What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager, HR PMO position at Ameriprise Financial?
Key Responsibilities
Responsible for the delivery of small to medium scope projects that often represent cross-organizational initiatives. Manage projects within the company's project delivery framework while applying project management and change management methodologies and tools.
Accountable for project communications and change management, risk assessment and contingency planning and escalation of critical issues to project sponsor/owner, etc.
Define the overall objectives and key deliverables for the project; identifies and tracks key measures of success. Ensure the development of a comprehensive project plan that incorporates deliverables, accountabilities, and timelines, utilizing the company's project management system (Project Server) for maintaining/tracking project plan and status. Provide regular status reporting on plan progress, as defined by company standards. Some of these activities may be performed under general guidance/direction.
Provide leadership to project resources in a manner that ensures timely delivery on commitments/tasks in support of broader project deliverables. Align cross-organizational resources to ensure successful delivery of the project. Identifies project resource requirements and works with plan sponsors and project management office/competency center to ensure adequately skilled resources are available to deliver on project commitments.
Work effectively with business partners, vendors, technology, and project management staff to develop the project agenda and ensure agreement/adoption of project objectives/deliverables by affected constituencies. Provide proactive project communication to project owner. Work to identify cross-organizational interdependencies and ensures appropriate integration to project plan.
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent
5 to 7 years proven experience
Demonstrated understanding of industry-standard project management and change management methodologies and tools
Proficiency in standard office and project management applications such as Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Project Workbench
Demonstrated experience in leading small to medium-scale projects to successful completion and implementation; demonstrates innovation
Ability to build and maintain positive relationships and effectively communicate and articulate information to others.
Ability to develop risk mitigation plans in association with assigned projects
Ability to manage a $5M (annually) program of Annuity Enhancements with monthly releases
Ability to track status of and successfully deliver on 100 enhancement projects per year
Ability to work in a hybrid environment with 3 days in the office per week
Preferred Qualifications:
Financial service experience
Human Resources experience
About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1 trillion in assets under management and administration as of 2022. Our team of 20,000 people in more than 20 countries, advise and manage assets and income of more than 2 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.
Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.
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