Project Lead Jobs in Detroit, MI

Ally and Your Career

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Work Schedule: Ally designates roles as (1) fully on-site, (2) hybrid, or (3) fully remote. Hybrid roles are generally expected to be in the office a certain number of days per week as indicated by your manager. Your hiring manager will discuss this role's specific work requirements with you during the hiring process. All work requirements are subject to change at any time based on leader discretion and/or business need.

Duties

The role will drive and support operational initiatives and activities for the North American auto operations group. Ally's ability to bring on new business will be dependent on our ability to continuously improve our product line up against the competition. This requires a dedicated and focused professional to measure and monitor Ally product offering effectiveness. As a member of the Product Mgmt. team you will be required to respond quickly to business opportunities as they arise while maintaining day-to-day operational activities.

We are seeking a Analyst/ Specialist, Project Management to help plan, organize, and execute strategic digital initiatives using a practical hybrid approach that combines structured project planning with flexible Agile execution. This role will partner closely with sponsors, stakeholders, matrix teams, and initiative leads to define scope, manage requirements, track progress, and support successful delivery of project outcomes.

The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across teams to clarify priorities, document decisions, communicate risks, and keep work moving toward milestones and launch expectations.

The work itself

• Plan and execute projects using a repeatable methodology that supports clear planning, coordinated execution, and ongoing flexibility as priorities evolve.
• Partner with sponsors, stakeholders, initiative leads, and impacted matrix teams to define project scope, objectives, deliverables, and success criteria.
• Identify and document what is in - scope and out - of - scope, helping prevent scope creep and escalating changes that may impact timeline, budget, or deliverables.
• Identify key stakeholders and impacted teams, understand how project changes affect day-to-day work, and help ensure the right partners are engaged at the right time.
• Document current state processes, gaps, future state expectations, and expected business benefits to ensure project work remains aligned to desired outcomes.
• Gather and organize business requirements, translating business needs into clear requirements while partnering with technical teams on execution approach.
• Facilitate interviews, working sessions, design discussions, troubleshooting conversations, and idea-generation sessions throughout the project lifecycle.
• Prioritize requirements by balancing business needs, effort, dependencies, and delivery feasibility.
• Maintain project artifacts, including meeting notes, action items, decisions, risks, assumptions, requirements, charters, plans, decks, communications, and related documentation in the agreed-upon repository.
• Create and maintain project schedules that track milestones, deadlines, dependencies, owners, and order of operations across all key deliverables.
• Gather updates from task owners and partner teams to communicate progress toward milestones and overall project status.
• Identify schedule, scope, budget, or delivery risks and work with appropriate teams to define mitigation or remediation plans.
• Support budget tracking where applicable, including internal resource effort, technical costs, and external vendor costs.
• Lead project kickoffs, recurring project meetings, and status discussions that clarify roles, expectations, timelines, risks, and next steps.
• Develop and execute communication plans tailored to the appropriate audience, cadence, and format, including stakeholder updates and executive-facing summaries.
• Plan and execute projects using a hybrid methodology that supports structured planning and flexible delivery.
• Partner with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to define scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
• Gather, document, and prioritize business requirements in partnership with business and technical teams.
• Identify stakeholders, align impacted teams, and support effective communication throughout the project.
• Create and maintain project plans, schedules, status updates, and core documentation.
• Track milestones, dependencies, risks, and changes, and support mitigation planning as needed.
• Lead project kickoffs, working sessions, and status meetings to drive clarity, accountability, and next steps.
• Support reporting, stakeholder communications, and executive updates on project progress.

The skills you bring

• Bachelor's degree in business, finance, computer science, or related field preferred.
• Strong organization and attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, deadlines, dependencies, and follow-ups.
• Ability to clearly define scope, document decisions, track risks, and maintain project artifacts in a consistent and accessible way.
• Effective communication skills, including the ability to translate complex project details into clear updates for business partners, stakeholders, and leaders.
• Comfort facilitating meetings, asking thoughtful questions, gathering input, and driving alignment across cross-functional teams.
• Foundational understanding of project management practices, including waterfall planning, Agile concepts, requirements gathering, milestone tracking, and risk management.
• Ability to balance business needs with effort, timing, dependencies, and delivery constraints to support effective prioritization.
• Proactive mindset with a willingness to identify knowledge gaps, seek guidance, learn from peers, and adopt standard tools, templates, and best practices.
• Experience working with business partners, technical teams, sponsors, stakeholders, or matrixed teams preferred.
• Experience working in the Auto Finance industry preferred.
• Familiarity with collaboration and project tools such as SharePoint, Jira, Agile boards, project plans, trackers, or similar tools preferred.
• Familiarity with Design Thinking Principles and Practices preferred.

Minimum Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience
• High school Diploma or GED equivalent

Who We Are:

Ally Financial is a customer-centric, leading digital financial services company with passionate customer service and innovative financial solutions. We are relentlessly focused on "Doing it Right" and being a trusted financial-services provider to our consumer, commercial, and corporate customers. For more information, visit www.ally.com.

Ally is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic disposition or any other reason protected by law.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if after review of the position expectations, you believe that you may need a medical accommodation to fulfill the duties of this role, please email hrpolicy@ally.com with details of your accommodation request.