Senior Project Manager (Remote)

Who We Are

Join a team that puts its People First! As a member of the First American family of companies, First American Trust is a federal savings bank that has provided banking, wealth management, and trust solutions on a national, full-service basis for more than five decades. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® list for eleven consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.

What We Do

Join the Corporate Development Delivery team for one of Fortune’s "100 Best Companies to Work For®".

As a Senior Project Manager within Corporate Development Delivery, apply your project management expertise to lead medium to large, cross-functional initiatives supporting acquisitions, organizational changes, business integrations, and other strategic priorities. Partner with business sponsors, Finance and Accounting leaders, and enterprise functional teams—with a strong Finance and Accounting integration focus—to translate strategic priorities into coordinated execution that supports sustainable business outcomes. Technology and systems work may be part of the portfolio, but the primary focus is business integration, operational readiness, and adoption.

Our team works at the intersection of strategy and execution. We value curiosity, structure in ambiguity, cross-functional trust, constructive challenge, and consistent execution. This is a highly visible role for someone who enjoys solving complex business problems and partnering with senior leaders.

What You'll Do:

• Lead medium- to large-scale business integration and organizational-change initiatives, including acquisitions, operating-model changes, technology-enabled business projects, and other strategic priorities. Primary accountability is for business outcomes, process adoption, and operational transition.
• Partner with business sponsors and functional leaders to define the integration approach, align priorities, establish governance, and clarify decision rights and ownership.
• Assess current-state processes, organizational structures, controls, and ways of working to identify gaps, dependencies, risks, and future-state business needs.
• Partner with Finance and Accounting leaders and other functional teams to design and implement future-state processes, roles, governance, and operating practices.
• Translate strategic objectives into integrated plans that connect business outcomes, milestones, dependencies, readiness activities, and accountable owners.
• Lead business readiness, change adoption, stabilization, and handoff to operational owners, ensuring new processes and responsibilities are understood and sustainable.
• Provide senior leaders with clear visibility into progress, decisions, risks, trade-offs, and outcomes; escalate issues when timely resolution is needed.
• Partner with IT and technology teams when systems changes enable the broader business transition, and lead technology-enabled projects when business outcomes, readiness, and adoption are part of the scope.

What You'll Bring:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, Organizational Change, or a related field.
• PMP certification preferred; experience with business integration, organizational change, or transformation delivery is highly valued.
• 5+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional business integrations, organizational changes, or transformation initiatives.
• Strong delivery discipline with the ability to organize, prioritize, and coordinate work across multiple business functions, workstreams, and accountable owners.
• Experience leading business process redesign, operating-model change, post-acquisition integration, or other large-scale business transformations preferred.
• Experience leading business integrations that span processes, roles, governance, controls, and operating practices; Finance and Accounting integration experience is preferred.
• Ability to translate strategic objectives into practical integration plans, clear ownership, readiness actions, and sustainable operating outcomes.
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills, including presenting decisions, recommendations, trade-offs, risks, and business impacts to senior leaders.
• Strong financial and business acumen, with the ability to understand how process, governance, organizational, and control changes affect business performance.
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguity, manage competing priorities, and adapt integration plans as business needs, risks, and decisions evolve.
• Demonstrated ability to independently lead complex business initiatives, make sound decisions, and drive measurable outcomes across multiple stakeholder groups.
• Proven ability to influence without direct authority, build alignment across functions, and constructively challenge assumptions while maintaining trust and momentum.
• Experience partnering with IT and technology teams on technology-enabled business projects; technical system implementation or integration experience may be valuable, but this role is primarily focused on business integration, process adoption, operating readiness, and sustainable transition.

Pay Range: $97,700.00 - $130,300.00 AnnuallyThis hiring range is a reasonable estimate of the base pay range for this position at the time of posting. Pay is based on a number of factors which may include job-related knowledge, skills, experience, business requirements and geographic location.

** Note that the following statements only apply to candidates who will be working from an unincorporated area within Los Angeles County. **

First American will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws (e.g., the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act).

First American intends to conduct a review of an applicant’s criminal history in connection with a conditional offer. First American reasonably believes that a criminal history may have a direct, adverse and negative relationship with the following material job duties for this position potentially resulting in the withdrawal of the conditional offer of employment: handling of confidential, proprietary or trade secret information belonging to First American or its customers, administrating or facilitating financial transactions, and the ability to meet customer-imposed criminal history requirements.

What We Offer

By choice, we don’t simply accept individuality – we embrace it, we support it, and we thrive on it! Our People First culture is inclusive for all employees - not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it's the key to our success. We are proud to foster an authentic and inclusive workplace For All. You are free and encouraged to bring your entire, unique self to work. First American is an equal opportunity employer in every sense of the term.Based on eligibility, First American offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401k, PTO/paid sick leave and other great benefits like an employee stock purchase plan.