The Senior Principal Integration Specialist is a core contributor to program and project delivery, supporting the team in defining direction for and ensuring exceptional execution of critical strategic initiatives. This role will leverage best practices from across project management, implementation and change management, user design, business strategy, and service design to drive consensus and ensure high-profile initiatives deliver on their intended value, including objectives and key results. Under minimal direction from their manager and with support from other team members, this individual will play a key role in guiding stakeholders through the development and delivery of artifacts that define strategic vision and turn complex collaboration ecosystems into clear roadmaps for successful delivery, with articulation of business architecture and management of key interdependencies. This is an Individual Contributor role with subject matter expertise which will be expected to lead and mentor other team members, and operate with a high degree of autonomy on projects that span process/service design, user and product design, and people/culture and organizational design.
Essential Job Functions:
Lead and support the development of Strategy, Goals, Objectives and Key Results (OKRs), and associated measurements, such as executive and operational metrics, Key Performance Indicators and OKR tracking and reporting.
Provide leadership in development of strategic and operational plans to support achievement of Key Results.
Lead efforts and collaborate with business users and technical teams, including product, and other FINRA functions to ensure continued strategic alignment; innovate and facilitate collective problem-solving; identify inter-dependencies; drive decision-making; and ensure the successful completion of projects and processes required to achieve Key Results.
Leverage and lead adoption by others of best practices from business process re-engineering, human centered design/service design, project management (including use of Member Supervision framework and supporting templates), and change management to create and present materials that effectively communicate current state process and technology challenges, opportunities for improvements, and critical success factors across initiatives.
Plan, lead and assist in facilitating workshops, working groups, and other governance forums including contributing to agendas, materials, discussion, and documenting key decisions and action items.
Produce actionable and effective materials and narrative in support of priority strategic projects and objectives.
Communicate fluidly and effectively with both senior leaders and front-line staff, often in the same meeting, striking a balance in tone and content to serve multiple audiences.
Provide leadership and support for the development of target operating models, including defining requirements for key products, processes, and operational plans to support objectives and key results across initiatives.
Provide leadership and support in the development of reporting and analytics to ensure initiatives are achieving their intended objectives and to support effective decision making by senior leaders.
Effectively use, and lead adoption by others, of automation and collaborative tools, including whiteboarding spaces (Miro), to work through projects with others.
Education/Experience Requirements:
Bachelors degree with a minimum of 6 years of related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Relevant industry certification(s) in business or design related fields (Strategy, Design, Program/Project Management) highly preferred.
Experience in facilitating workshops and developing visual artifacts required.
Ability to work flexibly and efficiently; high comfort level with working in a self-directed culture and navigating ambiguity.
Ability to work well as both an individual contributor and in highly collaborative environments.
Excellent analytical, critical thinking and decision-making skills.
Excellent stakeholder management and engagement skills with the ability to be a thought partner to project counterparts.
Excellent communication skills (verbal, written, presentation), particularly ability to synthesize complex issues/scenarios into easy-to-understand concepts through "storytelling", and presenting to senior leaders.
Experience with Agile/Iterative Development preferred.
For work that is performed in CA, Washington, DC, CO, HI, New York, NY and WA, the chart below outlines the proposed salary range for the corresponding location. In addition to location, actual compensation is based on various factors, including but not limited to, the candidates skill set, level of experience, education, and internal peer compensation comparisons.
California: Minimum Salary $124,300, Maximum Salary $235,500
Washington, DC: Minimum Salary $124,300, Maximum Salary $225,700
Colorado/Hawaii: Minimum Salary $108,200, Maximum Salary $196,200
New York, NY: Minimum Salary $129,800, Maximum Salary $235,500
Washington State: Minimum Salary $108,200, Maximum Salary $225,700
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The information provided above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work of the position. It is not a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required.
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