Program Manager

About Us

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions, tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries, draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership, we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

About the Role

The Program Manager is a member of the Program Delivery team within the Strategic Design & Delivery team. This role works globally across the Client, Investment and Infrastructure platforms to oversee the Firm’s largest and most complex strategic projects.  Programs are typically cross-functional impacting many business teams & systems, requiring strong program oversight, governance, control and communication.  The Program Manager will work closely with all stakeholders to create & track program-level objectives & key results ‘OKRs’; deeply understand the business case driving the program; work with the Process Design team & Product Owners to ensure design and requirements are understood and documented; define and control risk & issues across the program and present recommendations for remediation to business sponsors; identify & coordinate dependencies with other programs & manage overall budgetary & ROI tracking.  Importantly, the Program Manager will serve as a change manager, helping to define and execute broad-scale communication and tracking the adoption of new processes and ways of working.     The role includes presenting to stakeholder groups inclusive of senior leaders and decision makers, spanning various parts of the firm, while gaining the experience of delivering transformational initiatives using the latest toolkits. The role will be based in Boston or New York, coordinating with colleagues across the US, Europe, and APAC as needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES 
Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Program management of  designated initiative(s), covering all applicable responsibilities (see ‘the position’). Initial program work will include a strategic change management initiative related to SDLC and AI adoption and practices within Wellington’s Technology organization.  

• Partner with Product Owners to gather, consolidate and prioritize requirements and other related demands from technology and the business

• Translate business outcomes and strategies into actionable and executable vision and program organizational structure through collaboration with Product Owners, SMEs and technology delivery teams

• Develop and manage execution and implementation roadmaps aligned with the program structure 

• Establish and facilitate ongoing program governance that sits across multiple teams/workstreams, project managers and stakeholders at various levels

• Use firm standard frameworks, processes, tools and artifacts to document and monitor progress, and proactively manage issues and risks 

• Develop program-level communication strategy to keep the right people informed at the right times, including exec-level Steering Committees

• Track and report progress against business outcomes/OKRs throughout program lifecycle 

• Lead and facilitate working sessions with stakeholder groups to support achieving program outcomes

• Develop change management processes to manage scope, priority, resource, or budget tradeoffs throughout the program

• Be accountable for program progress against the vision, roadmap, and the prioritized outcomes

• Liaise with resource managers to estimate resource needs to reach objectives

• Facilitate the program’s annual budget process and program / ROI tracking

• Stay abreast of and manage intra- and inter-program dependencies

• Flex to the changing needs of the program over time by diving deep in needed areas as they arise

• Actively contribute to the Program Delivery team’s goal of further developing the ‘program management’ capability at the firm through development of best practices, training and coaching

QUALIFICATIONS
We seek the following qualifications:

• Experience and proven record in delivery of complex cross-functional strategic programs in the asset management industry

• Confident leading and communicating with colleagues in both technical and business disciplines at varying levels of seniority

• Demonstrates a collaborative, team-oriented mindset—driving results while fostering trust, building relationships, and engaging others in the process.

• Experience in managing large IT or Technology-heavy programs is a strong plus 

• Excellent written and verbal communication and facilitation skills

• Demonstrated leadership, people influence and/or management and organizational navigation abilities

• Familiarity with project management tools used by technology teams e.g., Jira

• Ability to operate proactively, independently and balance multiple priorities simultaneously

• Experience in or familiar with scaled agile methodologies such as SAFe, Agile@Scale is a plus

• Qualifications such as PMP is a plus

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications?  That’s ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role, we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill, workplace experiences, and backgrounds.

As an equal opportunity employer, Wellington Management ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, religion, creed, national origin, age, ancestry, disability (physical or mental), medical condition, citizenship, marital status, pregnancy, veteran or military status, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. If you are a candidate with a disability, or are assisting a candidate with a disability, and require an accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, please email us at [email protected].

At Wellington Management, our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract, inspire and retain the best talent in our industry. We strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary, variable compensation, and benefits. The base salary range for this position is: