Amherst is revolutionizing the way U.S. real estate is priced, managed and financed in order to unlock opportunities for all market participants. Driven by data, analytics, and technology, Amherst has a 20-year history of anticipating where the next risks and opportunities are likely to emerge and designing actionable strategies for investors to capitalize on opportunities across residential real estate, commercial real estate and public securities. Amherst, along with its affiliates and subsidiaries, has more than 900 employees, $5 billion under management and approximately $15 billion under advisement and oversight. www.amherst.com.

Amherst is hiring for a Project Manager I that has experience leading and driving results in the management of agile-based software development projects. We desire quantitative thinking individuals that will be responsible for providing project information transparency, improve efficiency in planning and execution, possess leadership skills that evoke creativity and team innovation, and demonstrate an intrinsic ability to deal with change.

An ideal candidate will be highly organized, possess excellent communication and negotiation skills and have significant experience managing software development and IT project teams to meet their goals. We desire those who are passionate about Agile best practices, yet highly focused on the business goals and can adapt their thinking and style.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Manage multiple concurrent development projects

• Work closely with Product Owners to maintain product backlog, assisting with prioritization and resolution of issues

• Manage end-to-end project plans and ensure on-time delivery for technical projects assigned to you providing regular status updates to key stakeholders

• Provide day-to-day communication, coordination and quality assurance for projects and tasks, including informing stakeholders when any concerns or risks arise regarding the project

• Participates in overseeing project implementation, team motivation, facilitates discussion, manages conflict resolution

• Use quantitative skills to manage data and build reports/dashboards using visualization software systems

• Create advanced PowerPoint presentations for internal and external audiences – charts, animation, status reporting, etc.

• Perform risk management and change management on projects

Requirements:

• 2+ years of Project or Program Management experience

• Preferred experience driving development in at least one area: distributed data platforms, recommendation/AI technologies, big data pipelines and ETL processing, and/or analytical tools (SAS, R, Python, etc)

• Experience leading projects following Agile/SCRUM methodologies

• Strong analytical, organizational and coordination skills are a MUST; We desire someone with extreme multi-tasking capabilities with a “get things done” attitude and approach for every project thrown your way

• Proficiency with MS office suite of tools with moderate to advanced skills in Excel

• Working knowledge of Jira and Confluence

• Intellectually curious, with the ability to quickly pick up technical tools and processes

• Ability to collaborate and quickly build relationships with cross functional teams

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills 

​Amherst is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.