RiverSource Technology Leadership Development Program Associate
About Our Company
We’re a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of year-end 2024. Our team of 22,000 people across 19 countries, serves more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.
Job Description
Are you looking for a company that values diversity, collaboration, and growth? The Ameriprise Financial Leadership Development Program (LDP) offers meaningful work experience for emerging talent in a FORTUNE 500® company within the Financial Services industry. The Technology LDP is an 18-month experiential commitment crafted to cultivate your business knowledge, gain on-the-job training, network in an encouraging, inclusive, team-based environment, have exposure to senior leaders and contribute to the success of the company through 3-4 rotations. With access to our Business Resource Networks – which includes the Black Employee Network, Young Professionals Network, PRIDE Network – you will increase your own sense of belonging and engage in relevant networking and development opportunities. Embark on this journey as a Leadership Development Program Associate and lay the foundation for your future.The 18-month Technology LDP program offers a structured technical concentration or a pathway to upskill in a specific technology team. This position is for our Minneapolis-based RiverSource Technology LDP Pathway.
As a Technology LDP, you’ll support three key areas of the RiverSource Technology team for a 6-month rotation each.
The Systems Engineering team supports general infrastructure including network infrastructure changes using infrastructure as code and DevOps tools. As part of the team, you will support existing and future technologies in cloud environments, app migrations, and troubleshoot system failures and recommend fixes or improvements.
The RiverSource Data Lake team supports curation and ingestion of data to support various business modeling and general reporting. As part of this team you will build, develop data files/feeds for curation and loading into the data lake.
The Operations Management team uses various tools to monitor RiverSource technology systems for availability, user issues, and nightly batching. As part of this team, you use monitoring tools to evaluate, monitor and remediate system performance issues.
After exploring the breadth of the business unit through each rotation, LDPs may have the opportunity to post to a permanent position within Ameriprise Financial.
Responsibilities
The Technology LDP contributes to the success of the firm by delivering technology solutions to support the evolving needs of our clients, advisors, and employees. Our Technology organization is committed to strengthening and securing our systems, delivering unparalleled customer experiences, uncovering efficiencies, and growing and succeeding as a team.
As part of the Technology Leadership Development Program, you will cultivate leadership skills by co-collaborating and leading different Committees (Employee Engagement, Professional Development, Volunteer Committee and more).
Responsibilities vary depending on rotation and assigned projects(s) and may include:
Gather, analyze, and document business requirements
Develop, document, test, and modify new and existing code
Develop working knowledge of Ameriprise systems, processes, data, and vendor tools
Learn and apply standard techniques, procedures, and criteria to the development life cycle
Write and maintain development/programming/systems documentation, as well as operations and user guides, as required.
Make recommendations for improvements. Continuously improve analysis skills and best practices from prior projects, training and peer learning.
Establish and maintain effective working relationships with technology teams, business partners and LDP peers
Participation in Technology LDP Committees
Required Qualifications
Current Senior at a 4-year university pursing a bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Computer Information Science, Information Technology Infrastructure, or related field.
Graduation date of December 2025 or May/June 2026
Commitment to complete the full 18-month Leadership Development Program
Preferred Qualifications
High degree of self-motivation with strong integrity and ethics
Proven organization skills and ability to manage time effectively
Excellent communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills
Ability to work and communicate collaboratively with all levels of the organization including team members, managers, and senior leaders
Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite
Prior classroom, project, or work experience with software development/programming/coding
Visa Sponsorship
Applicants must have a valid work authorization that does not now, or in the future, require visa sponsorship for employment in the United States (e.g., H-1B, F-1 CPT, F-1 OPT, TN).
In-Office Collaboration
We are a client-centric, relationship-based business. Working together, in-person, is foundational to how we achieve results. By fostering a culture of face-to-face collaboration, idea sharing, productivity and personal connection, we deliver for our stakeholders — clients, advisors, employees and shareholders. Our employees work in the office at least four (4) days per week, with flexibility to work from home one (1) day per week. Some roles may require additional in-office time or different in-office expectations, and specific requirements will be discussed during the hiring process.
Base Pay Salary
The estimated base salary range for this role is $85,000/salary. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and/or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.Full-Time/Part-Time
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Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information, citizenship, disability status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for individuals with disabilities. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or interview process, speak to your recruiter to discuss how we can support you.
