Senior Program Strategist at Edward Jones
Saint Louis, MO 63190
About the Job
Want a meaningful career where you can make a difference? Edward Jones sounds perfect for you.
Collaboration. Autonomy. Opportunity. Words our headquarters associates use when talking about working at Edward Jones. Words that describe what it's like being part of a firm where everyone is aligned toward a singular focus: serving the client. And everyone is working to make the firm better together - as they grow as individuals. If these words resonate with you, we should talk.
Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
The Field Experience Activation team is looking for a motivated, innovative Senior Project Leader to directly impact the experiences of the firm's Regional Technology Advocate (RTA) program. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and managing the RTA program in support of over 700 branch associates. This will involve working with firm stakeholders to drive the awareness, advocacy, and adoption of technology-supported experiences. Core responsibilities include:
Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.
Hiring Minimum: $96471
Hiring Maximum: $164262
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Skills/Requirements
Requirements:
Problem Solving:
Decision Making:
Span of Influence:
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Awards & Accolades
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
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About Us
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 8 million clients and 19,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2023, data as of December 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
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Collaboration. Autonomy. Opportunity. Words our headquarters associates use when talking about working at Edward Jones. Words that describe what it's like being part of a firm where everyone is aligned toward a singular focus: serving the client. And everyone is working to make the firm better together - as they grow as individuals. If these words resonate with you, we should talk.
Job Overview
Position Schedule: Full-Time
The Field Experience Activation team is looking for a motivated, innovative Senior Project Leader to directly impact the experiences of the firm's Regional Technology Advocate (RTA) program. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and managing the RTA program in support of over 700 branch associates. This will involve working with firm stakeholders to drive the awareness, advocacy, and adoption of technology-supported experiences. Core responsibilities include:
- Developing the strategic roadmap for program management, support, and execution
- Core stakeholder management across the home office and the field
- Leading program related projects in support of strategic roadmap
- Leading day-to-day program operations either directly or through others on the team
- Front-line support to RTA Branch teams
Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.
Hiring Minimum: $96471
Hiring Maximum: $164262
Read More About Job Overview
Skills/Requirements
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in a field of Technology, Marketing, Management, Communications, Human Resources, or equivalent discipline; MBA or related graduate degree preferred.
- 6+ years of progressive experience Project or Program Management
- Demonstrated verbal and written communication skills, building relationships at all levels of the organization, and effectively tailoring messaging and approach to multiple audiences.
- Ability to quickly engage and inspire a diverse, multi-disciplinary team and lead/contribute to multiple large-scale efforts concurrently.
- Change agility and comfort operating and flexing in ambiguity.
Problem Solving:
- Expected to analyze and resolve complex problems and provide recommendations with little to not assistance. Possess sufficient knowledge of the firm's business, systems, and infrastructure to anticipate and mitigate program risks. Must know when to escalate to leadership. Expected to assist other team members, as well as program stakeholders as needed.
Decision Making:
- The Program Strategist needs to be able to present issues clearly, focus on desired results to recommend a solution and clearly communicate options to leaders.
- Many routine daily decisions will be made independent of review such as those related to project management methodologies, plans, technologies, and tools throughout the project(s) lifecycle. However, other decisions, such as resource commitments, may be subject to review by the leader or with guidance from the Team, Project, or Department Leader, based on recommendations from this role.
- This role requires regularly employing industry, firm and regulatory knowledge in decision making and communications.
- Explores multiple alternatives and arrives at appropriate decisions, which align with department / division goals and/or firm values. These decisions are typically subject to review.
Span of Influence:
- Must be able to influence and collaborate with inter-organizational stakeholder network, in order to deliver meaningful results.
- Affects and interacts with all levels of the firm.
- Directly impacts the success of timely delivering medium to large, complex communications and strategies to branch and home office associates.
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Awards & Accolades
At Edward Jones, we are building a place where everyone feels like they belong. We're proud of our associates' contributions to the firm and the recognitions we have received.
Check out our U.S. awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Check out our Canadian awards and accolades: Insights & Information Blog Postings about Edward Jones
Read More About Awards & Accolades
About Us
Join a financial services firm where your contributions are valued. Edward Jones is a Fortune 500¹ company where people come first. With over 8 million clients and 19,000 financial advisors across the U.S. and Canada, we're proud to be privately-owned, placing the focus on our clients rather than shareholder returns.
Behind everything we do is our purpose: We partner for positive impact to improve the lives of our clients and colleagues, and together, better our communities and society. We are an innovative, flexible, and inclusive organization that attracts, develops, and inspires performance excellence and a sense of belonging.
People are at the center of our partnership. Edward Jones associates are seen, heard, respected, and supported. This is what we believe makes us the best place to start or build your career.
View our Purpose, Inclusion and Citizenship Report.
¹Fortune 500, published June 2023, data as of December 2022. Compensation provided for using, not obtaining, the rating.
Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.
#LI-HO
