Your Journey at Crowe Starts Here:

At Crowe, you can build a meaningful and rewarding career. With real flexibility to balance work with life moments, you’re trusted to deliver results and make an impact. We embrace you for who you are, care for your well-being, and nurture your career. Everyone has equitable access to opportunities for career growth and leadership. Over our 80-year history, delivering excellent service through innovation has been a core part of our DNA across our audit, tax, and consulting groups. That’s why we continuously invest in innovative ideas, such as AI-enabled insights and technology-powered solutions, to enhance our services. Join us at Crowe and embark on a career where you can help shape the future of our industry.

Job Description:

Crowe Global is transforming the management and delivery of its global restricted list, global independence checks, and global conflict checks currently managed through the network’s own built Member Portal.  Crowe Global is implementing a new technology platform and designing a new operating model to drive this transformation.  The new technology platform will hold global restricted list data and be used to facilitate the origination of and response to negative and positive global independence checks and global conflict of interest checks.  The platform will apply the appropriate regulatory rule sets / professional standards (e.g., IESBA, SEC, UK, etc.), configured for Crowe Global policies, to entities.  Efficient access to data, whether from the restricted list or circulation of independence checks and conflict checks, will enable member firms and their personnel to determine whether there is a potential conflict or threat to independence.  Crowe Global sees the implementation of a new restricted list and conflict check platform as a natural development of its commitment to quality management in all disciplines and management and protection of its brand.  Crowe Global’s vision is to Work As One and the new platform is a critical strategic development to facilitate the integration and growth of the network.

Project Manager will be responsible for coordination and delivery of the large-scale, multi-year, cross-border, global strategic initiative.  Develop and manage the overall work plan, schedule, resource requirements, and budget variances.  Advocate for transparency and operational improvement.  Assist with driving alignment, consistency, prioritization, and accountability in support of the Crowe Global restricted list, independence check, and conflict checking strategic initiative.

Responsibilities:

Work closely with the Program Director and Stakeholders to transition a project from the Initiate to the Planning phase, continuing to manage the project through Execution, Control and Close Phases. Also, to work with Product Ownership to transition project solutions delivered into ongoing operations. This includes, but is not limited to, the following activities as required based on project complexity:

Initiation and Planning for upcoming Conflict Checking phase

• Establish Conflict Checking phase project collaboration content (Team SharePoint site and ADO).
• Develop project approach, plans to meet stated project objectives and functional as well as non-functional requirements (product backlog, WBS, budget, schedule, etc.).
• Work with Program Sponsor, Business Analyst, Data Specialist and Global Conflict Solution Leader to articulate and finalize project requirements, establish initial product backlog items and complete final baseline estimate
• Develop risk mitigation, change control, communication and quality assurance plans.
• Provide support for the contracting process, as needed.
• Coordinate and facilitate a Conflict Checking Project Kick-off Meeting to transition the project into the Execution.

Execution and Control

• Implement and monitor project execution, including project plan and schedule, product delivery and acceptance.
• Manage project issues and risk mitigation, change, communication and quality assurance plans.
• Manage and release project resources throughout the project, with consideration of resource availability, allocation, and other obligations and constraints.
• Manage vendor(s) and contract(s) as required by the project.
• Monitor and manage issue tracking and resolution within and around the project.
• Manage project budget to include any necessary change orders, and deviations including facilitation of proper approvals as required.
• Prepare any project status reports as required and other project update communications requested.
• Manage project scope, schedule and budget and, as necessary, any project change requests.
• Foster and promote team collaboration, teamwork and individual and team growth opportunities.
• Coordinate and facilitate project team meetings including, for example, daily standups, , routine Core Team meetings, and Executive updates.
• Leverage existing Change Management content to ensure training and communications plans are developed and executed accordingly.
• Working with the Business Analyst, ensure that all aspects of the solution are thoroughly tested and obtain signoff from project sponsor and/or key stakeholders for the completed and tested solution to move to production.
• Determine and publish project acceptance, completion, deployment and closure requirements and documentation.
• Obtain approval before moving the project deliverable into Production/Go Live status.

Close/Transition into Product Ownership

• Ensure the transition of a project’s outputs/product delivery into ongoing Product Management, ensuring a Product Management process is established, with ownership and governance designed and assigned as required.
• Obtain formal project acceptance from the sponsor.
• Prepare necessary documentation and facilitate project closure (including lessons learned, archiving, project sponsor sign-off, etc.).
• Provide project team members with performance feedback.
• Ensure any consultants that were onboarded are off boarded upon completion of the project.

Commitment:

• Time Commitment: 100%
• Target Start Date: no later than January 2026
• Expected Duration: 18 months

Qualifications:

• Minimum 3 years of experience in project management of cloud SaaS enterprise resource planning (ERP) (e.g. Dynamics 365, NetSuite, Workday, SAP S/4) implementations.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in delivering strong results orientated project management skills and be highly effective at follow through to ensure delivery. Must be detail orientated with a focus on planning and organization.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in relationship management - must demonstrate customer focus, highly effective communication skills (written and verbal), a win-win approach to meeting business requirements, experience working with C-suite stakeholder, and resolving conflicts.
• Minimum 5 years of experience demonstrating ability to build quick and effective work rapport with others and strong teambuilding skills. Needs to be able to facilitate groups to achieve required objectives and goals.
• Minimum 5 years of experience operating in agile and adaptable roles and learning new business processes. Needs to have knowledge of process improvement techniques and the ability to develop improvement action plans with groups.
• Minimum 3 years of experience with project performance metrics, change management, and requirements gathering.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's Degree.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification (or willingness to achieve PMP within first 12 months) or at least seven years of experience.
• Five years relevant information technology project management.
• Experience working on international projects across the globe dealing with various time zones and understanding local customs is a plus.
• Global travel may be required to perform job duties.
• As required, work after-hours to support global time zone requirements.

Key positions with which this position interfaces:

• Crowe Global Program Sponsor
• Crowe Global C-level leaders
• Crowe Global project resources and subject matter experts
• Crowe Global project contractors
• Crowe Global member firm leaders
• Crowe Global Conflicts Solution Leader
• Crowe Global Data team members
• Crowe Global Conflicts team members

We expect the candidate to uphold Crowe’s values of Care, Trust, Courage, and Stewardship. These values define who we are. We expect all of our people to act ethically and with integrity at all times.

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Crowe is not sponsoring for work authorization at this time.

Our Benefits:
Your exceptional people experience starts here. At Crowe, we know that great people are what makes a great firm. We care about our people and offer employees a comprehensive total rewards package. Learn more about what working at Crowe can mean for you!

How You Can Grow:
We will nurture your talent in an inclusive culture that values diversity. You will have the chance to meet on a consistent basis with your Career Coach that will guide you in your career goals and aspirations. Learn more about where talent can prosper!

More about Crowe:
Crowe (www.crowe.com) is one of the largest public accounting, consulting and technology firms in the United States. Crowe uses its deep industry expertise to provide audit services to public and private entities while also helping clients reach their goals with tax, advisory, risk and performance services. Crowe is recognized by many organizations as one of the country's best places to work. Crowe serves clients worldwide as an independent member of Crowe Global, one of the largest global accounting networks in the world. The network consists of more than 200 independent accounting and advisory services firms in more than 130 countries around the world.

Crowe LLP provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

Crowe LLP does not accept unsolicited candidates, referrals or resumes from any staffing agency, recruiting service, sourcing entity or any other third-party paid service at any time. Any referrals, resumes or candidates submitted to Crowe, or any employee or owner of Crowe without a pre-existing agreement signed by both parties covering the submission will be considered the property of Crowe, and free of charge.

Crowe will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws. Please visit our webpage to see notices of the various state and local Ban-the-Box laws and Fair Chance Ordinances, where applicable.