The Opportunity

The MMSD Program and Delivery team is looking to hire a Project Manager to coordinate, plan, develop and implement moderate to complex business projects as well as readiness initiatives and recommend appropriate strategies, actions, and/or alternatives for business decisions relative to the projects under area of responsibility. In this role, you will demonstrate accountability, agility, a dedication to be inclusive, a strong business acumen, and will show courage, even in the most difficult situations. We also highly value strong communication skills, a passion for learning, leadership traits, resilience, and self-awareness.

The Team

MMSD's strategy is to aggressively grow top line sales by expanding existing and establishing new partnerships with financial institutions (Wire Houses, Banks, Broker-Dealers) and making significant investments in Technology, Sales, Operations, Marketing and Product development. Our strategy will be driven by dedicated, diverse teams across the enterprise where we will prioritize and embrace a dynamic, agile, inclusive and entrepreneurial culture .

• Accountable for monitoring project progress and ensuring timely, cost effective and high-quality execution of project including budget, timelines, and resource allocation to achieve project objectives
• Lead project team to develop/refine integrated plans and execute cross-functional implementation plans
• Ensure that all project team members understand project goals and objectives, current project plan and schedule, critical path activities and activities that may become critical path activities
• Provide a continuously updated and balanced appraisal of the project status, including risk, cost, and value to stakeholders
• Responsible for alignment of functional plans with approved project plans and ensuring high quality execution
• Ensure alignment between project strategy and tactical execution
• Proactively identify issues while resolving conflicts and communicating project-related issues to senior executive management
• Develop and partner with team on an overall communication strategy, as well as the field strategy and broad internal/external communications
• Lead broad scope projects that have medium to long-term focus of varying duration, size, and complexity
• Navigate ambiguity to deliver results
• Manage budget, timeline, resources and scope through prioritization throughout the course of all assigned projects
• Lead project teams during all phases of the development life cycle including requirements gathering and analysis, design, build, pilot, implementation and continuous service
• Be self-supportive in collaborating with peers to effectively deliver a robust solution for the business
• Drive lessons learned and knowledge retention for future use
• Demonstrate proven capability to be organized yet flexible/adaptable

• Bachelor's Degree
• 7+ years of project management experience including managing and driving the execution of complex, cross functional, strategic based project experience
• 15% travel

• Master's Degree in Business, Project Management, or an analytical field such as Economics, Mathematics, Engineering, Computer Science
• 3rd party distribution/market experience
• Life/Annuity product experience
• PMP Certification
• Ability to operate in both agile and waterfall project environments
• Ability to understand and support overall project goals and resolve and remove obstacles to the project's completion
• An agile leader who is able to summarize complex situations, with the flexibility to adapt quickly and influence change within the organization
• Ability to lead, motivate and obtain buy-in at all levels

• Regular meetings with the MMSD Team
• Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager
• Access to mentorship opportunities
• Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQ, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups
• Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms
• Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical nosiness with industry leading pay and benefits