Project Manager, Operations Manager, Business Management

The Advisory Project Manager, Financial Operations, is a key member of Ricoh's Development operations team and is critical in managing day to day operations for the Boulder Development organizations. This independent role requires you to manage multiple projects simultaneously, flex across diverse activities, and collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to execute an operations portfolio that includes project management, financial planning and reporting, and operational enablement.

This role leads and actively contributes as a subject matter expert, working directly with development organizations, finance, procurement, legal, and other partners to drive solutions to completion, ensure solutions achieve intended business outcomes and are enterprise ready. Assumes additional responsibilities as assigned.

• Provide leadership for cross‑functional initiatives, planning and executing delivery from kickoff through close while ensuring disciplined management of scope, schedule, quality, governance, change control, and successful achievement of project objectives and deliverables.
• Lead operational readiness and continuity programs, shaping priorities, supporting planning cycles, and ensuring asset lifecycle, dependencies, and risk considerations are addressed to support organizational resilience.
• Deliver executive‑level, decision‑oriented communication and insights, including clear status updates, dashboards, and recommendations; proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, trade‑offs, ensuring analysis is validated and recommendations are actionable.
• Apply strong business and organizational acumen to independently assess operational, technical, and process issues, validate assumptions and data; and advise leadership on pragmatic, scalable solutions that reduce risk and strengthen long‑term operational health.
• Partner with internal and external stakeholders to improve tools, workflows, and supplier‑facing processes, actively contributing expertise to solution design and validation driving consistency, efficiency and operational maturity.
• Coordinate with EHS, facilities, and other partners to support site operations, including safety‑related considerations, incident follow‑up, and operational risk reporting.
• Lead structured root‑cause analysis and continuous improvement efforts to strengthen processes and embed learnings.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships to support smooth operational execution, effectively influencing across organizational boundaries in both in‑person and virtual environments.
• Develop and maintain business process documentation (procedures, narratives, diagrams, flowcharts) to strengthen policies, controls, and operational clarity.
• Prepare and deliver audience‑specific communications that clearly convey complex concepts including impacts, data analytics, and recommendations.

• Coordinates with leadership and staff to gather, analyze, and synthesize financial and operational information, producing validated, actionable recommendations.
• Serve as an organizational advisor and functional resource, working directly with procurement, legal, finance, and other cross‑functional partners as appropriate, to support financial governance, procurement, vendor‑related decisions, contract and EULA considerations, adherence to internal processes and informed decision making.
• Lead the annual business planning process across the Boulder Development organization, coordinating with development leadership and cross‑functional partners to align strategy, priorities, resources, and execution plans, and ensuring operational readiness through required contracts, SOWs, and supporting agreements.
• Define and manage execution of assigned projects and finance related initiatives, including establishing milestones, project plans and controls, monitoring progress, applying appropriate controls and managing closure, and ensuring delivery against timelines and customer and business requirements.
• Provide regular project and KPI reporting including dashboards, and mitigation strategies to ensure transparency, data…