Business Program Manager

Posted:
5/22/2025, 10:35:31 AM

Location(s):
Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States ⋅ Minnesota, United States ⋅ Charlotte, North Carolina, United States ⋅ North Carolina, United States ⋅ Texas, United States ⋅ San Antonio, Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Expert or higher ⋅ Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

Provides operational support and analysis to ongoing medium-sized business programs designed to drive results specified in the business strategy. This involves building and sustaining relationships with both internal and external business partners to effectively administer the program, resolve issues, and support ongoing program development. Accountable for identified program specific results. Accountable for implementing and sustaining programs as appropriate.

Key Responsibilities

  • Manage program execution design delivery to meet quality, schedule, milestone, and budget commitments. Manage program expectations, scope, risk, and changes. Develops and maintains a work plan at the required level of detail which indicates the key dependencies, resources, the timeframe for completion of the program and the key deliverables.

  • Ensure effective program implementation and is accountable for sustaining the assigned programs as needed. Accountable for continual tracking and analysis of program performance against the program plan to ensure program success. Assists leader with competitive analysis and insights gathering to stay apprised of trends and emerging capabilities, technology, etc. Assists in creation of decks and presentations of findings.

  • Lead high-level sessions for program plan and schedule development. Ensure the goals, metrics and objectives of the program are understood and agreed upon with the program sponsorship. Work across various teams to coordinate and integrate plans to ensure effective program execution. Assess business needs and propose enhancements to appropriate senior leaders to gain support. Creates close working relationships with teams and their processes to help identify process efficiencies within and across teams. Assist in documentation and training of new tools and processes. Manages internal project management tool, and enhancements and issues. Creates project management tool enhancement roadmap and creates requirements to share with developers.

  • May provide people leadership to the team through effective coaching, feedback, and sound performance management practices. Act as champion for the team and intervene on matters that create roadblocks to individual or organizational success.

  • Conduct periodic briefings/status updating executive sponsors and program steering committee. Escalate concerns to executive sponsors as necessary


Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent.

  • 5 - 7 years relevant experience required.

  • Demonstrated capability in standard office and project management applications - Microsoft Office

  • Demonstrated experience in leading small- to medium-scale projects to successful completion and implementation; demonstrates innovative.

About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1 trillion in assets under management and administration as of 2022. Our team of 20,000 people in more than 20 countries, advise and manage assets and income of more than 2 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

Base Pay Salary

The estimated base salary for this role is $82,400 - $142,300 / year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Full-Time/Part-Time

Full time

Exempt/Non-Exempt

Exempt

Job Family Group

Business Support & Operations

Line of Business  

AFIG Ameriprise Financial Institutions Group