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We help people control expenses, manage debt, save money, plan ahead, and make better financial decisions.
The Role
Lead enterprise-wide continuous improvement projects: create detailed plans, perform process mapping and risk assessments, validate requirements and testing, manage stakeholder communications and change management, ensure sustainable controls, and support additional CI efforts.
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Job Description
The Opportunity:
As the Continuous Improvement Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing enterprise-wide projects with the goal of optimizing key functions and launching new initiatives. The Project Manager will set aggressive milestones for key phases of assigned projects and keep senior leadership well informed of progress throughout the life of each project.
Qualifications
What you'll do:
Why This Opportunity Is Unique:
What You'll Bring
Additional Information
Achieve well-being with:
Join Achieve, change the future
At Achieve, we're changing millions of lives.
From the single parent trying to catch up on bills to the entrepreneur needing a loan for the next phase of growth, you'll get to be a part of their journey to a better financial future. We're proud to have over 3,000 employees in mostly hybrid and 100% remote roles across the United States with hubs in Arizona, California, and Texas. We are strategically growing our teams with more remote, work-from-home opportunities every day to better serve our members. A career at Achieve is more than a job-it's a place where you can make a true impact, have a sense of belonging, establish a fulfilling career, and put your well-being first.
Attention Agencies & Search Firms: We do not accept unsolicited candidate resumes or profiles. Please do not reach out to anyone within Achieve to market your services or candidates. All inquiries should be directed to Talent Acquisition only. We reserve the right to hire any candidates sent unsolicited and will not pay any fees without a contract signed by Achieve's Talent Acquisition leader.
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Company Description
Achieve is a leading digital personal finance company. We help everyday people move from struggling to thriving by providing innovative, personalized financial solutions. By leveraging proprietary data and analytics, our solutions are tailored for each step of our member's financial journey to include personal loans, home equity loans, debt consolidation, financial tools and education. Every day, we get to help our members move their finances forward with care, compassion, and empathetic touch. We put people first and treat them like humans, not account numbers.
The Opportunity:
As the Continuous Improvement Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing enterprise-wide projects with the goal of optimizing key functions and launching new initiatives. The Project Manager will set aggressive milestones for key phases of assigned projects and keep senior leadership well informed of progress throughout the life of each project.
Qualifications
What you'll do:
- Lead large enterprise wide projects and monitor performance post- launch
- Create a detailed project plan including specific target dates and milestones for key phases of the project from current state analysis to future state implementation, and then follow that plan to timely completion
- Collaborate with key stakeholders, business partners, and senior leadership in gathering and suggesting important requirements for success while also providing regular project status updates
- Perform a thorough risk assessment before implementing any new and significant process improvements and properly weigh anticipated benefits with associated risks
- Complete process mapping, business analysis and workflow design for assigned projects
- Validate business requirements, user testing strategies and identify scalable solutions
- Lead all organizational change management efforts in partnership with key business leaders, while identifying key change agents throughout the organization that can help facilitate the changes
- Ensure that effective controls are in place to ensure that project results are sustainable over time as the organization grows
- Provide additional expertise and support on other continuous improvement efforts within the organization as needed
Why This Opportunity Is Unique:
- Voted #1 Best Place to Work by Phoenix Business Journal, 2021
- Enterprise wide initiatives that support multiple business units
- Become a key contributor on initiatives that significantly impact our organization and KPIs
- Opportunity to make professional connections with teammates across all business units
What You'll Bring
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field (one year of higher education is equal to one year of experience), AND a minimum of 6 months of project management experience leading and directing project tasks; or any combination of education and experience would provide an equivalent background
- Experience working with both internal and external stakeholders and projects as well as 3rd party partners in a project management capacity
- Ability to establish trust and credibility throughout senior leadership; demonstrates unwavering integrity and fierce accountability
- Collaboration skills in a matrixed environment, including providing consultative guidance to help solve enterprise level issues
- Possess an understanding of scope definition, process and solution mapping; process structures and components; and standard project planning methodologies
- Experience supporting projects with complex deliverables, including information technology and dependencies across organizations
- Strong data analysis skills
- Knowledge of task tracking and mapping tools (e.g. Atlassian, Smarsheet, Vizio, Lucidchart)
- Familiar with Google Drive and G-Suite products
- Proven experience in leading successful change management efforts
- Strong relationship management skills and proven experience in building partnerships
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to effectively persuade and influence at all levels of the organization
- Effective time management and prioritization skills in order to meet aggressive deadlines
Additional Information
Achieve well-being with:
- Hybrid and remote work opportunities
- 401 (k) with employer match
- Medical, dental, and vision with HSA and FSA options
- Competitive vacation and sick time off, as well as dedicated volunteer days
- Access to wellness support through Employee Assistance Program, Talkspace, and fitness discounts
- Up to $5,250 paid back to you on eligible education expenses
- Pet care discounts for your furry family members
- Financial support in times of hardship with our Achieve Care Fund
- A safe place to connect and a commitment to diversity and inclusion through our six employee resource groups
Join Achieve, change the future
At Achieve, we're changing millions of lives.
From the single parent trying to catch up on bills to the entrepreneur needing a loan for the next phase of growth, you'll get to be a part of their journey to a better financial future. We're proud to have over 3,000 employees in mostly hybrid and 100% remote roles across the United States with hubs in Arizona, California, and Texas. We are strategically growing our teams with more remote, work-from-home opportunities every day to better serve our members. A career at Achieve is more than a job-it's a place where you can make a true impact, have a sense of belonging, establish a fulfilling career, and put your well-being first.
Attention Agencies & Search Firms: We do not accept unsolicited candidate resumes or profiles. Please do not reach out to anyone within Achieve to market your services or candidates. All inquiries should be directed to Talent Acquisition only. We reserve the right to hire any candidates sent unsolicited and will not pay any fees without a contract signed by Achieve's Talent Acquisition leader.
#LI-LO1
#LI-Hybrid
Company Description
Achieve is a leading digital personal finance company. We help everyday people move from struggling to thriving by providing innovative, personalized financial solutions. By leveraging proprietary data and analytics, our solutions are tailored for each step of our member's financial journey to include personal loans, home equity loans, debt consolidation, financial tools and education. Every day, we get to help our members move their finances forward with care, compassion, and empathetic touch. We put people first and treat them like humans, not account numbers.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in a related field (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
- Minimum of 6 months project management experience leading and directing project tasks
- Experience working with internal and external stakeholders and 3rd party partners in a project management capacity
- Ability to establish trust and credibility with senior leadership; integrity and accountability
- Collaboration skills in a matrixed environment and consultative guidance for enterprise issues
- Understanding of scope definition, process and solution mapping, process structures, and standard project planning methodologies
- Experience supporting projects with complex deliverables, including information technology and cross-organizational dependencies
- Strong data analysis skills
- Knowledge of task tracking and mapping tools (Atlassian, Smartsheet, Visio, Lucidchart)
- Familiarity with Google Drive and G-Suite products
- Proven experience leading successful change management efforts
- Strong relationship management skills and experience building partnerships
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Ability to effectively persuade and influence at all levels
- Effective time management and prioritization to meet aggressive deadlines
What the Team is Saying
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Member Services Advocate
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Settlement Operations Supervisor II
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Senior Director Product Management
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Managing Partner
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VP Product and Consumer Experience
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Achieve Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical, dental, and vision plan options are offered, with no‑cost mental‑health support via Talkspace and access to HSA/FSA. Coverage breadth across carriers in some regions and solid core insurance indicators point to strong healthcare support.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with employer match is included, complemented by life and disability insurance for broader financial protection. Eligibility timelines are clearly defined.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible vacation/PTO, paid holidays, sick leave, paid volunteer time, and hybrid/remote options provide wide‑ranging time‑off flexibility. Some roles also feature flexible time‑off programs.
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The Company
What We Do
Formally known as Freedom Financial Network, Achieve launched in 2022 as the leading digital personal finance company helping everyday people get on, and stay on, the path to a better financial future. Achieve delivers personalized financial solutions for real people through intelligent technology and an empathetic human touch. From the single parent trying to buy a home to the overworked employee drowning in debt, we provide innovative solutions, budgeting tools, and education to help them move from surviving to thriving. We put our members first by coaching them through their financial health journey to understand what’s working for them and what’s not. Our tailored approach is designed to meet everyone where they are in life because they’re more than just a credit score. Our people make the biggest difference. With more than 2,200 teammates between California, Arizona, Florida, and Texas, everyone collaborates together to make an impact towards our mission; to empower everyday people to move forward on a path to a better financial future. We’re committed to fostering an environment where everyone can belong, while giving their true authentic selves a place to shine. Whether you’re in sales, member support, engineering, product design, IT or any of our other exciting roles, you’ll join a team passionate about serving our members and embracing our core values every day: Care (For everyone) Get Better (Every day) Act With Integrity (Every time) Collaborate (With everyone)
Why Work With Us
The technology we are building has real human impact to positively change the trajectory of millions of American families living with the crippling weight of consumer debt. Our growing teams are determined to get better every day through open collaboration and genuine family-like care for the whole person—engineers are never lost in the shuffle.
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Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Typical time on-site:
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