Responsible for managing the day-to-day operational aspects of multiple, large-scale, complex strategic, regulatory, and departmental projects with cross-functional teams.
Effectively develops and gains approval of project charter, identifies and assembles project team, creates detailed project plan, performs risk and issue management, and monitors scope creep; uses appropriate change management when needed.
Coordinates with third parties / vendors to promote successful execution when needed.
Ensures optimum utilization of resources and management of budgetary targets to meet goals.
Creates and maintains comprehensive project documentation.
Measures project performance to ensure compliance with expected quality standards.
Publishes status reports to sponsor, business process owner, project team, and key stakeholders.
Reports and escalates to management as needed when project time deadlines become at-risk.
Records and shares lessons learned and best practices.
Contributes to enhancing the PMO best practices, processes, and policies.
Supports adoption of the scrum framework by coaching team on embracing agile values and principles.
Facilitates annual strategic planning activities and project portfolio selection if needed.
Provides coaching and mentoring to project team members and other associates.
Develops and leverages strong working relationships.
Champions spirit of continuous improvement.
Performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience.
Project Management experience leading large scale, complex projects.
Must have life or health insurance knowledge and experience
Proficient in MS Office Suite and experience using Smartsheet is preferred.