Project Manager
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Job Description
About Northern Trust:
Northern Trust a Fortune 500 company is a globally recognized awardwinning financial institution that has been in continuous operation since 1889.
Northern Trust is proud to provide innovative financial services and guidance to the worlds most successful individuals families and institutions by remaining true to our enduring principles of service expertise and integrity. With more than 130 years of financial experience and over 22000 partners we serve the worlds most sophisticated clients using leading technology and exceptional service.
Job Overview
We are looking for a Project/Portfolio Analyst to help oversee optimize and ensure adherence of standards across the Global Client Onboarding Change & Transformation Initiative Portfolio. Ensuring alignment with organizational priorities driving business value and enabling datadriven decisionmaking.
In this role you will be responsible for evaluating and monitoring creation and inventory of appropriate artifacts of initiatives across the project portfolio align to organizational objectives complying/utilizing enterprise standards processes and tools.
Collaborating with stakeholders to identify gaps and translate them into opportunities; conduct rigorous assessments.
The ideal candidate will have strong analytical expertise effective stakeholder management skills communication organizational and analytical skills.
Key Job Responsibilities
Develop and drive project/portfolio management best practices and compliance with Enterprise PMO and Change Management standards.
Drive to and monitor consistent project management methodology including creating and promoting the use of templates tools processes and project health metrics to measure and ensure alignment with Enterprise standards.
Drive project prioritization intake and portfolio review approach by collaborating closely with business and technology partners to ensure transparency consistent direction and development priorities.
Develop project charters and assist with business case development for viable opportunities.
Review track and monitor business case input and results.
Create and report on benefits realization based on the justification in the business case for project and/or program.
Create and report on standard compliance rates escalating areas of concern.
Collaborates with the business to deliver functional and enterprise level capabilities and ensure they align to the projects supporting their portfolios.
Collaborates with (ECMO) Enterprise Change Management Office Governance & Oversight Program Management (OCM) Organizational Change Management and (DMO) Digital Modernization Office to ensure use of standard methodologies processes tools and reporting metrics (KPIs) across the portfolio.
Create project/portfolio related dashboards to communicate status of project/program portfolio.
Manage intake and demand.
Monitor gating process for projects.
Support the collection and analysis of data into Project Health reports to highlight key trends areas that need additional support and action.
Develop reports presentations and data analyses for broader communication.
Conduct regular reviews to report progress and implement agreed improvements.
Drive adoption of and ensure adherence to PMO processes standards and PPM tools.
Create maintain and improve project portfolio management practices and tools to drive a cohesive approach for consistency and efficiency aligned with enterprise standards.
Effective communication of project status updates as is holding crossfunctional team members accountable for adherence and delivery of tasks.
Identify gaps and provide recommendations for improvement.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree or equivalent
Seasoned expert with program/project management expertise that has been developed over 10 years of work experience project/portfolio analysis and or management or transformation management. Managing projects and portfolios in blended Agile and traditional PPM environments in a demanding environment
Project or project portfolio management skills including planning estimating costbenefit analysis tracking resourcing issues risk and change management.
Strong knowledge of system and software SDLC PMO and leading practices and methodologies
Project management and Agile certifications (e.g. PMP SAFe CSM CSPO etc.)
Experience with modern PPM tools Clarity PPM JIRA Azure Dev Ops etc.
Highly collaborative with proven ability to build relationships across IT and Business stakeholders.
Strong communication and facilitation skills including ability to share ideas and information across diverse audiences to drive to business decisions.
Understanding of Lean and Continuous Improvement
Proven analytical skills applied to business problems.
Flexibility and maturity to interact effectively varied levels.
Proficient in data visualization analysis and business presentation skills. (Excel Power Point required)
Ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and work under pressure to meet deadlines.
Highly flexible and adaptable to change.
Leadership and organizational skills.
Working with Us:
As a Northern Trust partner greater achievements await. You will be part of a flexible and collaborative work culture in an organization where financial strength and stability is an asset that emboldens us to explore new ideas.
Movement within the organization is encouraged senior leaders are accessible and you can take pride in working for a company committed to assisting the communities we serve! Join a workplace with a greater purpose.
Wed love to learn more about how your interests and experience could be a fit with one of the worlds most admired and sustainable companies! Build your career with us and apply today. #MadeForGreater
Reasonable accommodation
Northern Trust is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process please email our HR Service Center at .
We hope youre excited about the role and the opportunity to work with us. We value an inclusive workplace and understand flexibility means different things to different people.
Apply today and talk to us about your flexible working requirements and together we can achieve greater.
Required Experience:
IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
