Senior Project & Portfolio Manager

Santander Consumer USA Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 94,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Santander Consumer USA Inc. is seeking a Senior Associate, Project Management to guide complex programs from initiation through closure. The role requires leading cross-functional teams, governance, and clear communication of status, budgets, and risk to executives.

You will act as an internal consultant, manage dependencies, and drive risk mitigation, change readiness, and stakeholder engagement within a financial services environment.

Qualifications

• 9+ Years Formal Project Management experience in a Financial Services environment.
• 9+ Years Estimating and budgeting to ensure project costs are maintained.
• 9+ Years Building project planning documents.
• 9+ Years Developing and coaching others indirectly or directly- Coaches, reviews and delegating work to lower level professionals.

Responsibilities

• Acts as an internal consultant to make professional recommendations for project implementation.
• Acts as key escalation point for operational issues.
• Supports complex initiatives affecting multiple functions or businesses.
• Drives/participates in the funding process, as appropriate (i.e. presentations, cost-benefit analysis, business case).
• Leads and contributes to the development of project definition and scope with applicable stakeholders.

Skills

Project management

Financial services

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Clarity

Visio

Excel

MS Project

PowerPoint

Job description

Santander Consumer USA Inc. is seeking a Senior Associate, Project Management to guide complex programs from initiation through closure. The role requires leading cross-functional teams, governance, and clear communication of status, budgets, and risk to executives.

You will act as an internal consultant, manage dependencies, and drive risk mitigation, change readiness, and stakeholder engagement within a financial services environment.