Project Leader

Fully Remote

Description:

Responsibility Summary

This Project Leader will work closely with multiple project teams within CSG. The role requires the ability to oversee multiple deliverables, work closely with key stakeholders and leaders, represent project status, and facilitate reporting and documentation needs.

This Project Leader will be a trusted advisor working with senior leaders while driving strategic engagement. This role is an opportunity to lead an engagement team to define and deliver business outcomes (get results through others, delegation, provide coaching and feedback) and an opportunity to manage up and influence other leaders. It requires experience with high-risk, complex business projects, and a high degree of strategic thinking, planning, organizing, driving for results, and adapting to change. A strong ability to lead through ambiguity, identify and communicate risks and issues, and "connect the dots" is critical.

Day-to-day responsibilities:

Leading medium to large projects simultaneously, with a medium to high degree of risk, visibility, and urgency within a functional area or at times spanning multiple areas, divisions, or outside vendors. Leading project coordinators and/or project team members in completion of medium to large scope projects.

Ensuring project schedule, scope and quality objectives are met by monitoring, using metrics and controls to measure progress, taking corrective action and escalating issues when necessary. Assess trade-offs to scope using cost / benefit analysis and make recommendations to senior leaders.

Schedule project tasks and facilitate meetings, communicate progress, and develop solutions to meet project goals. This may be related to a large project and have multiple sub-projects and develop processes for PPM and Product Management Lifecycles.

Provide timely communication of relevant data to senior leadership for decision making. Establishing and maintain effective communications and relationships across multiple areas, divisions, outside vendors and project leaders/teams who are working on sub-projects within a project.

Driving business efforts and recommending improvements in project management and industry "best in class" practices within the firm as the key business contact on the project.

Support the development of business cases for senior management while demonstrating thought leadership, innovative tendencies, and drive for results.

Providing leadership, development and mentoring to team through modeling of best practices and providing timely feedback.

Assist with vendor selection in a project with vendors. Assist with managing vendor relationship throughout the life of the project.

Ensuring all defects are logged properly and communicated to the project team responsible for fixing the defects.

Project Details

This position offers the opportunity to work on multiple projects that have direct impact on clients and branches. In both projects, this position will contribute to and experience core components of the company business model, including how the Firm works with external financial services product partners to meet clients' needs.

Brief summary of assigned projects for this specific position:

As part of a broader transformation at the Firm, one project involves the expansion, enhancement, and transformation of a financial services product offering through partnerships with multiple external vendors

Within the Firm's largest product area, the other project focuses on improvements related to workflow, branch and client experience, and responding to regulatory requirements

Team Details

This position is in the Strategic Client Initiatives Office (SCIO), one of the division-level PMOs. Team of about 25 people. This position reports to one of the senior leaders/managers within SCIO who manages a team of six.

SCIO supports projects within the Client Strategies Group, a large division that is responsible for designing and championing the company client experience. CSG equips branches with insights and complete wealth management advice, planning, products, and services throughout the client journey.

On their assigned projects, the Project Leader will be working with two project teams in CSG plus representatives from enterprise functions that support each project (e.g., technology, sourcing/procurement, legal).

Additional Skills & Qualifications:

7 years of project management experience

3 years of experience leading projects with a high level of complexity/integration that includes other projects and project leaders

Strong strategic project management experience at the enterprise level, projects exceeding $1M in budget

3 years of financial services industry or position-related experience

3 years of business management or strategy consulting experience with a consulting firm and/or corporate strategy area

Foundational PL skills, but not just waterfall experience but also agile and product mgmt. experience

Familiarity with structuring and administering projects on SharePoint

Takes ownership

Is proactive

Can identify and solve problems

Works independently

Leads in ambiguity

Plans and organizes

Coordinate across projects and teams

Previous work with senior leadership

Preferred Qualifications

Project management certification (PMP, scrum, etc.) preferred

A bachelor's and/or applicable graduate degree preferred

Relationship building and communication acumen including positive executive level interaction experiences and an ability to engage in difficult conversations.

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; effectively communicates with project team, other project leaders, multiple areas, divisions and outside vendors. Incorporates effective listening and collaboration skills.

Excellent presentation skills

Excellent organization and coordination skills.

Ability to independently identify, prioritize, monitor, communicate, and/or resolve elements that can impact a project.

High degree of familiarity with standard enterprise collaboration tools, including MS Office, Visio, Zoom, and SharePoint

Experience with project management tools including MS Project, Jira, and Clarity

Prior demonstrated experience in change management would be beneficial.

About Aston Carter:

At Aston Carter, we’re dedicated to expanding career opportunities for the skilled professionals who power our business. Our success is driven by the talented, motivated people who join our team across a range of positions – from recruiting, sales and delivery to corporate roles. As part of our team, employees have the opportunity for long-term career success, where hard work is rewarded and the potential for growth is limitless.

Established in 1997, Aston Carter is a leading staffing and consulting firm, providing high-caliber talent and premium services to more than 7,000 companies across North America. Spanning four continents and more than 200 offices, we extend our clients’ capabilities by seeking solvers and delivering solutions to address today’s workforce challenges. For organizations looking for innovative solutions shaped by critical-thinking professionals, visit AstonCarter.com. Aston Carter is a company within Allegis Group, a global leader in talent solutions.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regards to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

If you would like to request a reasonable accommodation, such as the modification or adjustment of the job application process or interviewing process due to a disability, please call 888-237-6835 or email astoncarteraccommodation@astoncarter.com for other accommodation options. However, if you have questions about this position, please contact the Recruiter located at the bottom of the job posting. The Recruiter is the sole point of contact for questions about this position.

Salary : $50 - $70