Senior Project Manager

Morningstar; Ambler (Montgomery County); Hybrid; USD 95,275 - 139,742; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401k match program

Stock ownership potential

Comprehensive health benefits

Sabbatical program

Family care leave

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Morningstar is hiring a Senior Project Manager to lead critical MCA initiatives in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You will coordinate partnership workstreams, contract repapering and restructuring, product and data delivery, and cross-functional execution with internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has strong experience coordinating globally distributed teams on complex business, technology, and commercial projects, with a track record of driving projects to completion

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of project management experience; PMP or equivalent certification is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with project management platforms such as Asana; knowledge of Jira is a plus.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional work involving product, technology, legal, compliance, analytics, commercial, and/or business development stakeholders.
• Proven success facilitating global team collaboration, including engagement with senior leadership and external partners or clients when needed.

Responsibilities

• Create and oversee project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, responsibilities, and deliverables, working with global teams on implementation.
• Own execution across MCA initiatives, maintaining visibility into priorities, timelines, dependencies, risks, decision points, and follow-through.
• Coordinate partnership, distribution, and commercial workstreams, ensuring internal stakeholders remain aligned on scope, timing, deliverables, and next steps.
• Drive follow-through on contract-related initiatives, including repapering, restructuring, amendment coordination, stakeholder review, and implementation tracking across existing and new agreements.
• Partner with Product, Data, Technology, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, and Business Development teams to define project scope, business requirements, technical requirements, and handoffs when needed.
• Support onboarding and execution workstreams related to AI platforms, data delivery, product enhancements, launches, and other MCA growth initiatives.
• Communicate regular project status updates across MCA stakeholder groups, including senior leadership when appropriate, and escalate decisions, risks, or blockers clearly and promptly.
• Identify, monitor, and mitigate project risks, with a focus on dependencies that could affect revenue capture, product launch timing, partnership execution, contract completion, or client delivery.
• Analyze key metrics impacting project progress and/or project team performance and work with the business to resolve issues, remove impediments, and keep initiatives moving at a steady, predictable pace.
• Cultivate a culture of team collaboration grounded in open and honest communication, clear accountability, and practical problem solving.
• Drive continuous process improvement through feedback loops, retrospectives, documentation, and coaching to help teams improve planning, execution, and transparency.
• Partner with groups across Morningstar Credit Analytics and throughout Morningstar to support MCA’s product, technology, legal, analytics, partnership, and commercial priorities.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional coordination

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Asana

Jira

Job description

The Team

Morningstar Credit Analytics’ Program Management team leads strategic initiatives that enable the efficiency, execution discipline, and growth of MCA. The team helps align complex, cross-functional initiatives with MCA’s business priorities, including product launches, partnerships, distribution relationships, AI platform onboarding, and contract-related workstreams. Project managers on this team work across Morningstar Credit Analytics and Morningstar functions, including Product, Data, Technology, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, and Business Development teams, among others.

Morningstar Credit Analytics’ Program Management team leads strategic initiatives that enable the efficiency, execution discipline, and growth of MCA. The team helps align complex, cross-functional initiatives with MCA’s business priorities, including product launches, partnerships, distribution relationships, AI platform onboarding, and contract-related workstreams. Project managers on this team work across Morningstar Credit Analytics and Morningstar functions, including Product, Data, Technology, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, and Business Development teams, among others.

The Role

We are hiring a Senior Project Manager who is highly collaborative, detail-oriented, commercially aware, and self-directed. In this role, you will manage critical MCA initiatives in a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment, with particular focus on coordinating partnership workstreams, contract repapering and restructuring efforts, product and data delivery, and cross-functional execution across internal and external stakeholders.

The ideal candidate brings a strong background coordinating globally distributed teams on complex business, technology, and commercial projects. Proven experience owning, planning, sequencing, and driving projects to completion is essential, as well as the ability to create accountability across teams, surface risks early, and keep high-priority initiatives moving at a predictable pace.

Job Responsibilities

• Create and oversee project plans, timelines, milestones, dependencies, responsibilities, and deliverables, working with global teams on implementation.
• Own execution across MCA initiatives, maintaining visibility into priorities, timelines, dependencies, risks, decision points, and follow-through.
• Coordinate partnership, distribution, and commercial workstreams, ensuring internal stakeholders remain aligned on scope, timing, deliverables, and next steps.
• Drive follow-through on contract-related initiatives, including repapering, restructuring, amendment coordination, stakeholder review, and implementation tracking across existing and new agreements.
• Partner with Product, Data, Technology, Analytics, Legal, Compliance, Commercial, and Business Development teams to define project scope, business requirements, technical requirements, and handoffs when needed.
• Support onboarding and execution workstreams related to AI platforms, data delivery, product enhancements, launches, and other MCA growth initiatives.
• Communicate regular project status updates across MCA stakeholder groups, including senior leadership when appropriate, and escalate decisions, risks, or blockers clearly and promptly.
• Identify, monitor, and mitigate project risks, with a focus on dependencies that could affect revenue capture, product launch timing, partnership execution, contract completion, or client delivery.
• Analyze key metrics impacting project progress and/or project team performance and work with the business to resolve issues, remove impediments, and keep initiatives moving at a steady, predictable pace.
• Cultivate a culture of team collaboration grounded in open and honest communication, clear accountability, and practical problem solving.
• Drive continuous process improvement through feedback loops, retrospectives, documentation, and coaching to help teams improve planning, execution, and transparency.
• Partner with groups across Morningstar Credit Analytics and throughout Morningstar to support MCA’s product, technology, legal, analytics, partnership, and commercial priorities.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 5+ years of project management experience; PMP or equivalent certification is strongly preferred.
• Hands-on experience with project management platforms such as Asana; knowledge of Jira is a plus.
• A demonstrated ability to manage multiple complex projects concurrently, preferably involving software development, data products, business operations, commercial initiatives, or contract-driven workstreams.
• Experience coordinating cross-functional work involving product, technology, legal, compliance, analytics, commercial, and/or business development stakeholders.
• Proven success facilitating global team collaboration, including engagement with senior leadership and external partners or clients when needed.
• Strong communication, active listening, time management, problem-solving, analytical, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to influence decision-making processes, create transparency around tradeoffs, and foster an environment of healthy team debate.
• Strong finance background is not required, but genuine interest in learning the MCA business, products, client relationships, and commercial priorities is.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity in a fast-paced environment and translating loosely defined objectives into executable plans.
• Effective at coaching teams, clarifying ownership, and providing feedback to senior stakeholders.

Morningstar currently follows a hybrid model with a minimum of four days onsite. We intentionally prioritize in‑person collaboration, as we’ve found it strengthens creative quality, alignment, and team momentum.

Total Cash Compensation Range
$95,275.00-139,741.66

Inclusive of annual base salary and target incentive

If you receive and accept an offer from us, we require that personal and any related investments be disclosed confidentiality to our Compliance team (days vary by region). These investments will be reviewed to ensure they meet Code of Ethics requirements. If any conflicts of interest are identified, then you will be required to liquidate those holdings immediately. In addition, dependent on your department and location of work certain employee accounts must be held with an approved broker (for example all, U.S. employee accounts). If this applies and your account(s) are not with an approved broker, you will be required to move your holdings to an approved broker.

Compensation And Benefits

At Morningstar we believe people are at their best when they are at their healthiest. That’s why we champion your wellness through a wide range of programs that support all stages of your personal and professional life. Here are some examples of the offerings we provide:

Morningstar's benefits include:

• Financial Health
• 100% 401k match up to 6% of salary
• Stock Ownership Potential
• Company provided life insurance - 1x salary + commission
• Physical Health
• Comprehensive health benefits (medical/dental/vision) including potential premium discounts and company-provided HSA contributions (up to $500-$2,000 annually) for specific plans and coverages
• Additional medical Wellness Incentives - up to $300-$600 annual
• Company-provided long- and short-term disability insurance
• Emotional Health
• Trust-Based Time Off
• 6-week Paid Sabbatical Program
• 6-Week Paid Family Caregiving Leave
• Competitive 8-24 Week Paid Parental Leave
• Adoption Assistance
• Leadership Coaching & Formal Mentorship Opportunities
• Annual Flex Stipend - $1000 annually to cover personal education & well-being expenses
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Social Health
• Charitable Matching Gifts program
• Dollars for Doers volunteer program
• Paid volunteering days
• 15+ Employee Resource & Affinity Groups

Morningstar's hybrid work environment gives you the opportunity to collaborate in-person each week as we've found that we're at our best when we're purposely together on a regular basis. In most of our locations, our hybrid work model is four days in-office each week. A range of other benefits are also available to enhance flexibility as needs change. No matter where you are, you'll have tools and resources to engage meaningfully with your global colleagues.