Modernization Project Manager

Your Role & Responsibilities

Location:
Hybrid (Up to 3 Days Per Week Onsite) | St. Paul, MN

Employment Type:
Full-Time

Are you an experienced Project Management leader who thrives in large-scale modernization programs? Trissential is hiring a Modernization Project Manager to join our client's team and help drive a complex portfolio of technology transformation Pension Administration initiative. This is a highly visible opportunity where you'll influence strategic decision-making, manage enterprise-wide dependencies, and provide leadership across multiple work streams while ensuring successful delivery and portfolio alignment.

• Lead high-profile modernization initiatives with significant business impact
• Work closely with executive leaders, program sponsors, vendors, and delivery teams
• Drive portfolio-level decision-making and strategic planning efforts
• Manage large-scale programs with substantial budgets and organizational visibility
• Influence technology transformation and modernization roadmaps
• Collaborate across business and technology organizations in a dynamic environment
• Expand your leadership capabilities while shaping enterprise program outcomes

• Track portfolio milestones, timelines, deliverables, and dependencies across multiple work streams
• Ensure program roadmaps remain aligned with broader portfolio objectives and strategic priorities
• Monitor initiative progress and proactively identify risks to delivery timelines
• Provide governance oversight across projects and modernization initiatives
• Support portfolio planning, execution, and reporting activities

• Maintain portfolio risk registers and ensure mitigation plans are established and executed
• Identify trends, risks, and opportunities spanning multiple initiatives
• Escalate critical issues and facilitate timely decision-making
• Evaluate the impact of upstream and downstream dependencies across programs
• Manage stakeholder expectations and support resolution of complex challenges

• Track portfolio spending and monitor financial performance across initiatives
• Support forecasting activities and planning for future resource requirements
• Model impacts of delays, budget adjustments, scope changes, and strategic shifts
• Evaluate vendor performance, service delivery, and contract compliance
• Provide financial and operational insights to leadership teams

• Develop executive-level dashboards reflecting portfolio health, risks, dependencies, milestones, and financial status
• Deliver regular status updates and portfolio performance reporting
• Present key findings and recommendations to executive stakeholders
• Consolidate reporting across work streams into meaningful portfolio views
• Support leadership decision-making through data-driven analysis and insights

• Support organizational change management activities tied to modernization initiatives
• Facilitate communication and stakeholder engagement strategies
• Drive alignment across business and technology teams during transformation efforts
• Provide knowledge transfer and transition support to internal teams and stakeholders
• Promote best practices in portfolio and project management execution

• 10+ years of combined project management and portfolio management experience
• PMP (Project Management Professional) certification required
• Experience managing large-scale enterprise programs exceeding $30 million in value
• Demonstrated success delivering complex, multi-year programs and transformation initiatives
• Strong portfolio governance, dependency management, and risk management expertise
• Experience managing multiple concurrent work streams in complex environments
• Advanced financial tracking, forecasting, and portfolio planning capabilities
• Executive-level communication and stakeholder management skills
• Proven ability to influence decisions and drive alignment across diverse stakeholder groups
• Experience providing executive reporting, dashboards, and strategic portfolio updates
• Strong problem-solving,…