Wintrust Financial Corporation-posted 2 months ago
$117,000 - $158,000/Yr
Full-time • Senior
Rosemont, IL
Credit Intermediation and Related Activities

The Principal Program Manager is the most senior program management position and serves as a key subject matter expert for organizing and coordinating the strategic and technical aspects of projects and programs related to the business line. They are leaders. Leading from the front and learning from past successes and failures, they are accountable for ensuring their overall program, and supporting projects, consistently deliver business value, align with business and technical strategy and provide an exceptional customer experience for our business partners. Program Managers lead the program's strategy, implementation, and delegation and will work closely with business resources and stakeholders, internal technology teams, and various vendors and third-party consultants and implementers. The Program Manager will organize, coordinate and provide status for the strategic and technical aspects of overall program and supporting projects to ensure delivery of current and future business needs. Collaborates with functional areas for effective use of resources to meet business needs.

  • Develop proactive relationships with senior leaders of supported business units that are built on trust, transparent communication, and a spirit of collaboration.
  • Forecast IT resource requirements and equipment needs based on business units' pipeline of planned projects.
  • Source resources from various internal and external areas and project future delivery.
  • Partner with business units and teams across IT to remove project roadblocks and accelerate high priority initiatives.
  • Collaborate with cross-departmental technology areas and business teams to ensure effective and efficient delivery of large projects and efforts.
  • Plan overall sequence of project and capability delivery in current and future years.
  • Lead, manage and coach business analyst, implementation specialist and program management teams in order to meet business targets and established service level agreements (SLAs).
  • May include management of a team or other Program Managers.
  • B.S, B.A. in Computer Science or Business preferred.
  • 10+ years working in a financial services environment with special emphasis on coordinating large cross functional programs and stakeholder management.
  • 8 or more years of management experience.
  • Demonstrated high competency in the prioritization of various competing deliveries of efforts.
  • Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking and leadership with strong abilities in relationship management.
  • Experience in managing resources to meet goals across multiple projects.
  • Experience in leading multidisciplinary, high-performance work teams/groups.
  • Demonstrated competency in developing efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business problems.
  • Expert working knowledge of change management principles and performance evaluation processes.
  • Must have advanced knowledge of business productivity tools like Microsoft Office, Excel, Power Point, and Visio.
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Life insurance
  • Accidental death and dismemberment
  • Short-term and long-term Disability Insurance
  • Parental Leave
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match
  • Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Accident Insurance
  • Transportation and Commuting Benefits
  • Banking Benefits
  • Pet Insurance
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