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Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC

Senior Technical AI Program Manager

Northwestern Mutual Investment Services, LLC, California, Missouri, United States, 65018


At Northwestern Mutual, we are strong, innovative and growing. We invest in our people. We care and make a positive difference.

At Northwestern Mutual, we’re changing the way people think about financial planning with the scale of a Fortune 100 company. We’re redefining and disrupting the industry while changing people’s financial lives with better experiences and better technology. We believe in building inclusive and diverse workplaces, where every voice is heard. Come help us build for the future!SummaryPlans, coordinates and actively manages the IT delivery plans for sophisticated, cross-functional technical solutions that generally spans multiple, technical products. Manages the end to end plan that is inclusive of all of the changes needed to technical products in support of initiative outcomes. Projects often involve network, server, or software implementation and upgrades, PC deployment and the like.Primary Duties & ResponsibilitiesAccountable for driving specific aspects of a larger program with complexity.Makes connections across teams to drive identification and managing of inter-dependencies.Accountable for defining the program structure and crafting a unified plan to deliver on the program objectives.Drives for transparency on objectives, priorities and measures.Accountable for identifying, assessing and mitigating program risks and issues, and removing impediments.Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in Business Administration, Computer Science, Information Systems or field, or a combination of education and work experience.Minimum 4 years of professional experience.Four or more years of project management experience in technology and/or business functions. Experience with project management methodologies or SDLC (systems development life cycle).Experience with project management methodologies & SDLC. Solid understanding of project management/agile tooling.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 concepts and topics.Leads highly transparent 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.Impacts the direction and prioritization for program, project or services; works within general department policies and industry guidelines.Explains difficult or critical information; works to build consensus.Compensation Range:Pay Range - Start: $90,930.00Pay Range - End: $168,870.00Northwestern 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 click

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