What You’ll Do:

• Take ownership of projects and initiatives, carefully managing business requirements, timing, risks, issues, decisions, interdependencies, and milestones
• Work closely with the teams to lead & attend meetings to monitor, troubleshoot, collaborate to solve issues, and communicate impacts/progress to internal/external stakeholders
• Balance meeting cadences with executable actions and ticket management that are reinforced by implicit and explicit timelines
• Be able to synthesize complex processes and abstract ideas into clear and executable project components, stages, and tasks
• Utilize your excellent organizational and time management skills to ensure projects remain on schedule
• Effectively communicate project updates, status, needs, and issues to proper stakeholders who range from department leadership, product management teams, compliance, legal, and members of senior leadership

What We Look For:

• 2+ years of project management experience required
• Google Suite proficiency preferred
• Experience in a startup, fintech, or fin-serv call center environment preferred
• Responsible for updating the company's knowledge base system as well as updating policies and procedures
• Ability to adapt to unique project management methodologies and internal guiding principles required to manage multiple fast-paced projects with dynamic/changeable scope and release timeframes
• Adapt and institute project management structures and systems that enforce accountability for project execution, but are flexible enough to function within our extremely fast paced environment
• Highly organized individual with the ability to effectively balance a high volume of tasks of varying degrees of complexity, urgencies, and topics
• Bring a flexible, positive, and solutions-oriented mindset to everything you do. This is a fast-paced environment that best suits individuals with the energy and willingness to tackle a variety of needs from our operations
• Immerse yourself in our operations in a fast-paced, growing, learn-it-yourself environment to gain and maintain an expert level of internal operational strategy and processes
• Excellent interpersonal, written communication, process mapping, and presentation skills
• Self-starter and ability to thrive in a fast-paced and constantly-changing environment with ease and agility
• Sense of ownership and responsibility towards troubleshooting issues and solutions with a self-motivation to accept and complete tasks
• Proficiency in agile project management and issue-tracking software. Jira knowledge Required

What We Offer You:

• Competitive salary and stock option plan
• 100% paid coverage of medical, dental and vision insurance
• Flexible PTO
• Opportunities for professional growth and development
• Paid parental leave
• Health & wellness initiatives

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