IT Senior Project Manager at Wintrust Financial Corporation in Rosemont, Illinois

Job Description:

Wintrust is a financial holding company with approximately $50 billion assets under management and traded on the NASDAQ:WTFC. Built on the "HAVE IT ALL" model, Wintrust offers sophisticated technology and resources of a large bank while focusing on providing service-based community banking to each and every customer. Wintrust operates fifteen community bank subsidiaries with over 170 banking locations in the greater Chicago and southern Wisconsin market areas. Additionally, Wintrust operates various non-bank business units including commercial and life insurance premium financing, short-term accounts receivable financing, out-sourced administrative services, mortgage origination and purchase, wealth management services and qualified intermediary services for tax-deferred exchanges.

Why join us?

• An award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 8 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)




• Competitive pay and discretionary bonus eligible




• Comprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few




• Promote from within culture

Why join this team?

• We hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun




• This role offers the ability to make an impact and interface with IT and the various aspects of Wintrust’s businesses

Position Summary

The Senior Project Manager / Assistant Vice President (AVP)  orchestrates the initiation, planning, execution, monitoring and closing of projects with a specific term that have a beginning, an end and specified deliverables. The Senior Project Manager moves project through the Enterprise Project Management Office (ePMO) governance process including ePMO processes, templates and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Clarity tool updates.  The Senior Project Manager creates, manages and reports on project financials and budget.  Projects may vary in number, size and complexity.      

Key Accountabilities

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  Manage Project life cycle:

  
  
  
  

  • Plan the Project

  
  

  • Execute the Project

  
  

  • Monitor and Control the Project

  
  

  • Close the Project

  
  
  
  


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  People:

  
  
  
  

  • Manages Project Manager role. Make work assignments, priorities and talent development

  
  

  • Recruit and hire staff, consultants, temp workers with appropriate skills

  
  

  • Onboard new team members to the IT PM team, Wintrust Technology and Wintrust Corporation

  
  

  • Mentor the team in the creation all project artifacts, including project plans, statements of work, status reports, etc

  
  
  
  


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  Continuous Improvement:

  
  
  
  

  • Recommend enhancements to streamline Clarity tool usage 

  
  

  • Look for opportunities to enhance best practices and recommends those changes and improvements 

  
  

  • Partner with the ePMO to define, implement, and continually optimizing standards, templates, and processes for the team

  
  
  
  



• Develop and maintain a good rapport with all IT departments to ensure continued adoption of the PM methodology and their active involvement in the planning and execution aspects of IT projects




• Utilize post-project reviews with project participants/stakeholders and create a lessons learned or retrospective document. Leverage learnings to enhance and improve projects moving forward 




• Partner with the ePMO to assist in defining and refining the governance structure




• Communication:  Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner. Comfortable talking with all levels of management




• Foster teamwork:  Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems and make decisions    

Qualifications and Attributes

• 5-10 years of related experience




• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent




• Experience with one or more project management tool (Clarity preferred)




• Ethical behavior and business practices




• Effective data visualization and storytelling




• Strong interpersonal, organizational, attention to detail and follow-up skills




• Identification and communication of issues early.  Brings recommendations and options to resolve issues. 




• Leadership skills: Positively influence others to achieve results




• Make decisions:  Assess situations to determine importance, urgency and risks to produce clear decisions. Raise issues to Sr. management




• Organizational skills: Set priorities, develop work schedule and monitor progress toward goals




• Planning skills: Determine strategies to move projects forward; create and implement action plans and evaluate results




• Problem-solving skills: Assess problem situations to identify causes, gather and process relevant information, develop possible solutions and make recommendations to resolve




• Change orientation: Adapts to change effectively




• Demonstrates leading by example and instills a calm, organized approach in all situations

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From our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To be Chicago’s Bank® and Wisconsin's Bank®, we need to reflect that diversity both in all the communities we serve, the people we employ, the organizations we work with, and our banking and lending practices. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions, genetic information, marital status, age, disability, or status as a covered veteran or any other characteristic protected by law.