[Remote] Principal Program Manager
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Wintrust Financial Corporation is a financial institution providing community and commercial banking, specialty finance, and wealth management services. The Principal Program Manager leads strategic business initiatives, operational priorities, and cross-functional programs while serving as a strategic partner to the Senior Vice President. The role coordinates executive priorities, resource planning, governance, process improvements, and enterprise projects across business, technology, finance, compliance, and operations teams.
Responsibilities
- Develop proactive relationships with senior leaders of supported business units that are built on trust, transparent communication, and a spirit of collaboration
- Forecast IT resource requirements and equipment needs based on business units; pipeline of planned projects
- Support executive communications, leadership presentations, board materials, and strategic planning activities
- Partner with Risk, Compliance, Finance, and Operations to ensure adherence to organizational policies, regulatory requirements, and governance standards
- Partner with the Senior Vice President to translate strategic priorities into actionable business plans, business cases, and measurable outcomes
- Represent the business line’s priorities across the organization, ensuring stakeholders remain informed, engaged, and aligned throughout strategic initiatives and operational projects
- Partner with business leaders and cross-functional teams to remove operational roadblocks, improve processes, and accelerate high-priority business initiatives
Skills
- Bachelor's degree in business or technology
- 10+ years working in a financial services environment with special emphasis on coordinating large cross functional programs and stakeholder management
- 8+ years of management experience in which one or more of the following has occurred:
- Demonstrated high competency in the prioritization of various competing deliveries of efforts
- Demonstrated competency in strategic thinking and leadership with strong abilities in relationship management
- Experience in managing resources to meet goals across multiple projects
- Experience in leading multidisciplinary, high-performance work teams/groups
- Demonstrated competency in developing efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex business operations
- Working knowledge of general IT and business operations
- Must possess exceptional leadership, time management, facilitation, and organizational skills
Benefits
- Award-winning culture
- Discretionary or incentive bonus eligibility
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Life insurance
- Accidental death and dismemberment insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Parental leave
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
- Traditional and Roth 401(k) with company match
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount
- Critical illness insurance
- Accident insurance
- Transportation and commuting benefits
- Banking benefits
- Pet insurance
- Promote from within culture
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