Program Manager

Job Description:

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. Responsible Growth is how we run our company and how we deliver for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day.
 
One of the keys to driving Responsible Growth is being a great place to work for our teammates around the world. We hire individuals with a broad range of backgrounds and experiences and invest heavily in our teammates and their families by offering competitive benefits to support their physical, emotional, and financial well-being.
 
Bank of America believes both in the importance of working together and offering flexibility to our employees. We use a multi-faceted approach for flexibility, depending on the various roles in our organization.
 
Working at Bank of America will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference. Join us!
Job Description:

GMR Initiatives team is looking for a counterparty credit risk subject matter knowledgeable project manager to be responsible for the delivery of complex technology based regulatory and/or audit remediation, and strategic projects. Responsibilities include managing stakeholder input, documenting business requirements, establishing end to end project plans, driving user acceptance testing including tracking and managing issues, establishing appropriate governance routines and ensuring stakeholders and senior management are informed of the various project status, escalating as necessary.  

This role requires close interaction with the GMR Risk sponsor, Global Markets COO, Risk Managers, Global Risk Analytics, Quantitative Services and Data Group (QSDG), and Market Risk & Global Markets technologies groups. Broad familiarity with Global Markets and Market Risk highly desirable. Previous Project Manager experience is a requirement. 
 

Responsibilities include: 

• Engaging and sustaining active partnership with key stakeholders and business partners,  

• Managing stakeholder input, documenting business requirements including data components and sign-offs,  

• Establishing and managing end to end project plans including identification of action steps, key milestones, and dependencies, 

• Establishing appropriate working group and governance routines to drive and manage progress against requirements, track critical path deadlines, and manage cost-to-deliver against funding allocated 

• Coordination of key project deliverables in partnership with various key internal and external business partners, ensuring adherence to change mgt standards and rigor esp. with respect to audit and regulatory remediation 

• Driving user acceptance testing including tracking and resolving bottlenecks and issues, escalating where necessary

• Ensuring stakeholders and senior management are informed of project status, risk and mitigation strategies 

• Acting as primary contact for engagement, review, and responses for Regulatory, and Audit requests 

Required Skills: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics or relevant field or equivalent experience 

• 8+ years of experience as business analyst, project management, and governance preferably within capital markets and/or risk 

• Demonstrated ability to lead and manage large-scale, cross-functional projects 

• Strong Interpersonal and communication skills 

• Self-starter, critical thinker, and able to influence others who do not report in to same team 

• Proven ability to work in a complex, fast-paced and evolving environment 

 
Desired Skills: 

• Experience with JIRA and Confluence 

• Project management certification (e.g., PMP) 

• Experience with technology methodologies 

• Experience with Tableau reporting design" 

Shift:

1st shift (United States of America)

Hours Per Week: 

40

Pay Transparency details

US - IL - Chicago - 540 W Madison St - Bank Of America Plaza (IL4540), US - NJ - Jersey City - 525 Washington Blvd (NJ2525)

Pay and benefits information

Pay range$126,000.00 - $180,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education and skill set.

Discretionary incentive eligible

This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary plan. Employees are eligible for an annual discretionary award based on their overall individual performance results and behaviors, the performance and contributions of their line of business and/or group; and the overall success of the Company.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry-leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.