Corporate Strategy Project Analyst

Location: Westlake Village, CA

About the role

As a Project Analyst you'll be a force multiplier for Corporate Strategy, providing centralized execution, reporting, and governance support across initiatives. You'll be responsible for supporting multiple aspects for the Corporate PMO team, including creation and maintenance of dashboards and reporting with project management software, ticketing system, and policy & procedure document repository. You will work closely with project managers and the PMO leadership team, function as support on various projects and interact with PMs, BAs, and SMEs, and work with outside vendors to assist in scheduling demos and following up on take-aways as needed for active projects.

Responsibilities

• Project & Portfolio Execution: Maintain dashboards, workspaces, and project artifacts; monitor tickets, dependencies, risks, and follow-ups; support intake, prioritization, and workflow management; enable cost-benefit analysis through structured data gathering.
• Reporting & Executive Enablement: Own recurring and ad-hoc reporting; assist with executive decks and leadership updates; consolidate inputs across PMs, BAs, and stakeholders to assist Corp Strategy leadership direction.
• Operational & Governance Ownership: Maintain Smartsheet, Confluence, and ADO environments; ensure consistency, accuracy, and cadence across tools; support PMO processes and coverage.
• Assist Project Managers (cover when OOO and work as a secondary PM): Lead the implementation of a project; facilitate the definition of project scope, goals, and deliverables; define project tasks and resource requirements; develop full-scale project plans; manage workflow in JIRA; assemble and coordinate project staff; plan and schedule project timelines; track project deliverables using appropriate tools; provide direction and support to the project team; perform quality assurance; constantly monitor and report on the progress of the project to all stakeholders; present reports defining project progress, problems and solutions; implement and manage project changes and interventions to achieve project outputs; project evaluations and assessment of results.

Requirements

• 1+ years of related experience in Project Management Experience or similar field.
• Bachelor's degree in related field required.
• Entry level knowledge of residential mortgage industry in Correspondent or Retail Lending including sales, operations, capital markets and/or other residential mortgage products and services.
• Entry level knowledge of applicable regulatory and legal compliance obligations, rules and regulations, industry standards and practices.
• Entry level to intermediate strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office products, including Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Outlook.
• Entry level to intermediate ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, and stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced speaking and writing communication skills.

Pay

Salary range for new hires is generally $84,045.00 - $103,818.00 for Westlake Village, CA. Salary amount is determined by specific job location. In addition, the role may be eligible for annual bonus/incentives earned.

Benefits

• Competitive salaries
• Ownership stake in the company
• Medical and dental insurance
• Time off
• 401k matching program
• Tuition assistance program
• Employee volunteer program
• Wellness program
• Opportunity to bolster business knowledge and gain hands-on experience