Job Description
Key Responsibilities:
- As part of the Enterprise Actuarial PMO organization, provide day-to-day oversight and project management for actuarial model build and testing on new Prophet platform, inclusive of required model input/output data via Snowflake
- This is a hands-on project management role that also may require oversight of and/or coordination with other PM/SM team members to drive delivery of complex multi-year projects
- Help develop and maintain project roadmaps, develop long- and short-term project plans, establish interim milestones, identify cross-project dependencies, ensure adherence to deadlines, and update the team regularly on project progress
- Develop strong relationships with key project stakeholders from various teams (business, IT, and other shared services teams) to facilitate strong cross-functional collaboration
- Partner with project sponsors & stakeholders to define project scope, priorities, timelines, milestones, deadlines, plans, RAID logs, resource plans and deliverable schedules
- Apply best-fit methodology for project execution (i.e., Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall, etc.)
- Remove or facilitate the removal of impediments to ensure program teams have what they need to succeed
- Escalate, track and report on project risks and issues; drive key decisions with project stakeholders; and manage changes to scope, schedule, and budget via formal change control process
- Apply knowledge of PMO tools to capture and report on key project metrics and utilize a data driven approach to status reporting
- Communicate status updates via formal weekly/monthly project status reports to project stakeholders and impacted teams, as well as various levels of management
- Facilitate continuous improvement across the team including through the application of process excellence disciplines
- Align, manage, and navigate external dependencies and key stakeholders outside the project team
- Ensure business readiness for supporting delivery and adoption
- Co-ordinate with internal resources and external consultants to deliver quality solutions
- Stay up to date with industry trends within the Actuarial and PMO domains
Required Skills / Experience
- 7+ years’ experience in program/project management with a demonstrated track record of successfully delivering business value
- Financial services experience, with specific experience on Actuarial projects/programs (e.g., GAAP LDTI, Prophet platform implementations, etc.)
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment within medium to large organizations
- Ability to oversee multiple projects, deliverables, and resources independently
- Understanding of platform implementation and integration best practices and systems development lifecycle methodologies
- Knowledge of needs analysis, process mapping, requirements gathering & solution discovery
- Experience managing stakeholders and project teams effectively
- Familiarity with various Agile methodologies (scaled Agile, scrum, Kanban, etc.); experience implementing Agile practices and tools and ability to act as scrum master for Agile teams
- Experience managing quality assurance, regression, user acceptance, and production parallel testing activities, along with defect management/resolution
- Excellent communication, presentation interpersonal, negotiation, and organizational skills; demonstrated professional acumen
- Team player focused on collaboration and continuous improvement
- Self-starter with sound judgment and decision-making skills and an analytical, data-driven mindset
- Proficient in common project management tools including – MS Project, Smartsheet, JIRA, ADO, MS PowerPoint, Excel
Preferred Skills / Experience
- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- Relevant Agile certifications – e.g., CSM, SAFe, RTE, etc.
- Experience supporting Life Insurance and Annuity business areas
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