Project Management Director

Bridgecrest needs a Project Management Director

Headquartered in Tempe, Arizona, the DriveTime Family of Companies (DriveTime, Bridgecrest, and SilverRock) is the largest privately owned used car sales and finance company in the country! With more than 130 dealerships, 3 operations centers, and 15 reconditioning centers across the nation, our 4,000+ employees are focused on Creating Opportunities and Improving Lives. With over 25 years of industry experience, and our dedication to streamlining the purchase process, we're redefining what it means to buy and finance a used car.

At DriveTime, we do more than just sell used cars, we also finance them through our very own company Bridgecrest. Bridgecrest is one of the country’s leading financial services providers that services roughly $15 billion in finance receivables for DriveTime and other third parties. We service auto loans across a wide credit spectrum with the intent of creating a strong path to vehicle ownership for its customers.

That’s nice, but what’s the job?

We believe Project Management is central to our ability to be the best-in-class servicing organization that provides ‘Peace of Mind’ and ‘Agility in Innovation’ to all the stakeholders. We are building our own Project Management Practice incorporating both industry standards and the nuances and strengths of our organization. We are looking for a Project Management Director that can build the Project Management foundation and implement routines for our organization.

In long, as a Project Management Director you will:

• Mature our Organizational processes - Strategic initiatives, Events and Issues

• Establish project management practices to a cross- functional team

• Train, mentor, and hold accountable all key players in Organization to get better at project management and managing the organizational processes

• Manage the top of funnel and ensure that work is balanced and prioritized across the key players in Servicing

• Lead and coach other project managers in Servicing to deliver successful projects

• Build out a de-centralized PMO in Clickup, our workflow software

• Create management views, alerts for all users, automation and validation rules in Clickup

So, what kind of people are we looking for?

• Excellent people influencing skills

• Excellent communication and presentation skills

• Ability to manage multiple tasks and initiatives in a fast-paced culture

• Portfolio Mgmt. experience in managing multiple large projects where duties included:

• Assigned new projects to right owners, responsible performers

• Triaged and identified/ recommended the highest impact projects to be prioritized next

• Built a resource utilization view and used it to allocate work to available resources

• Built views to manage the status, risks, due date slippage, etc. and created automated mechanism by which these escalations were raised to the right parties as alerts

• Able to easily build a presence and present to Senior Leaders

• Clickup Experience is a plus

• Built organizational processes using click up using automation and learning new functionality

The Specifics:

• 5+ years experience in project management; financial services experience is a plus

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience

• PMP Certification strongly preferred, Six Sigma a plus

• Understanding of Servicing and Collections policies as it relates to Financial Services

Anything Else? Absolutely.

DriveTime was awarded Top Companies to Work for in AZ by AZCentral.com for our great culture and one of the Best Places to Work in IT as awarded by PBJ. Essentially, we offer a creative, transparent and fun environment since, well, we work here too. DriveTime was also voted the Fastest-Growing Private Companies by Inc 5000, and we aren’t slowing down anytime soon!

So, What About the Perks? Perks matter.

• Medical, Dental and Vision. DriveTime pays a nice chunk of your premiums to keep the cost as low as possible for our employees.

• 16 days of PTO and 6 paid Holidays. Because who doesn’t love time off?

• Benefits like 401(k), company paid life insurance, short and long-term disability.

• Casual Dress. Come dressed in jeans (you’ll fit right in with the rest of us).

• Game Room. Gimme a break - no, not a Kit Kat ad but we do have a ping-pong table, pool table and Virtual Reality if you ever need a break in your day.

• Wellness Program and In-House Gym. We want our employees to be the best versions of themselves. That’s why we offer a Wellness Program that includes an in-house gym, teeth cleanings, biometric screenings and much more!

• Growth opportunities. DriveTime takes a lot of pride in promoting from within. We have spent the last 14 years growing our team members and taking them on the path to owning their careers!

And when it comes to hiring, we don't just look for the right person for the job, we seek out the right person for DriveTime. Buckle up for plenty of opportunities to grow in a professional, fun, and high-energy environment!