Project Manager, Compliance

Guild Mortgage Company , closing loans and opening doors since 1960. As a mortgage banking firm we are dedicated to serving the home owner/buyer. Our goal is to provide affordable home financing for our customers, utilizing the best terms available while providing a level of professionalism and service unsurpassed in the lending industry.

The Project Manager, Compliance plays a critical role within Guild Mortgage's Compliance function. Reporting directly to the SVP, Chief Compliance Officer, this role is responsible for driving structured delivery of high-priority regulatory and compliance initiatives spanning origination, servicing, and corporate departments. The Project Manager ensures complex, multi-workstream compliance programs including regulatory change implementation, examination and audit readiness, and issue remediation are organized, tracked, and executed with rigor.

The role translates regulatory obligations and strategic direction into actionable plans, manages stakeholder alignment, and maintains program momentum across all phases of delivery.

This role is an exempt position with a Targeted Salary Range of $70,000 to $100,000 annually.

Compensation at Guild is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to local and federal minimum wage requirements, education, level of experience, and applicant’s geographical location.

• Project Management Functions
  • Own end-to-end project management for assigned compliance initiatives or compliance portions of larger initiatives.
  • Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, and status dashboards across multiple concurrent work streams.
  • Translate requirements and direction into structured project charters, scope definitions, milestone frameworks, and control-level implementation tasks.
  • Proactively identify value, risks, issues, and dependencies; escape blockers with recommended resolution paths and clear articulation of deadline impact.
  • Drive cross-functional coordination effectively across the compliance department and various compliance managers to drive alignment and accountability on deliverables. Coordinate with other departments as needed for cross-departmental alignment as needed.
  • Develop and execute change management strategies, including stakeholder engagement, communication planning, training coordination, and transition to business-as-usual operations.
  • Maintain project momentum by tracking open decisions and action items, holding stakeholders accountable for commitments, and escalating unresolved issues when appropriate.
  • Identify opportunities to improve project delivery through automation, workflow optimization, and responsible use of artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies.
• Compliance Support Functions
  • Coordinate governance forums supporting the Compliance Department, including leadership meetings, strategic initiative reviews, and executive reporting as requested by the Chief Compliance Officer. Provide agenda, maintain schedule, project plans, issue tracker, and other deliverables as needed.
  • Assist the Chief Compliance Officer in developing and managing the Compliance Department strategic business roadmap, annual objectives, and multi-year initiatives.
  • Maintain project health dashboards and consolidated reporting across the compliance project portfolio; surface insights on milestone attainment, regulatory due date adherence as needed, issue aging, budget tracking, and resource utilization.
  • Partner with Compliance leadership to translate new regulatory requirements into implementation roadmaps, coordinating cross-functional activities through successful execution.
  • Develop, maintain, and report key performance indicators (KPIs) by collecting data from business units, validating information for accuracy, and preparing executive-level reports and presentation materials for leadership meetings.
  • Prepare executive presentation decks and other project communications by synthesizing KPI data, project updates, risks, and key decisions into clear, concise materials for senior leadership and governance committees.
  • Maintain the Compliance SharePoint site and other compliance communication resources, ensuring information is current, organized, accessible, and aligned with department standards.
  • Maintain the Compliance Manual by coordinating content updates, collecting input from subject matter experts, obtaining required reviews and approvals from Compliance leadership, and ensuring timely…