Edward Jones · 1 week ago
Senior Project Leader, Firm Planning
St Louis, MO
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$102K/yr - $173K/yr
6+ years expEdward Jones is a financial services firm focused on client relationships and innovative solutions. The Senior Project Leader will lead complex projects, particularly the Human Capital Management system replacement, ensuring alignment with business and technology goals while managing cross-functional teams.
AdviceConsultingFinanceFinancial ServicesInsuranceWealth Management
Responsibilities
Lead large-scale complex projects and contribute to large-scale initiatives; lead project coordinators and/or project team members in completion of medium to large-scale projects
Establish and maintain effective communications and relationships across multiple areas, outside vendors and project leaders/teams who are working on a project
Facilitate project start-up activities, including requirements gathering, resource onboarding, and project documentation
Monitor, track, and report progress against project plans, including scope, schedule, cost, resources, and quality through dashboards and reporting against defined metrics
Plan for, identify, analyze, and resolve project risks and issues, and facilitate resolution efforts. Escalate unresolved or high-impact risks and issues appropriately
Execute planning and facilitation activities to ensure delivery on outcomes
Manage cross-team dependencies and ensure alignment across workstreams and/or other projects
Ensure the development and execution of testing strategies, including defect tracking and resolution
Qualification
Required
6 + years of experience in project management, including waterfall and agile methodologies
Working knowledge of enterprise project tools such as Clarity and Jira
Ability to independently identify, prioritize, monitor, communicate, and/or resolve elements that can impact a project
Superior organization and coordination skills
Strong communication skills
Preferred
Bachelor's degree or equivalent preferred
MBA or graduate degree preferred
Project Management Certification, such as PMP and/or Agile Certifications, such as SAFe Agilist (SA) or SAFe Practioner preferred
Previous leadership experience
Superior presentation skills
Benefits
Medical and prescription drug
Dental
Vision
Voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness)
Short- and long-term disability
Basic life
Basic AD&D coverage
401k retirement plan
Tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account
Ten paid holidays
15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year
Sick time
Personal days
A paid day for volunteerism
Bonuses and profit sharing
Employee Assistance Program
Company
Edward Jones
Edward Jones provides personalized investment advisory, brokerage, and management services.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$445.94M2025-09-25Undisclosed· $52.12M
2025-01-14Undisclosed· $56.31M
2024-04-11Undisclosed· $10.6M
Leadership Team
Dave Scheffer
Director of Operations
Dr. Laura Lurati
Director of Data Science
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