Project Manager

About Halo Land Management

Halo Land Management partners with leading energy and infrastructure developers to enable the projects that power communities and grow economies. From title research and land acquisition to negotiation and right of way support, our teams move projects forward efficiently while maintaining the highest standards of accuracy, communication, and landowner respect.

Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Canton, Ohio, Halo is one of the fastest growing land service providers in the United States. We support infrastructure development across oil and gas, renewables, and utilities, and we build our teams around speed, transparency, and client success.

As we continue to scale, we are building a clear and consistent foundation for what success looks like in every role. The Project Manager is a critical part of that standard, serving as the operational hub that keeps multidisciplinary land teams aligned, accountable, and delivering at a high level.

Position Summary

As a Project Manager at Halo, you lead complex land service projects from kickoff through closeout. You coordinate abstracting, GIS, heirship, curative, right of way, and leasing workstreams across multiple regions, clients, and timelines.

You translate scope into action, protect quality, anticipate risks, and communicate clearly with both internal team leads and external stakeholders. You bring structure to fast moving projects, keep documentation clean and current, and ensure deliverables are client ready.

The ideal candidate is organized, decisive, calm under pressure, and comfortable leading remote teams with clarity and consistency.

Key Responsibilities

Project Execution and Delivery

• Lead day to day execution of land service projects including title, GIS, leasing, right of way, heirship, and curative

• Own project scope, deliverables, timelines, and quality standards across one or more clients

• Build and maintain delivery plans, task trackers, and workback schedules to hit key milestones

• Review work product for completeness, formatting, and alignment with client expectations

Team Leadership and Coordination

• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams including abstractors, landmen, GIS analysts, and legal reviewers

• Assign workloads, rebalance priorities, and remove blockers to keep production moving

• Facilitate stand ups, progress reviews, and handoffs so workstreams stay connected

• Provide clear direction and follow through so team members understand expectations and deadlines

Client Communication and Reporting

• Communicate proactively with clients through status updates, issue summaries, and milestone reporting

• Provide early warnings when risks emerge and propose clear mitigation plans

• Serve as the primary point of contact for project execution questions and delivery alignment

• Prepare project briefs and performance updates for internal leadership syncs

Documentation, Systems, and Process Management

• Oversee documentation systems, digital trackers, and version controlled portals

• Ensure notes, files, and artifacts are organized, searchable, and audit ready

• Maintain delivery checklists, templates, and reporting standards to support consistency

• Improve workflows by documenting repeatable processes and tightening handoffs

Risk, Issue, and Quality Management

• Escalate title issues, data gaps, or delays and coordinate with legal and curative to resolve them

• Identify trends in defects or rework and implement corrective actions

• Confirm GIS and title alignment when updates occur and coordinate reconciliation across teams

• Protect delivery quality while moving at pace in high volume environments

Performance, Budget, and Metrics

• Track timelines, throughput, and performance metrics, adjusting plans as needed

• Support budget awareness through workload forecasting, prioritization, and reporting

• Monitor client specific KPIs and ensure reporting reflects accurate progress and status

What Success Looks Like

Milestones help ensure each Project Manager is supported and developing as expected.

Within 30 Days

• Understand current client scopes, deliverables, and reporting expectations

• Gain access to tools, trackers, and SOPs and know where to locate resources quickly

• Shadow an active project lifecycle and learn Halo’s standard delivery rhythms

• Run or co run stand ups and begin managing task trackers with accuracy

• Deliver at least one client status update that is clear, timely, and actionable

Within 90 Days

• Independently manage one or more active projects with minimal oversight

• Keep timelines stable through consistent prioritization, follow up, and escalation

• Catch risks early and communicate mitigation plans before deadlines slip

• Ensure work product is client ready through routine quality checks and clear feedback loops

• Build trust with client stakeholders through predictable reporting and responsiveness

Within 6 Months

• Manage multiple workstreams across disciplines without handoffs being missed

• Improve team efficiency by tightening processes, templates, and reporting cadence

• Reduce rework by identifying quality trends and correcting upstream issues

• Confidently coordinate title, GIS, and curative issue resolution with clear ownership

• Produce leadership ready project briefs that highlight progress, risks, and next steps

Within 12 Months

• Operate as a go to project leader across clients and internal teams

• Maintain strong performance metrics across delivery speed, quality, and communication

• Mentor newer project managers or team leads on Halo’s execution standards

• Contribute to scalable systems that keep projects consistent as Halo grows

Top Abilities

• Operational leadership and self management. Drives projects forward without constant direction while keeping teams aligned

• Client ready communication. Provides clear updates, early warnings, and solutions that build trust

• Systems fluency and documentation discipline. Uses trackers, portals, and version control correctly so work stays clean and auditable

Key Attributes and Behaviors

• Confident, respectful communicator with strong follow through

• Detail focused and quality minded without losing pace

• Proactive and solutions oriented when issues arise

• Calm and steady when priorities shift

• Team minded, transparent, and collaborative across functions

Required Qualifications

• 5 + years of experience in land services project management or comparable energy or infrastructure coordination

• Strong understanding of title, leasing, curative, GIS, and or right of way workflows

• Proven experience managing remote teams across multiple disciplines

• Proficiency with project tracking tools such as Excel, Smartsheet, Monday, Airtable, Asana, or similar

• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing deadlines

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in internal and client settings

• Working knowledge of land and title concepts including mineral ownership, leasehold, and curative processes

• Comfort operating in a fast paced, high volume project environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing land projects in the Appalachian Basin, Permian, or MidCon

• Background in abstracting, legal review, right of way acquisition, or leasing

• Familiarity with GIS data integration, shapefile management, or title mapping workflows

• Experience presenting updates to senior client stakeholders or regulatory facing teams

Culture Fit

You will thrive here if you value clarity, accountability, and strong communication. Halo celebrates wins together, communicates openly, and encourages the positive behaviors reflected in our Halo Habits. If you take ownership, move with urgency, and care about delivering client ready work, you will fit in well.

What’s In It for Me

• High impact work that touches major energy and infrastructure projects

• Flexibility through remote opportunities and a high trust environment

• Exposure to multiple disciplines including title, GIS, leasing, right of way, heirship, and curative

• A collaborative team that values ownership, precision, and speed

• The chance to shape repeatable systems and play a key role in how Halo scales delivery