Modernization Project Manager

Location: Hybrid (Up to 3 Days Per Week Onsite) | St. Paul, MN
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

This is a highly visible opportunity where you'll influence strategic decision-making, manage enterprise-wide dependencies, and provide leadership across multiple workstreams while ensuring successful delivery and portfolio alignment in a complex Pension Administration modernization program.

• Lead high-profile modernization initiatives with significant business impact
• Work closely with executive leaders, program sponsors, vendors, and delivery teams
• Drive portfolio-level decision-making and strategic planning efforts
• Manage large-scale programs with substantial budgets and organizational visibility
• Influence technology transformation and modernization roadmaps
• Collaborate across business and technology organizations in a dynamic environment
• Expand your leadership capabilities while shaping enterprise program outcomes

Responsibilities

Portfolio & Program Governance

• Track portfolio milestones, timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across multiple workstreams
• Ensure program roadmaps remain aligned with broader portfolio objectives and strategic priorities
• Monitor initiative progress and proactively identify risks to delivery timelines
• Provide governance oversight across projects and modernization initiatives
• Support portfolio planning, execution, and reporting activities

Risk, Issue & Dependency Management

• Maintain portfolio risk registers and ensure mitigation plans are established and executed
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities spanning multiple initiatives
• Escalate critical issues and facilitate timely decision-making
• Evaluate the impact of upstream and downstream dependencies across programs
• Manage stakeholder expectations and support resolution of complex challenges

Financial & Vendor Management

• Track portfolio spending and monitor financial performance across initiatives
• Support forecasting activities and planning for future resource requirements
• Model impacts of delays, budget adjustments, scope changes, and strategic shifts
• Evaluate vendor performance, service delivery, and contract compliance
• Provide financial and operational insights to leadership teams

Executive Reporting & Portfolio Analytics

• Develop executive-level dashboards reflecting portfolio health, risks, dependencies, milestones, and financial status
• Deliver regular status updates and portfolio performance reporting
• Present key findings and recommendations to executive stakeholders
• Consolidate reporting across workstreams into meaningful portfolio views
• Support leadership decision-making through data-driven analysis and insights

Organizational Change & Knowledge Transfer

• Support organizational change management activities tied to modernization initiatives
• Facilitate communication and stakeholder engagement strategies
• Drive alignment across business and technology teams during transformation efforts
• Provide knowledge transfer and transition support to internal teams and stakeholders
• Promote best practices in portfolio and project management execution

Requirements

• 10+ years of combined project management and portfolio management experience
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise programs exceeding $30 million in value
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, multi-year programs and transformation initiatives
• Strong portfolio governance, dependency management, and risk management expertise
• Experience managing multiple concurrent workstreams in complex environments
• Advanced financial tracking, forecasting, and portfolio planning capabilities
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to influence decisions and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Experience providing executive reporting, dashboards, and strategic portfolio updates
• Strong problem-solving, facilitation, and organizational leadership skills

Preferred Qualifications

• PMI-PfMP (Portfolio Management Professional) certification
• Agile certification from Scrum Alliance, Project Management Institute, or a comparable organization
• Experience leading technology modernization or digital transformation initiatives
• Strong organizational change management experience
• Experience supporting enterprise PMO functions
• Expertise in portfolio analytics, financial modeling, and strategic planning
• Advanced conflict resolution and negotiation skills
• Experience working with large vendor ecosystems and technology partners

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, Project Management, Technology, Finance, or a related field preferred
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required
• PMI-PfMP certification highly desirable
• Agile, Scrum, SAFe, or related delivery certifications are advantageous
• Additional leadership, portfolio management, or organizational change certifications are a plus

Benefits

• Competitive compensation: $124,000-$134,000 annually or $73-$83 per hour (final compensation determined based on skill alignment, experience, and market-based rates by geography)
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans
• HSA with company contribution
• Company-sponsored life insurance and short/long-term disability insurance
• Voluntary plans including legal, hospital, accident, and pet wellness
• 401k with company matching
• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Career development and advancement opportunities with a global company
• Strong team culture focused on collaboration and performance