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Program Manager – Enterprise Change Management – Ecm

Program Manager – Enterprise Change Management – Ecm

CompanyNorthern Trust
LocationChicago, IL, USA
Salary$114700 – $194900
TypeFull-Time
DegreesBachelor’s
Experience LevelSenior

Requirements

  • Excellent organizational and communication skills
  • Experience leading complex programs and process with evidence of continuous improvement along the way
  • Execution-oriented with an affinity toward setting and achieving targets
  • Strong ability to influence and utilize personal courage
  • Capable of consulting with senior leaders and leveraging problem solving skills
  • Sense of urgency, risk-awareness, and understanding of the ‘why’ behind managing high-stakes initiatives
  • Ability to form meaningful relationships with business partners and external vendors
  • Ability to accurately plan, manage and forecast budget
  • Ability to write and assess strong, metrics-drive business cases and apply prioritization methods
  • Experience working in a global, cross-functional environment

Responsibilities

  • Responsible for creating, driving, and administering ECM program governance program management standards
  • Determine benchmarks and measurements of success for each program; utilize information for continuous improvement toward program goals
  • Mobilize teams and drive implementation for designated programs and projects as assigned and as per the appropriate governance standards for the level of complexity and risk
  • Conduct program management with initiative planning design, build and transition for the program
  • Track scope, schedule, budget and resources via regular documentation, steering committees, reporting, and communication in the designated frameworks
  • Proactively manage program/project risks and dependencies within the program and across the organization
  • Escalate risks timely and contribute to proposing, deciding, and actioning mitigation strategies
  • Hold teams accountable and perform effective decision making
  • Collaborate with the Organizational Change Management team to ensure proper communication processes are met prior to, during, and after go-live
  • Ensure risk, legal, procurement, compliance and upstream/downstream applications have proper levels of involvement in the program/project
  • Facilitate processes and proper documentation / sign-off is completed per the governance standards
  • Assess budget, track forecast, actuals and Quarterly allocations
  • Proactively escalate observations pertaining to under/over-spending and work to propose mitigation tactics in order to stay within the intended budget
  • Collaborate with Productivity Office to ensure proper data is captured, assess and maintained during Annual and Quarterly Planning
  • Manage the communication and execution plans to implement new ECM program offerings with broader enterprise
  • Contribute to the continuous improvement on ECM processes, standards, and templates

Preferred Qualifications

  • BS/BA degree in relevant field preferred
  • Experience in global financial services preferred
  • Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in a project or program management role at a complex organization
  • Experience in organizational, results-driven transformations
  • CAPM or PMP is a plus but not required