EPITEC
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Leads the Project Management functions and activities.
- Leads projects with identifying issues and risks and ensuring the issues and risk are resolved in a timely manner.
- Provides leadership and mentoring on project management best practices (including scope, time, cost, communications and risk management) for team members.
- Ensures that the responsibilities, authorities, and accountability of all project staff are defined and understood.
- Identifies cross-organizational barriers that impact multiple projects or programs and ensures these barriers are removed. Works with senior management across Information Technology and the business area(s) to accomplish this.
- Consults with IT and Business Leaders to review initial investment initiatives to determine goals, time frame, funding limitations, procedures for accomplishing a project, estimated staffing requirements, and allotment of resources.
- Ensures the accuracy and timeliness of project financials.
- Leads, directs and has full management accountability for staff in area of responsibility with an emphasis on talent management and succession planning in accordance with corporate strategic direction.
- Sets direction for project management practices, processes and procedures.
- Ensures consistency of project management practices across Projects.
- Builds a community of practice for all project managers.
- Facilitates and encourages the sharing and adoption of best practices and lessons learned across all project managers.
Additional Requirements:
A senior-level PM with experience leading large-scale cross-functional projects. Must possess strong leadership, communication skills and experience working senior executives (minimum of 10-12 years). Enterprise PM experience - managing multi-million dollar+ projects involving cross-functional teams, MSP’s and multiple vendors. Strong financial acumen of project accounting, budgeting, operational costs, accruals, capital vs. expense project activities. Ability to manage/drive multiple projects and work streams.
Skills:
- In depth technical knowledge of project management practices and processes.
- Ability to effectively interact and communicate with all levels of external and/or internal business partners within scope of responsibility, team and/or matrix environment.
- Leadership and management skills demonstrating integrity and professionalism.
- Ability to drive results by identifying and resolving problems within scope of responsibility.
- Knowledge of the insurance industry, its products and services.
- Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite and other business-related software.
Soft Skills:
- Self-directed
- Capable of managing ambiguity and scope creep
- Detail oriented
- Ability to understand technical concepts and jargon
- Work alongside and infuence senior executives
- Drive results in a matrix structure
- Effective at working with and managing both MSP’s and vendors
Education:
- Bachelor's degree with Master's preferred in a related discipline, or equivalent.
- Typically a minimum of 10-12 years of related work experience, with five years management experience. • Applicable certifications preferred.