AVP Strategic Project Manager

Sedgwick

About The Position

By joining Sedgwick, you'll be part of something truly meaningful. It’s what our 33,000 colleagues do every day for people around the world who are facing the unexpected. We invite you to grow your career with us, experience our caring culture, and enjoy work-life balance. Here, there’s no limit to what you can achieve. Newsweek Recognizes Sedgwick as America’s Greatest Workplaces National Top Companies Certified as a Great Place to Work® Fortune Best Workplaces in Financial Services & Insurance AVP Strategic Project Manager PRIMARY PURPOSE OF THE ROLE: To develop and manage strategic project assignments through completion; to lead and direct strategic project teams; to communicate results; to make recommendations to management; and to provide training.

Requirements

Ten (10) years of related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience required to include five (5) years project management, claims operation management, managed care, insurance-related and/or statistical analysis experience.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university preferred.
Six Sigma Black Belt certification preferred.

Responsibilities

Identifies and leads strategic project planning needs, assignments and prioritization, based on improvement opportunities within the business unit.
Identifies business needs, performs cost/benefit analysis, identifies required resources; researches strategic project data, procedures, and history for a thorough understanding of project direction.
Generates and analyzes statistical data reports.
Develops, prepares and manages strategic project plan through completion and acts as key stakeholder for business unit.
Communicates activity progress to involved parties.
Coordinates and facilitates strategic project teams; assigns responsibilities to team participants and utilizes influencing skills to drive results
Identifies, researches, and resolves business challenges, analyzes and interprets complex business processes and develops and documents new procedures
Transitions program to management personnel
Engages with and presents project information to senior leaders to gain approval and funding.
Develops and provides training to management and colleagues as needed.
Administers company personnel policies in all areas and follows company staffing standards and training recommendations.
Interviews, hires and establishes colleague performance development plans; conducts colleague performance reviews.
Provides support, guidance, leadership and motivation to promote maximum performance.