Director, Project Management
Lincoln Financial
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Radnor • New York • North Carolina • United States
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Salary
💰 $96,900 - $176,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Maintaining knowledge on current and emerging trends, assessing impact, and collaborating with senior management to incorporate improvements
- Directing organizational initiatives and supporting change management across Finance PMO and Consulting
- Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives to ensure team and portfolio success
- Providing coaching, mentoring, and structured development opportunities for team members, including skill gap assessments and training programs
- Serving as a subject matter expert to direct reports and team members as well as applicable internal/external stakeholders on project management and business analysis best practice standards, templates and practices
- Ensuring personal and team compliance with PMO governance standards, maintaining and enhancing process documentation, templates, and adherence
- Overseeing strategic portfolio meetings focused on prioritization and value delivery rather than status reporting
- Managing project intake and initial assessment for duration, effort, and complexity
- Delivering accurate team metrics, dashboards, and reporting for leadership, including maintaining project master and tollgate updates
- Directing and delivering complex projects conforming to PMO and BA standards and methodologies, including quality reviews and stakeholder engagement
- Using structured requirements process, clearly articulating, documenting and validating complex business requirements
- Providing expertise and collaborating with internal and/or external stakeholders to assess, select and recommend complex solutions and/or alternative approaches that will achieve business goals
- Building organizational capability through mentoring frameworks, peer review processes, and onboarding materials for business partners
- Designing stakeholder education materials on PMO processes and implementing feedback loops to improve service and value
Requirements
- 8-10 years of experience in Project Management and/or Business Analysis, including 3+ years in a leadership role
- Industry expertise in the fields of accounting and operations highly preferred
- Proven ability to lead complex portfolios and projects while driving governance and continuous improvement
- Strong skills in coaching, mentoring, and team development
- Demonstrated expertise in governance, process management, and stakeholder engagement
- Demonstrated ability to be innovative and an aptitude to drive and accept change
- Demonstrated strong relationship management skills with internal clients (e.g. senior management, peers and colleagues); proven ability to develop creative and collaborative approaches
- Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines
- Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years in lieu of degree)
Benefits
- Clearly defined career tracks and job levels, along with associated behaviors for each of Lincoln's core values and leadership attributes
- Leadership development and virtual training opportunities
- PTO/parental leave
- Competitive 401K and employee benefits
- Free financial counseling, health coaching and employee assistance program
- Tuition assistance program
- Work arrangements that work for you
- Effective productivity/technology tools and training
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
Project ManagementBusiness AnalysisGovernanceProcess ManagementStakeholder EngagementChange ManagementPortfolio ManagementComplex Project DeliveryRequirements DocumentationMetrics Reporting
Soft Skills
CoachingMentoringTeam DevelopmentRelationship ManagementInnovative ThinkingCollaborationPrioritizationAdaptabilityCommunicationLeadership