope, quality, time frame and set of cost constraints.

Invitation Homes is a public company with an entrepreneurial spirit that embraces teamwork, process improvement, and associate development.

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Conducts detailed analysis of project requests, defines scope of projects, coordinates tasks with business owners, project teams and IT, establishes measurable time segments, and monitors project to completion.

• Identifies opportunities for workflow and process improvement.

• Facilitates and troubleshoots problems associated with developing or improving systems or processes.

• Serves as centralized communications point and ensure that all team members receive timely and appropriate project information.

• Responds to inquiries about assigned projects.

• Manages the schedule throughout the project lifecycle to track progress and make necessary adjustments for any changes.

• Prepares various documentation including project reports, presentations, and other related information for the various assigned projects.

• Assists in reporting project portfolio performance to leadership.

• Manage relationships with other project participants.

• Performs other tasks as directed.

Education and/or Experience

• A Bachelor’s degree is preferred.

• 3-6 years of project management experience preferred.

• Strong background in professional services or project-oriented services industry, with real estate industry experience preferred.

• Business process analysis, optimization and modeling experience desired.

• Back office accounting, operations, project management, and/or systems experience that creates process improvement focus and perspective.

Required Licenses or Certifications

• Project Management Certifications a plus.

Skills/Specialized Knowledge

• Ability to manage key internal and external project-based relationships.

• Requires excellent communication, facilitation, and project management skills.

• Able to articulate to stakeholder management what solutions would be valuable.

• Mentoring, coaching, and direction setting to team members.

• Highly self-motivated and self-directed.

• Proven analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Strong people leader.

• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment.

• Experience working both independently and in a team-oriented, collaborative environment.

• Proficiency utilizing Outlook, Microsoft Word and Excel.

• Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills; ability to relate to and get along with others.

• Professional verbal and written communication skills.

• Strong organizational and time-management skills.

• Ability to multi-task and maintain flexibility and creativity in a variety of situations.

• Ability to analyze and resolve problems.

• Ability to set and meet goals and consistently meet deadlines.

• Ability to maintain confidentiality.