Senior Project Manager

State of Wisconsin Investment Board • Madison, WI

62d • Hybrid

About The Position

SWIB’s Project Management Office serves the entire organization, including investment management, operations, technology, data management, finance and HR. The PMO is responsible for oversight, planning, and ongoing management of projects. The group works closely with key stakeholders, and subject matter experts from across the organization.

Requirements

• Must have at least 5 years' experience at investment management organizations with a significant part spent in a project management role.
• Will communicate clearly and appropriately at all levels of the organization.
• Able to forge strong working relationships at all levels of the organization.
• Can learn quickly and adapt to new processes and approaches.
• Must have experience implementing complex projects at investment management organizations.
• Must have experience of modern software implementation approaches.
• Substantial knowledge of the end-to-end investment operations lifecycle, including the processes, workflows, and investment platforms/systems used to support the investment business.
• Detailed exposure to various investment types, security types and asset classes, with a solid understanding of what makes each unique and its intended application within the investment strategy.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with creating and driving change management plans.
• Superb work ethic, attention to detail, collaborative approach, and commitment to excellence.

Nice To Haves

• Qualifications/ Certification in project management is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects through the life-cycle: Define and manage the project scope and project plan.
• Drive the project to completion; resolve issues and ensure progress.
• Deliver a successful project implementation.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure successful implementation and realization of intended business benefits.
• Organize resources into a project team; assign tasks and manage workloads.
• Monitor project task progress and dependencies.
• Escalate issues and risks accordingly and help drive their resolution – providing input as needed.
• Pro-active communication to project team, stakeholders, senior management, and the wider organization.
• Managing expectations is key.
• Prepare well-structured materials and audience appropriate messaging
• Facilitate agency-wide meetings to elicit information necessary to help groups engage, secure commitment, establish requirements, gain consensus, and importantly generate decisions.
• Provide discipline around both project budgets and project documentation.
• Ensure implementation success by establishing appropriate levels of training and testing.
• Foster team learning and collaboration by encouraging and modeling open expression of diverse ideas and opinions.

Benefits

• Competitive total cash compensation, based on AON (formerly McLagan) industry benchmarks
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Educational and training opportunities
• Tuition reimbursement
• Challenging work in a professional environment
• Hybrid work environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees