Senior Project Leader, Integration Management

This job posting is anticipated to remain open for 30 days, from 01-Sep-2026. The posting may close early due to the volume of applicants.

Are you a strategic project leader who thrives on solving complex business challenges and driving meaningful change? As a Senior Project Leader, Integration Management Office, you'll lead large-scale, high-impact integration initiatives that support the firm's long-term success. This includes leading complex integration efforts associated with acquisitions and strategic partnerships.
In this highly visible role, you'll partner with senior leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional teams to plan, execute, and deliver complex projects that improve processes, enhance capabilities, and advance strategic priorities. You'll serve as a trusted advisor, bringing together diverse teams, managing risks, influencing decision-making, and ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with lasting business impact.
This role offers the opportunity to lead critical enterprise initiatives, mentor others, and influence outcomes across multiple areas of the firm while helping the organization navigate growth, change, and continuous improvement. The position may also serve in a leadership capacity within an Integration Management Office (IMO), coordinating workstreams, facilitating governance, and driving execution of complex integration programs.

What You'll Do

• Lead large-scale, complex integration projects and strategic initiatives that span multiple departments, business areas, and external partners.
• Partner with senior stakeholders and business leaders to define project objectives, scope, success measures, and implementation plans.
• Facilitate the gathering and analysis of business requirements to ensure solutions meet organizational needs.
• Develop and manage project plans, timelines, resource strategies, risk identification and mitigation approaches, and decision support tools to ensure successful delivery.
• Manage cross-workstream dependencies, critical path activities, integration risks, and escalation processes to support successful execution.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams, including Business, Finance, Operations, Technology, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Human Capital, and external partners, to achieve project milestones and business outcomes.
• Monitor project scope, budget, timeline, quality, and risks, proactively addressing issues and escalating concerns when appropriate.
• .Support readiness planning and transition execution activities to ensure successful implementation and business continuity.
• Lead organizational change efforts, helping stakeholders adapt to new processes, systems, and ways of working.
• Mentor and influence project team members, fostering collaboration, accountability, and high performance.
• Continuously identify opportunities to improve efficiency, strengthen processes, and enhance the effectiveness of Integration Management tools and practices

Current Internal home-based associates please note: Even as a campus-based posted role you are eligible to apply and, if selected, you may retain your home-based status. However future business or regulatory needs may require on-site work and some roles may carry a preference for campus-based presence.

What you will need:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, or a related field
• 10+ years of experience leading complex, cross-functional initiatives like acquisitions, strategic partnership implementations, business integrations or large-scale organizational change initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of integration management disciplines, including governance, dependency management, risk management, readiness planning, and value realization.
• Proven ability to lead and influence project teams, stakeholders, and senior leaders, often without direct authority.
• Experience managing multiple projects simultaneously, including scope, budget, timelines, risks, and dependencies.
• Strong problem-solving, organizational, and decision-making skills with the ability to navigate complex business challenges.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to tailor messages for technical teams, business partners, and executive leadership.
• Experience using enterprise project management tools and methodologies.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, make sound decisions, and drive results with broad organizational impact.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, influence senior stakeholders, and drive alignment across competing priorities.
• Experience working within an Integration Management Office (IMO), Transformation Office, Enterprise PMO, or similar governance structure preferred.

Candidates that live within a commutable distance from our Tempe, AZ and St. Louis, MO home office locations are expected to work in the office four days per week.

Edward Jones does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, gender, religion, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis prohibited by applicable law.

Edward Jones' compensation and benefits package includes medical and prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary benefits (such as accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness), short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage. Short- and long-term disability, basic life, and basic AD&D coverage are provided at no cost to associates. Edward Jones offers a 401k retirement plan, and tax-advantaged accounts: health savings account, and flexible spending account. Edward Jones observes ten paid holidays and provides 15 days of vacation for new associates beginning on January 1 of each year, as well as sick time, personal days, and a paid day for volunteerism. Associates may be eligible for bonuses and profit sharing. All associates are eligible for the firm's Employee Assistance Program. For more information on the Benefits available to Edward Jones associates, please visit our benefits page.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act. Edward Jones is prohibited from hiring individuals with certain specified criminal history as set forth in Section 3(a)(39) and 15(b)(4) and Rule 17a-3(a)(12) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, and conducts background reviews consistent with FINRA Rule 3110(e). A copy of a notice regarding the provisions of the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance is available at: dcba.lacounty.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/FCOE-Official-Notice-Eng-Final-8.30.2024.pdf.