Director, Project Management

Alternate Locations: Greensboro, NC (North Carolina); Charlotte, NC (North Carolina); Fort Wayne, IN (Indiana); Omaha, NE (Nebraska); Radnor, PA (Pennsylvania)

 

 Work Arrangement:

Hybrid : Employee will work 3 days a week in a Lincoln office

 

Relocation assistance:  is not available for this opportunity.

 

Requisition #: 75733

 

The Role at a Glance

As the Director, Project Management & Business Analysis, you will provide strategic leadership and direction to ensure successful delivery of complex projects and initiatives for Corporate Finance through consulting services, portfolio management, and governance. You will divide time between leading projects and managing a team of project managers, driving process adherence, quality standards, and continuous improvement. In addition, you will emphasize stakeholder engagement, team development, and advance PMO maturity while ensuring compliance with established best practices.

What you'll be doing

• Maintaining knowledge on current and emerging trends, assessing impact, and collaborating with senior management to incorporate improvements.
• Directing organizational initiatives and supporting change management across Finance PMO and Consulting.
• Establishing priorities, goals, and objectives to ensure team and portfolio success.
• Providing coaching, mentoring, and structured development opportunities for team members, including skill gap assessments and training programs.
• Serving as a subject matter expert to direct reports and team members as well as applicable internal/external stakeholders on project management and business analysis best practice standards, templates and practices.
• Ensuring personal and team compliance with PMO governance standards, maintaining and enhancing process documentation, templates, and adherence.
• Overseeing strategic portfolio meetings focused on prioritization and value delivery rather than status reporting.
• Managing project intake and initial assessment for duration, effort, and complexity.
• Delivering accurate team metrics, dashboards, and reporting for leadership, including maintaining project master and tollgate updates.
• Directing and delivering complex projects conforming to PMO and BA standards and methodologies, including quality reviews and stakeholder engagement.
• Using structured requirements process, clearly articulating, documenting and validating complex business requirements.
• Providing expertise and collaborating with internal and/or external stakeholders to assess, select and recommend complex solutions and/or alternative approaches that will achieve business goals.
• Building organizational capability through mentoring frameworks, peer review processes, and onboarding materials for business partners.
• Designing stakeholder education materials on PMO processes and implementing feedback loops to improve service and value.

What we’re looking for

Must-Haves:

• 8-10 years of experience in Project Management and/or Business Analysis, including 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Industry expertise in the fields of accounting and operations highly preferred
• Proven ability to lead complex portfolios and projects while driving governance and continuous improvement.
• Strong skills in coaching, mentoring, and team development.
• Demonstrated expertise in governance, process management, and stakeholder engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to be innovative and an aptitude to drive and accept change.
• Demonstrated strong relationship management skills with internal clients (e.g. senior management, peers and colleagues); proven ability to develop creative and collaborative approaches.
• Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment and meet deadlines.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• 4 Year/Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience (4 years in lieu of degree).

Application Deadline

Applications for this position will be accepted through April 1, 2026, subject to earlier closure due to applicant volume.

 

What’s it like to work here?

At Lincoln Financial, we love what we do. We make meaningful contributions each and every day to empower our customers to take charge of their lives. Working alongside dedicated and talented colleagues, we build fulfilling careers and stronger communities through a company that values our unique perspectives, insights and contributions and invests in programs that empower each of us to take charge of our own future. 

 

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