Senior Project Manager (Remote in CA)

Location: USA, California, Santa Ana

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.

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

• Partner with business sponsors and cross-functional leaders to align priorities, establish governance, and define delivery strategies.
• Lead discovery of current-state business and accounting processes, identifying requirements, gaps, dependencies, and future-state needs.
• Coordinate functional teams to define, prepare for, and implement future-state processes and operational changes.
• Coordinate financial systems and business process integration, working with accountable technology and functional experts to support readiness and transition.
• Lead end-to-end delivery, defining measurable success criteria and tailoring project management practices to each initiative while managing scope, milestones, dependencies, ownership, risks, issues, and changes.
• Provide senior leaders with actionable visibility into progress, risks, decisions, and outcomes.
• Use data and stakeholder feedback to reassess priorities, evaluate trade-offs, remove barriers, and drive resolution or timely escalation.
• Coordinate cross-functional business readiness, stabilization, and handoff to operational owners.