Program Lead

Program Lead Waltham, Massachusetts;Charlotte, North Carolina **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge Refer a friend **To proceed with your application, you must be at least 18 years of age.** Acknowledge ( **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. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. This includes our commitment to being an inclusive workplace, attracting and developing exceptional talent, supporting our teammates' physical, emotional, and financial wellness, recognizing and rewarding performance, and how we make an impact in the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture with specific requirements for office-based attendance and which allows for an appropriate level of flexibility for our teammates and businesses based on role-specific considerations. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! **Job Description:** This job is responsible for supporting programs and projects specific to corporate change initiatives that impact how the bank does business, provides a product or service, or executes a function. Key responsibilities include assisting department managers with critical change initiatives and communicating, influencing, and negotiating both vertically and horizontally to obtain or leverage necessary resources. Job expectations include delivering regulatory and executive material and ensuring results align to program strategy, simplification, and new capabilities. The Project Management function supports the Non-financial Regulatory Reporting, Tax and Credit Reporting Operations portfolio of change by partnering with functional stakeholders and technology groups to prioritize and implement initiatives driven by business, legal, regulatory, compliance or market requirements. The function is seeking to recruit a Project Manager to support the 'Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting (NFRR) Change Management program, which aims to deliver a centralized report preparation capability focused on reducing risk, improving the accuracy and completeness of NFRR reporting and adhering to data policies & standards. **Responsibilities:** + Assists with defining program controls, processes, procedures, reporting cadence, decision governance structures, and ways of working with key stakeholders + Partners closely with project sponsors, cross-functional teams, and assigned project managers to develop the scope, deliverables, required resources, work plan, budget, and timing for new change initiatives + Supports the execution of defined tasks through tracking of program milestones and their statuses, developing program plans, and measuring progress against ongoing key performance indicators + Analyzes, evaluates, and overcomes program risks and produces program reports for managers and stakeholders + Identifies key requirements for cross-functional teams and external vendors to perform in alignment with the program objectives + Works with other program managers to identify risks and opportunities across multiple projects within the department, leading them to negotiate decision making for efficient and effective resolution + Meets with stakeholders to provide transparency into project issues and decisions on services, builds positive relationships, asks questions, and uses tools to uncover root causes to challenges, identify opportunities, and make recommendations **Skills:** + Process Design + Program Management + Project Management + Reporting + Strategy Planning and Development + Issue Management + Oral Communications + Presentation Skills + Prioritization + Problem Solving + Performance Management + Process Performance Management + Process Simplification + Risk Management + Workforce Planning **Required Skills:** - At least 4 years of project management experience - Understanding of Operations processing & regulatory requirements - Track record of delivering projects to plan and on budget. - Ability to assess an ill-defined problem and propose the tasks & deliverables that will be necessary to achieve the desired outcome. - Ability to manage and communicate with stakeholders at different levels. - Knowledge of structured project management methods. - Proficient with MS products: Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project and Visio. **Desired Skills:** - Knowledge of Operational processing within Global Banking / Markets - ideally with particular knowledge of Non-Financial Regulatory Reporting or similar regulatory mandates. - Proficiency in process design / process mapping - Working knowledge of Agile methods and tools - Strives to bring new thoughts and ideas to teams in order to drive innovation and unique solutions. - Excels in working among diverse viewpoints to determine the best path forward. - Experience in connecting with a diverse set of clients to understand future business needs - is a continuous learner. - Commitment to challenging the status quo and promoting positive change. - Participate in and drive collaborative efforts to advance tools, technology, and ways of working to better serve an evolving client base. - Believes in value of diversity so we can reflect, connect and meet the diverse needs of our clients and employees around the world. **Shift:** 1st shift (United States of America) **Hours Per Week:** 40 Bank of America and its affiliates consider for employment and hire qualified candidates without regard to race, religious creed, religion, color, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, protected veteran or disability status or any factor prohibited by law, and as such affirms in policy and practice to support and promote the concept of equal employment opportunity, in accordance with all applicable federal, state, provincial and municipal laws. 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