Senior Project Leader

Company: EDWARD JONES
Location: Saint Charles
Posted on: January 25, 2023

Job Description:

At Edward Jones, we help clients achieve their serious, long-term financial goals by understanding their needs and implementing tailored solutions. To ensure a personal client experience, we have located our 15,000+ branch offices where our more than 7 million clients live and work.

In a typical branch office, a financial advisor meets with clients and receives branch office support, so they can focus on building deep relationships with clients. Headquarters associates in St. Louis, Tempe and Mississauga provide support and expertise to help U.S. and Canada branch teams deliver an ideal client experience. We continue to grow to meet the needs of long-term individual investors.
Team Overview:
The departments consist of multiple teams.
These areas a mix of Waterfall and Agile practices. It will require a strong personality during the transition to Agile that is patent as there will be a lot of reporting, collaboration, and mentoring that will need to be done by the Service Project Leader.

What You'll Do:

• Trusted advisor and partner for Product Managers to help plan and support the service vision and ongoing management of the service strategy.
• Serve as a "protector" that enables Product Leadership to focus on product strategy by removing distractions and as a "connector" that facilitates transparent communication with stakeholders and leadership.
• Drive collaboration with project leader peers to model and influence best practices, and share feedback and lessons learned.
• Funding management, governance group preparation including budget planning, management, tracking, as well as third party vendor selection and invoice management.
• Management and communication of Product Roadmaps, Milestones, Issues, Risks, and Status Reports ensuring transparency and visibility to team members, stakeholders, divisional leaders and 3rd party vendors keeping everyone informed in a clear, concise, and timely manner.
• Use metrics and controls to measure progress, take preventative and corrective action and escalate issues and risks when necessaryWhat Experience You'll Need:
  • Bachelor's degree or relevant experience.
  • 5+ years of proven experience working as a Project Lead for infrastructure teams (hardware, software, networks, security, etc.).
  • Ability to support more than one department
  • Experience with Scrum and Kanban to deliver solutions.
  • Proficient experience using Clarity.
  • Experience with Project life cycle SDLC, phase gate, and scrum agile
    What Could Set You Apart:
    • 5+ years of proven experience working as a Project Lead for infrastructure teams (hardware, software, networks, security, etc.).
      • PMP Certification
      • Knowledge of Clarity, Jira, aha, and Mural
      • SAFe methodology & framework
      • Agile certification is a plus
        • 100 Best Workplaces for Millennials in 2022, published Fortune July 2022, Great Places to Work - data as of March 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
          • Edward Jones was recognized as one of the Best Workplaces for Millennials by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. The privately held firm ranked No. 2 overall, in its fourth appearance on the list.2022 Fortune Best Workplaces for Women, published September 2022, research by Great Places to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
            Edward Jones has been named to the 2022 Best Workplaces for Women list by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine, ranking No. 45.2022 Fortune's 100 Best Companies to Work For, published April 2022, research by Great Place to Work -, data as of August 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

            For the 23rd time, Edward Jones has earned a spot on the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For - ranking by Great Places to Work - and Fortune - magazine. Edward Jones ranked No. 35 on the prestigious 2022 list.2022 Best Places to Work For LGBTQ+ Equality, Great Place to Work - in partnership with Human Rights Campaign Foundation, published Equity Magazine January 2022, data as of July 2021. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.

            Edward Jones scored 100 percent on the Human Rights Campaign Foundation's 2022 Corporate Equality Index (CEI) the nation's foremost benchmarking survey and report measuring corporate policies and practices related to LGBTQ+ workplace equality. The ranking designated Jones as one of the best places to work for LGBTQ+Equality.Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.At Edward Jones, we value and respect our associates and their contributions, and we recognize individual efforts through a rewards program that promotes a long-term career, financial security and well-being. to learn more about our total compensation approach, which in addition to base salary, typically includes benefits, bonuses and profit sharing. The salary range for this role is based on national data and actual pay is based on skills, experience, education, and other relevant factors for a potential new associate:
            Salary: $92984 - $158325
            Category: Headquarters

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