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Stellantis Financial Services (SFS) is the new captive finance company for one of the world's leading automakers and a mobility provider with iconic brands including Abarth, Alfa Romeo, Chrysler, Citroën, Dodge, DS Automobiles, Fiat, Jeep®, Lancia, Maserati, Opel, Peugeot, Ram, Vauxhall, Free2move and Leasys.

Our exciting growth provides opportunities to advance your career as we successfully lead products and services from a small to midsize company in just a few years. Join our world class team and culture and contribute to our core mission which is enhancing our customer's experience.

Position Summary:

The Originations Project Coordinator supports the planning, execution, and tracking of Originations projects across business, operations, and technology teams.

This role ensures smooth project operations by maintaining documentation, coordinating schedules and resources, supporting change management activities, and facilitating communication among stakeholders and vendors.

The Project Coordinator plays a key role in maintaining project organization, visibility, and momentum, enabling successful delivery of Originations initiatives.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain project plans and tracking tools: Keep project plans, dashboards, schedules, and documentation updated to support daily execution.
• Coordinate project activities: Support day to day project tasks, action items, and follow ups to ensure alignment with project objectives.
• Facilitate meetings and logistics: Organize onsite/virtual meetings, prepare agendas, and ensure clear communication of objectives and outcomes.
• Coordinate project communications: Prepare and distribute status updates, ensuring timely and accurate information flow across teams and vendors.
• Support meeting facilitation: Schedule and organize meetings, prepare agendas, and capture decisions, risks, and next steps.
• Serve as a communication hub: Act as a central point of contact for project inquiries, alignment, and stakeholder engagement.
• Maintain project documentation: Organize and update project materials, recordings, and reference documents in SharePoint.
• Track deliverables and risks: Monitor project milestones, risks, and performance metrics to support visibility and accountability.
• Support process and change activities: Assist with workflow improvements, change
  management tasks, and project transitions to ensure continuity.

Qualifications and Competencies Required
Required Experience:

• Minimum 1-3 years of experience in project coordination or in an administrative role.
• Minimum 1-2 years of experience in auto finance or lease originations.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to adapt to changing priorities and manage multiple tasks simultaneously
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite and project management software (e.g., e.g., Monday, Nintex, Confluence, Jira)
• Ability to work effectively both independently and as part of a team

Education:

• Associates or Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Project Management
• Or equivalent combination of experience and education

Overtime required – as required on an as needed basis.

Travel 0-10% - as required on an as needed basis.

Must have reliable transportation and live within a commutable distance to one of the following cities: Atlanta, GA; Dallas, TX; Detroit, MI; Houston, TX.

Qualifications Preferred:

• PMP or CAPM certification is a plus

• Familiarity with Agile or Waterfall project methodologies

• Experience working in cross-functional teams

Physical Demands

Work Environment The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

Work Schedule

• Ability to work between the hours of 8AM-6PM Monday through Friday and weekends as needed.

Stellantis Financial Services, Inc (SFS) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing its employees with an environment that is free of harassment, discrimination, and intimidation. It is the policy of SFS to comply with all applicable employment laws and regulations and to provide equal opportunity for all qualified persons and to not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity or expression, change of sex, and/or transgender status or any protected status. Candidates must possess authorization to work in the United States. This policy applies to recruitment and placement, promotion, training, transfer, retention, rate of pay and all other terms and conditions of employment. Employment and promotion decisions will be based solely on merit, ability, achievement, experience, conduct and other legitimate business reasons.

An applicant must be authorized to work in the United States to be eligible for this position. Stellantis Financial Services, Inc. will not sponsor applicants for work visas of any type for this position.