Sr. Program Manager
Hybrid Contract -3 days in office
Chicago, IL
Job Description: The Global Regulatory Affairs Office (GRAO) is responsible for overseeing the enhancement of our risk management and controls, remediation of regulatory and audit findings and the administration of regulatory affairs.
This Operational Risk and Resiliency Portfolio Manager role reports to the Head of Global Regulatory Program Management and is responsible for management of a team of program and project managers in support of large scale, enterprise-wide Programs with multiple projects and work streams.
The key responsibilities of the role include:
• Ability to manage delivery through effective delegation, oversight and stakeholder engagement across a portfolio of programs
• Ability to provide high-level assessments of program progress, risks, issues and to facilitate rapid resolution with senior level stakeholders
• Ability to communicate effectively to ensure there is a clear and concise understanding of expectations.
• Ability to manage and maintain progress across a portfolio of work, and to continuously manage program risks, issues and escalations as needed.
• Continuously improve and optimize projects towards efficiency, productivity and quality standards.
• Review and maintain program objectives; risks; issues and overall status within approved program structure/technologies
• Manage the portfolio with a forward-looking mindset, i.e., proactively anticipate any potential issues, prevent them and/or define pragmatic contingency plans.
• Develop and control deadlines, budgets and activities pertaining to the supported projects.
• Maintains confidentiality of correspondence records, presentations and reports in a central repository system
The ideal candidate should have a fair amount of the following:
• A College or University degree and deep understanding of project management and portfolio management tools, techniques and methods
• Relevant industry knowledge is required (financial risk, non-financial risk, regulatory and/or compliance)
• Technical skills: Outlook, Teams, Microsoft Office 365 suite required (advanced with Excel, Word, SharePoint, PowerPoint, MS Project).
• A minimum of 5 years serving as a Portfolio or Program Manager or a relevant role
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