Project Manager

Guardian Mortgage Company, Satisfying Customers Since 1965

 Guardian Mortgage has been in the mortgage lending and servicing business in Southeastern Michigan and North Central Texas since the 1960s. It is an independently owned and managed company that specializes in originating single family, owner occupied, home mortgages (first mortgages).

 Our mission statement is to personally serve every customer’s short-term mortgage needs to ensure their long-term financial success, generation after generation.

Project Management protects Guardian Mortgage executives, employees, and customers by ensuring that GMC strategic, operational and information technology initiatives are prioritized based on corporate goals, receive the necessary amount of subject matter expert attention, achieve the minimum amount of risk and are deployed in a timely manner.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS

1. Project Management – Prepare and manage strategic, operational and IT project plans in a timely, accurate and compliant manner. Effectively manage project manager reports, monitor and report status through project completion to senior and executive management. With assistance from senior and executive management, identify subject matter experts in each department, solicit their commitment and buy-in to each initiative and project. Resolve any issues and solve problems throughout project life cycle.

2. Compliance – Safeguard company assets by ensuring operational procedure and information technology systems of GMC and significant business partners comply with company policy/procedures, contracts, investor guidelines, lending programs and state and federal law and regulation. 

3. Vendor Management – Assess vendors and any IT systems necessary for all projects and initiatives to ensure they meet GMC risk and compliance standards. Oversee vendor projects, managing task plans through to implementation. Ensure software deliveries are met. Facilitate weekly “in touch” calls with vendors as needed to deploy the projects in a timely manner.  

4. Information Technology – Display high level knowledge of the IT risk management/information security industry and practices related to mortgage lending, as well as relevant areas of information technology. Supporting role in trouble shooting GMC IT system issues. Advocate role for system users with vendors.

5. Priority Management – Effectively prioritize, re-priorities and terminate unsuccessful strategic initiatives and projects as necessary to meet corporate objectives and goals.

6. Developmental Improvement – Develop tools, best practices, processes and procedures for more effective initiative management and implementation.

7. Leadership - Lead, coach, and motivate project managers and other team members on a proactive basis. Encourage continuous improvement and professional growth for the development of each team member.

8. Judgment – Display an independent ability to calculate and evaluate risk, make timely decisions, and exercise sound judgment.  

9. Deadlines – Consistently hit ongoing deadlines as prioritized with senior and executive management.  

10. Compliance – Meet rules, obligations, timelines, and deadlines to comply with company policy, contracts, investor guidelines, lending programs, and state/federal law and regulation. 

11. Other duties as assigned.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Professional and leadership qualities

• Ability to maintain confidentiality

• Planning and organizing skills

• Attention to detail

• Interpersonal skills 

• Multi-tasking skills

• Advanced computer/IT skills

EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

4-year college or university with major course work in a discipline related to the requirements of the position strongly preferred but not required. PMP strongly preferred.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

• Professional management certifications helpful.

• At least 5 years of directly related experience and training, including experience managing projects and people successfully.

To apply for this position, please submit a current resume to: edleclair @ gmc-inc.com