Project Manager
Location: 100% REMOTE – Need to be able to work PST hours Duration: Contract – 5 months with potential to extend Overview: Grant Thornton is looking for a Project Manager/Smartsheet Expert/AI Guru to come onboard to help manage innovation/AI projects and streamline and optimize PMO operations. Responsibilities: - Support the development and continuous improvement of innovation frameworks, including ideation pipelines, innovation scoring models, and proof-of-concept (PoC) evaluation criteria - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess feasibility, impact, and ROI of innovative solutions, ensuring alignment with strategic business goals - Partner with Finance, Product, Engineering, and Change Management teams to design and implement innovative solutions that address complex business challenges - Facilitate innovation workshops and brainstorming sessions to foster a culture of creativity and continuous improvement across the Finance organization - Develop and maintain innovation dashboards KPIs, and reporting mechanisms to track progress, adoption, and value realization of innovation initiatives (via Alteryx, Power BI, Tableau, Power Query) - Designing and implementing an efficient, automated workflow solution to consolidate intake requests from multiple teams and tools into a unified system - Leveraging AI tools (e.g., ChatGPT, Gemini) and automation platforms (e.g., Smartsheet Super-user, Zapier, AirTable, Google Sheets, Jira) to streamline and optimize PMO operations - Collaborating closely with a Program Manager for day-to-day direction, while aligning with the strategic vision set by the Director - Integrating and maintaining tools and systems to support scalable, data-driven decision-making within the PMO - Consolidating innovation efforts across the Finance domain - AI optimization will be a major focus of the remainder of the contract term, along with tooling build and enhancement Qualifications: - 5+ years of experience as a PMO Analyst or Project Manager at a large organization - Smartsheet Expertise: experience with high-level advisory and hands-on configuration - AI Expertise: experience leveraging AI tools (ChatGPT, Gemini) and automation platforms (Smartsheet Super-user, Zapier, AirTable, Google Sheets, Jira) to streamline and optimize PMO operations - High Technical Acumen: proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to other tools, such as Coda and Airtable. This will include AI utilization and optimization. A core part of the remit will be to find ways to deploy AI agents in our PM workflows - Adaptability: ability to manage routine tasks (BAU) at a granular level while successfully navigating and exercising judgment on larger, more ambiguous "big ticket" projects--all while ensuring we are completely aligned Required Skills: Basic Qualification: Additional Skills: This is a high PRIORITY requisition. This is a PROACTIVE requisition Background Check: No Drug Screen: No N/A Stipend: true