Sr Project Manager - Tech

ameriprise; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ameriprise Financial in Minneapolis seeks a senior project manager to own end-to-end technology initiatives. You will plan, manage budgets, scope, and schedules for high-profile projects, coordinating across teams and vendors to achieve business objectives.

The role requires extensive SDLC experience, strong communication with executives, and the ability to navigate ambiguity while delivering on time and within budget.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Business or related field.
• 7–10 years of relevant experience required.
• 7+ years across all phases of software development life cycle.
• Superior written and verbal communication, including executive presentations.
• Proven track record delivering large-scale tech projects on time and within budget.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results.

Responsibilities

• Manage project life cycle from initiation to closure.
• Develop project scope, plans and deliverables.
• Manage resources and budget for multiple projects.
• Provide regular status reporting to sponsors and stakeholders.
• Ensure testing and quality reviews follow standards.
• Mentor other project managers and coordinators.
• Coordinate with business partners, vendors and staff.

Skills

Project management

Communication skills

Leadership

Risk management

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Business or related field

Job description

About Our Company

We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Job Description

End-to-end ownership of one or more technology projects or releases. Plan and effectively manage all aspects of assigned projects or small to medium size programs/releases, including cost, schedule, scope, quality and project resources following the appropriate methodologies.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage Project Life Cycle
• Develop Project
• Manage Project Resources
• Manage Expectations
• Reporting
• PM Champion
• Financial Accountability Indirect Expense $5-10MM

Deliver an annual portfolio of high profile technology projects (in terms of complexity, risk and/or business criticality) with overall budgets ranging from approximately $5MM to $10MM+ through effective management of budget, schedule, scope, quality and risk. Accountable for project communications, milestone tracking, resource planning, financials, risk assessment and contingency planning and escalation and resolution of critical issues to project sponsors/owners.

Develop the overall project vision, approach, objectives and key deliverables; identify/track key measures of success. Develop a comprehensive project plan incorporating deliverables, resource plans, milestones, accountabilities, communication plan and time lines. Ensure project tracking and status are maintained appropriately. Provide regular status reporting on plan progress, and ensure all company standards are followed. Ensure appropriate testing and quality reviews are conducted and receive sign-off.

Identify and align project resource requirements including on-shore, off-shore, employee and contractor resources and work with plan sponsors to ensure adequately skilled resources are available to deliver on project commitments and ensure successful project delivery. Provide effective leadership to project resources in a manner that ensures timely delivery on commitments/tasks in support of broader project deliverables (through informal performance feedback, coaching and skill development, etc.).

Work effectively with business partners, vendors and staff to develop the project agenda and ensure agreement/adoption of project objectives/deliverables by affected constituencies. Provide proactive project communication to project owner. Work to identify cross-organizational interdependencies and ensure appropriate integration to project plan. Effectively manage client expectations and resource requirements to ensure ownership and success.

Create and manage the overall project readiness plan and communicate impacts to appropriate stakeholders. Lead and participate in regular post-implementation reviews and present project metrics to assist with evaluation of project quality. Provide regular status reporting for assigned releases. Log, track and escalation high priority project issues that may impact ability to deliver a quality project according to plan.

Actively champion and contribute to the continuous improvement of project management best practices, using innovative ideas to increase effectiveness of the overall PM organization. Provide subject matter expertise in areas including project scope definition, risk identification, project methodology, resource allocation, facilitation and other areas of expertise based on established project management techniques. Pro-actively mentor Project Managers and Project Coordinators.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent (4-years) in Computer Science, Business or related field; or equivalent work experience.
• 7-10 years of relevant experience required.
• 7+ years across all phases of software development life cycle.
• Expert level understanding of business functional areas, business management issues and the IT organizations systems and capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to deal with ambiguity and to effectively manage within it.
• Superior written and verbal communication skills including executive level presentations.
• Successful track record of delivering projects that meet business objectives as well as time, budget and quality guidelines.
• Proven success managing large-scale technology projects with an exceptional track record meeting schedule and budget expectations.

Preferred Qualifications

Certifications Preferred: PMP, PMI-ACI, PMI-RMP, PMI-