
Lead Technical Program Manager – Wealth
Northwestern Mutual
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Milwaukee • New York • Wisconsin • United States
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Salary
💰 $104,090 - $193,310 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Accountability for aligning one or more large, complex programs consisting of multiple efforts.
- Make connections across teams and work streams to drive identification and facilitation of interdependencies.
- Accountability for defining the program structure and creating a single, unified plan to deliver on the program objectives.
- Drive for clarity on objectives, priorities and measures.
- Accountability for identifying, assessing and mitigating program risks and issues, and removing impediments.
- May lead or mentor program managers.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems or related field, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
- Minimum 6 years of professional experience.
- Five or more years of program management experience in technology and/or business functions.
- Experience with program management methodologies & governance.
- Experience with project management methodologies & SDLC.
- Working knowledge of project management / agile tooling.
- Financial & team management.
- Understands how software is developed, tested and implemented as well as technical concepts.
- Ability to work closely with engineers, product managers and business leaders.
- Experience managing large scale, cross-functional initiatives using a variety of delivery methodologies (i.e. waterfall, agile, lean, scrum, etc.)
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Intellectual curiosity and a desire to dig into details, learn, ask questions and become the "go to expert" on certain concepts and topics.
- Leads highly visible multidisciplinary project teams or initiatives; provides thought leadership.
- Solves unique problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions.
- Explains difficult or sensitive information; works to build consensus.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Flexible work hours
- Paid time off
- Professional development opportunities
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementproject managementSDLCagile methodologieswaterfallleanscrumfinancial managementrisk assessmentproblem-solving
Soft Skills
leadershipanalytical skillscommunicationcollaborationconsensus buildingintellectual curiositymentoringinnovationdetail-orientedstrategic thinking