Wealth Business Solutions Lead.

Posted 13 Days Ago
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Milwaukee, WI
Hybrid
91K-169K Annually
Senior level
Fintech • Insurance • Financial Services
Start-Up Vibes with The Stability of a Fortune 100 Company.
The Role
As a Wealth Business Solutions Lead, you will drive business case discovery, requirements gathering, and lead cross-functional teams. You will develop user stories, lead user acceptance testing, and support enterprise strategy planning, while mentoring junior analysts and applying project management skills.
Summary Generated by Built In

At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.
Summary:
Provides highest level of program/project management expertise and consultation to the business in order to meet department, cross-department and enterprise-wide strategies and goals. Accountable for aligning one or more large, complex business programs consisting of multiple efforts and/or projects supporting strategic corporate initiatives.
Program Management includes managing multiple different programs/projects within a portfolio which incorporate multiple larger initiatives and overseeing programs and initiatives which are ongoing.
Primary Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Independently leads large, complex, and multi-faceted programs or portfolios. Responsible for managing scope, risk, business value, schedule, and budget.
  • Defines, maintains, and revises program objectives and deliverables; accountable for defining the program structure and creating a single, unified plan to deliver on program objectives. Manages programs to ensure appropriate allocation of resources according to program objectives, specifications, deliverables, and changes.
  • Accountable for building and motivating team members and influencing them to take positive action and accountability for their assigned work. Accountable for identifying and resolving issues and conflicts within the team at a portfolio/program level.
  • Drives for clarity on program objectives, priorities, and measures. Develops solutions/recommendations to unique and complex problems and ensures program solutions are consistent with organizational objectives. Identifies, assesses, and mitigates program risks and issues and removes impediments.
  • Develops strong relationships with business partners to manage program delivery expectations and implementation. Manages the resources and vendors assigned to program by verifying progress and removing obstacles.
  • Makes connections across teams and workstreams to drive identification and facilitation of inter-dependencies.
  • Responsible for gathering and delivering metrics required by the program. Uses data to make successes and challenges visible, and to drive insights and action plans to continually adjust and pursue program goals. Leveraging tools and techniques to enable end-to-end value delivery and the best ongoing rollout and ongoing experience.
  • Applies extensive business acumen in depth and breadth of industry, and company initiatives, products complexities, in order to incorporate knowledge into program objectives.
  • Uses extensive knowledge of program management and business requirements to understand the key business drivers as they relate to the programs. Conduct complex analysis to identify scope and nature of program deliverables; programs are intended to solve a department or business need.


Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's Degree with an emphasis in, Business, Project Management or related field preferred OR a significant amount of directly-related work experience beyond the minimum required for the position.
  • Experience in Financial Service industry.
  • Minimum 10 years of related experience; diverse project or program management experience to include analysis, design, documentation, vendor management, project/support management.
  • Ability to work with general direction to scope, plan and manage cross-department or multi-department programs.
  • Ability to lead project/program, from ideation, initiation through closure, with existing or new project team members and business partners.
  • Demonstrate success records of leading and managing large and highly complex assignments including those with enterprise-wide impact.
  • Ability to prioritize work and handle multiple tasks simultaneously, work under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
  • Seen as a team player and demonstrate ability to focus on business objective and value to drive decision and ideas.
  • Written and oral communications skills with the ability to build rapport within the company, field and /or outside vendors.
  • High degree of personal initiative and motivation.
  • Degree with a project management emphasis or PMI certification preferred
  • Proficient in leveraging diverse project methodologies (agile, waterfall, hybrid, lean).
  • Experience in gathering and documenting business requirements (user stories, use cases, acceptance criteria)


Compensation Range:
Pay Range - Start:
$90,930.00
Pay Range - End:
$168,870.00
Northwestern Mutual pays on a geographic-specific salary structure and placement in the salary range for this position will be determined by a number of factors including the skills, education, training, credentials and experience of the candidate; the scope, complexity as well as the cost of labor in the market; and other conditions of employment. At Northwestern Mutual, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. Please note that the salary range listed in the posting is the standard pay structure. Positions in certain locations (such as California) may provide an increase on the standard pay structure based on the location. Please c lick here for additional information relating to location-based pay structures.
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HQ: Milwaukee, WI
8,400 Employees
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Year Founded: 1857

What We Do

You’ll Like It Here

At Northwestern Mutual, we believe that our lives and our work matter. And that doing what’s right is good for everyone. We follow through by designing tech that improves the community and cultivating creative ways to make finance accessible anywhere. These guiding principles have allowed our company to grow for more than 160 years.

Here, you’ll be with a team who emphasizes integrity and prioritizes security to design experiences that better everyone. You’ll work in cross functional teams to create optimal solutions that are rooted in innovative strategy and thoughtful execution. And you’re provided development tools and opportunities to become a leader all with the support of a collaborative team. You’ll be surrounded in a culture that values innovation and works to always evolve to stay ahead of trends and client needs.

We are intentional in seeking out team members who will challenge us. Our employees choose us for the career opportunities, commitment to philanthropy and desire to have a meaningful impact in the lives of our clients. You have career passions and goals. We have ambition and opportunity for you to grow your future in tech. Discover today: https://careers.northwesternmutual.com/

Why Work With Us

We invest in our people. We know careers are about choices, so we provide intentional opportunity. Here you can build creative ways to make finance accessible anywhere and revolutionize traditional processes. As a mutual company, our focus is our people — whether professional development or investments in the community. 

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