Senior Manager, Projects (Foundry)
Summary
Ballast (“Ballast” or “The Company”) is seeking a Senior Manager, Projects (Foundry) to support the Systems vertical. Ballast is deploying Palantir Foundry as a core enterprise operating system across all departments. This role exists to drive rapid, measurable progress on that rollout. Under the general supervision of the Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Manager, Projects (Foundry) is responsible for the execution layer of Ballast’s Foundry program: translating strategy into sequenced delivery, removing bottlenecks, enforcing discipline, and ensuring projects land in production and are adopted. The mandate is explicit: increase efficiency, eliminate waste, compress cycle times, reduce operating cost, and retire legacy systems. While most initiatives will be Foundry-centric, this role will also manage adjacent non-Foundry and non-technical projects where required to unblock progress or complete end-to-end transformation outcomes.
The Company is a vertically-integrated owner-operator of multifamily, student housing, and single family rental assets in the greater Western United States. The Company has several strategic partnerships with global institutional capital providers and has experienced strong growth since its founding in 2014.
Ballast employs over 250+ real estate professionals whose mission is to create value by acquiring, developing, and managing our dwellings with exceptional care through an integrated approach. Our culture is founded on teamwork, authenticity, integrity and excellence. Through a shared purpose and common goal, the organization is built to serve its partners and communities within which it invests.
Primary Responsibilities
- Own the master roadmap for Palantir Foundry deployment across all departments
- Drive ERP and legacy system decommissioning and platform consolidation
- Manage cross-functional, multi-stream transformation projects
- Enforce structured project management discipline across initiatives
- Identify and escalate risks, dependencies, and blockers early
- Ensure delivered tools are adopted and produce measurable outcomes
- Provide concise, decision-oriented executive reporting
Minimum Requirements and Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience managing complex, cross-functional programs
- Direct experience leading ERP replacements or enterprise system rollouts
- PMP, PgMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent project management certification required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Operations, Engineering, or related field
- Strong technical and data-platform fluency
Key Skills and Competencies
- Execution-first mindset with high accountability
- Strong organizational, documentation, and communication skills
- Comfort operating with executive stakeholders
- Ability to drive adoption and behavioral change
- Calm, decisive, and outcome-oriented under pressure
Ballast Investments is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, and we prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. Ballast Investments is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
We thank all applicants who have applied however only those selected for an interview will be contacted.