Northwestern Mutual

Sr Program Manager, Advisor Practices & Team Success

Milwaukee, WI Corporate · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 25 days ago

Project ManagementCommunication

About the role

Summary: Provides advisor practices & team success strategy program management expertise and consultation to business in order to meet department and cross department goals.
Oversees business programs from initiation through rollout and ongoing program management.
Accountable for driving programs with medium complexity.

Independently leads moderately sized, medium complexity programs or portfolios. Responsible for managing scope, risk, business value, schedule and budget.
Assists in defining objectives to be accomplished by the program team and developing the program plan. Manages programs to ensure appropriate allocation of resources according to program objectives, specifications, deliverables, and changes.
Drives for clarity on program objectives, priorities, and measures. Takes a broad perspective to identify and recommend solutions for program needs.
Develops strong relationships with business clients to manage program delivery expectations and implementation. manages the resources and vendors assigned to program by verifying progress and removing obstacles.
Makes connections across teams to drive identification and managing of inter-dependencies.
Builds and maintains strong depth and breadth of industry and company initiatives, products, etc in order to incorporate knowledge in to program objectives.

Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple tasks simultaneously, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
High degree of personal initiative and motivation.
Experience with project methodology through project life cycle phases
Responsible for gathering and delivering metrics required by the program.
Minimum 5 years of related experience to include project analysis, design, documentation, project/support management.
Ability to work with general direction to scope, plan and manage cross-department or multi-department programs
Demonstrated ability to lead and manage complex assignments.
Seen as a team player and is supportive of group decisions and ideas.
Written and oral communications skills with the ability to build rapport within the company, field and /or outside vendors.
Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$98,320.00
Pay Range - End:

Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in, Business, Project Management or related field preferred OR a significant amount of directly-related work experience beyond the minimum required for the position
Degree with a project management emphasis or PMI certification preferred

Northwestern Mutual is an equal opportunity employer that welcomes talented individuals of all backgrounds.

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