Project Analyst Visa Sponsorship Jobs in Massachusetts

Key Responsibilities

Project Delivery

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of initiatives across Finance programs, Workforce programs, and Vendor onboarding programs, from initiation through execution and closure.
• Develop and maintain detailed project plans, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, and deliverables.
• Ensure project scope, timelines, and success criteria are clearly defined, documented, and agreed with all stakeholders.

Milestone Management & Execution

• Draft, socialize, and baseline milestones for each initiative, ensuring alignment with broader program objectives.
• Actively track progress against milestones and identify risks, issues, and dependencies early.
• Hold stakeholders accountable for milestone adherence and execution of agreed actions, escalating as appropriate.
• Drive timely decision‑making to unblock execution and maintain delivery momentum.

Stakeholder Management & Governance

• Partner with senior leaders and functional owners across Finance, HR, Technology, Procurement, Legal, and Vendor Management.
• Establish and run regular project governance forums, status reviews, and executive updates.
• Provide clear, concise, and transparent reporting on progress, risks, and outcomes.
• Ensure alignment across multiple workstreams and manage cross‑program dependencies.

Risk, Issue, and Change Management

• Proactively identify, assess, and manage project risks and issues.
• Drive mitigation plans and ensure risks are clearly communicated and owned.
• Manage scope changes through appropriate change control processes.

Vendor & Third‑Party Coordination

• Support vendor onboarding initiatives, working closely with Procurement, Legal, Risk, and Vendor Management teams.
• Coordinate vendor‑related milestones and ensure internal and external stakeholders meet onboarding requirements.
• Track and report on vendor onboarding progress and readiness.

Standards, Controls, and Continuous Improvement

• Apply standard project management methodologies, tools, and controls.
• Ensure projects comply with internal policies, risk standards, and governance expectations.
• Identify opportunities to improve project delivery practices, templates, and reporting.
• Develop Operational metrics dashboard for these initiatives on the Red Amber Green framework. Publish necessary dashboards.

Required Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent work experience.
• 12 – 15+ years of experience in project management, preferably within financial services or a highly regulated environment.
• Proven experience managing cross‑functional initiatives involving multiple senior stakeholders.
• Strong experience developing and managing milestone‑driven project plans.
• Demonstrated ability to influence and drive accountability without direct authority.
• Experience working across Finance, Workforce/HR, Technology, and Vendor‑related initiatives is strongly preferred.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong project planning, execution, and delivery discipline.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Ability to manage complexity, ambiguity, and competing priorities.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving capabilities.
• Executive‑ready written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with standard project management tools and reporting methods.

Preferred Qualifications

• Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, or equivalent).
• Experience with large‑scale transformation or enterprise programs.
• Familiarity with vendor onboarding, procurement, and third‑party risk processes.

Salary Range:

$80,000 - $140,000 Annual

The range quoted above applies to the role in the primary location specified. If the candidate would ultimately work outside of the primary location above, the applicable range could differ.

Employees are eligible to participate in State Street’s comprehensive benefits program, which includes: our retirement savings plan (401K) with company match; insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages; paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities; access to our Employee Assistance Program; incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards (excluding certain sales roles subject to sales incentive plans); and, eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans.

About State Street

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