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Wintrust delivers the sophisticated solutions of a large bank while staying true to the relationship-focused,personalized service of our community banking roots. We serve clients in all 50 states with more than 200 branch banking locations in Illinois, southwestern Florida, northwestern Indiana, west Michigan and southern Wisconsin and commercial banking offices in Chicago, Denver, Milwaukee, Grand Rapids, Mich., and in key branch banking locations throughout Illinois. Our people are the heart of our business and we are proud to rank consistently as a top place to work. Wintrust is a $66 billion financial institution based in Rosemont, Illinois, and listed on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “WTFC.”\nWhy join us?\nAn award-winning culture! We are rated a Top Workplace by the Chicago Tribune (past 11 years) and Employee Recommended award by the Globe & Mail (past 6 years)\nCompetitive pay and discretionary or incentive bonus eligible\nComprehensive benefit package including medical, dental, vision, life, a 401k plan with a generous company match and tuition reimbursement to name a few\nPromote from within culture\nWhy join this team?\nThis position has the opportunity to interface with and have a positive impact on multiple areas of Wintrust's business\nWe hold ourselves accountable to high standards, share wins, operate ethically, and have fun\nWhat you’ll do:\nThe Advanced Program Manager is responsible for driving the bank’s intelligent automation initiatives from vision through to delivery. In this role, you will own the end-to-end roadmap, guide the team, and work closely with stakeholders to identify and prioritize opportunities that deliver real business value. With a strong grasp of banking processes, agile delivery, and automation technologies including RPA and AI, you will ensure solutions are delivered to a high standard, remain compliant with regulatory requirements, and generate measurable outcomes for the organization.\nThis is the ideal opportunity for an automation professional who can operate confidently at both a strategic and delivery level, and who is passionate about using intelligent automation to drive meaningful change across the bank.\nThis is a full time position based at our office in Rosemont, IL, working a hybrid work schedule.\nDevelop proactive relationships with supported business units that are built on trust, transparent communication, and a spirit of collaboration\nAssist with RPA initiative intake, initiation and planning processes\nDefine epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria for automation solutions; challenge scope creep, protect the team from unplanned work, and ensure that backlog prioritization decisions are clearly communicated to the team\nOwn and maintain the roadmap, prioritizing initiatives across RPA, AI/ML, and intelligent document processing (IDP) in alignment with the bank’s strategic goals\nCommunicate progress, manage expectations, and build strong relationships that foster a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking across the organization\nCollaborate with the Scrum Master to ensure the roadmap translates into delivery cycles that are realistic, well-sequenced, and consistently executed.\nServe as a bridge between the RPA team, business sponsors, and technology teams; translating delivery-level blockers into business-level language and ensuring leadership understands the team’s needs as well as its outputs.\nResolve impediments and ensure use of collaborative processes\nSupport the business and provide education where needed\nTrack project processes and deliverables, preparing and presenting status reports\nUse agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage and deliver solutions\nContribute to the Center of Excellence (CoE), helping to define standards and best practices, mentor business analysis & scrum masters\nWork with Enterprise Business Process Improvement to identify process improvement automated solutions\nLook for opportunities to enhance best practices, recommending changes and improvements\nOptimizing standards, templates, and processes for the team\nDevelop and maintain a good rapport with all business partners and IT\nProject Support:\nAssist with RPA initiative intake, initiation and planning processes\nDefine epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria for automation solutions; challenge scope creep, protect the team from unplanned work, and ensure that backlog prioritization decisions are clearly communicated to the team\nOwn and maintain the roadmap, prioritizing initiatives across RPA, AI/ML, and intelligent document processing (IDP) in alignment with the bank’s strategic goals\nCommunicate progress, manage expectations, and build strong relationships that foster a culture of continuous improvement and automation-first thinking across the organization\nCollaborate with the Scrum Master to ensure the roadmap translates into delivery cycles that are realistic, well-sequenced, and consistently executed.\nServe as a bridge between the RPA team, business sponsors, and technology teams; translating delivery-level blockers into business-level language and ensuring leadership understands the team’s needs as well as its outputs.\nResolve impediments and ensure use of collaborative processes\nSupport the business and provide education where needed\nTrack project processes and deliverables, preparing and presenting status reports\nUse agile methodology values, principles, and practices to plan, manage and deliver solutions\nContinuous Improvement:\nContribute to the Center of Excellence (CoE), helping to define standards and best practices, mentor business analysis & scrum masters\nWork with Enterprise Business Process Improvement to identify process improvement automated solutions\nLook for opportunities to enhance best practices, recommending changes and improvements\nOptimizing standards, templates, and processes for the team\nDevelop and maintain a good rapport with all business partners and IT\nQualifications:\nFamiliarity with intelligent automation tools (e.g. RPA, AI/ML)\n3-5 years in financial services\nWorking knowledge of agile methodology, techniques, and frameworks to deliver solutions\n3-5 years of progressive experience in related fields (e.g. project management, business analyst, etc.)\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent.\nExcellent people and project management skills\nEthical behavior and business practices\nBasic effective data visualization and storytelling\nBasic Communication: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner \nBasic interpersonal, organizational, attention to detail and follow-up skills\nBasic identification and communication of issues early. Brings recommendations and options to resolve issues\nAbility to foster teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems and make decisions\nLeadership skills: Works independently and self-motivated\nMake decisions: Assess situations to deliver results\nOrganizational skills: Prioritizes and plans own work\nProblem-solving skills: Basic problem solving \nChange orientation: Adapts to change effectively\nDemonstrates leading by example and instills a calm, organized approach in all situations\nBenefits:\nMedical Insurance\nDental\nVision\nLife insurance\nAccidental death and dismemberment\nShort-term and long-term Disability Insurance\nParental Leave\nEmployee Assistance Program (EAP)\nTraditional and Roth 401(k) with company match\nFlexible Spending Account (FSA)\nEmployee Stock Purchase Plan at 5% discount\nCritical Illness Insurance\nAccident Insurance\nTransportation and Commuting Benefits\nBanking Benefits\nPet Insurance\nCompensation:\nThe estimated salary range for this role is $85,000.00 - $110,000.00, along with eligibility to earn an annual bonus. Actual salaries may vary based on several factors, such as a candidate’s qualifications, skills and experience.\nFrom our first day in business, Wintrust has been proud to serve a variety of unique communities and people from all walks of life. To build a company that reflects the communities we serve, we believe that fostering a unique and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and empowered to succeed will support our ongoing success. Wintrust Financial Corporation, including community banking and financial services subsidiaries, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. 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