Senior Project Manager, HR PMO

Ameriprise Financial - Minneapolis, MN

Part-time,Full-time - Mid Level

Minneapolis, MN

10,001+ employees

Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

About the position

The Senior Project Manager in the HR PMO at Ameriprise Financial is responsible for leading the delivery of medium to large scope, cross-functional business projects. This role involves implementing program management capabilities, managing project plans, and ensuring successful project execution while coaching project teams to achieve their goals.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of medium to large scope project initiatives that involve obtaining agreement/adoption of project objectives and deliverables by key sponsors.
• Define the overall objectives and key deliverables for the project; identifies and tracks key measures of success.
• Ensure that a project plan is developed and maintained to track accountabilities, timelines, deliverables and progress toward completion on time and within budget.
• Manage business projects within the company's project delivery framework and system.
• Impact management, program communications, performance measurement, knowledge management, resource management, project integration, project tracking and change management.
• Accountable for project change management, communications, identification of issues/risks and escalation of critical issues to project sponsors.
• Provide regular status reporting on plan progress, as defined by company standards and industry methodologies and standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent
• 7-10 years of relevant experience
• Industry-standard project management methodologies and tools
• Demonstrated capability in standard office and project management applications - Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Project Workbench
• Demonstrated experience in leading medium- to large-scale projects to successful completion and implementation
• Effective at building relationships; highly effective communication skills that include ability to articulate information to a broad audience
• Ability to identify and develop mitigation alternatives to issues or risks associated with assigned projects.

Nice-to-haves

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification