Senior Program Management Consultant

EMC Insurance Companies

10d•$103,954 - $164,309

About The Position

At EMC, we’re all about working together to make an impact. As part of our team, you’ll have the opportunity to grow, contribute, and gain experience that matters. We strive to be caring leaders, close partners, and responsive experts—always supporting each other to do our best work. Join us, and let’s improve lives together.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferably in business, management, computer science, or insurance or equivalent relevant experience
Ten years of experience in project and/or program management or related experience
Excellent leadership, mentorship and relationships building skills
Advanced knowledge of all aspects of project management
Sound understanding of Agile methodology and business analysis
Excellent verbal and written communication, documentation, influencing and presentation skills
Excellent organizational and analytical skills
Ability to distill and communicate highly complex issues for technical and non-technical audience
Ability to work on multiple projects while meeting deadlines
Ability to distill and communicate highly complex issues for technical and non-technical audience
Working knowledge of change management concepts and practices
Ability to maintain confidentiality
Occasional travel required; a valid driver’s license with an acceptable motor vehicle report per company standards required if driving

Nice To Haves

PMP (Project Management Professional) and/or PMI-ACP (Project Management Institute - Agile Certified Practitioner) designations preferred
Insurance designations preferred

Responsibilities

Manages multiple highly complex and highly visible enterprise-wide strategic programs’ execution to successful completion (such as cross-functional, multi-phase, multi-year, million-dollar projects that may involve new technology or multiple systems)
Drives the creation and delivery of program plans and timelines, business cases and corresponding return on investment estimates and forecasts
Provides coordination, direction, communication, and status reporting for the program to all relevant stakeholders
Drives the adoption and sustainment of changes within the program in compliance with EMC’s Change Management framework
Drives the alignment of programs with strategic goals and long-term views
Ensures alignment of programs and performance metrics across the enterprise
Provides communication for ongoing support, decision making, and tracking of programs
Determines how initiatives should be broken down, organized, and scoped out in support of corporate strategic goals and objectives to achieve the desired outcome for the program in support of strategic business needs
Engages with EMC leadership and key stakeholders to drive strategic alignment and decision making
Leads and facilitates issue resolution and ensures risks associated with business activities are effectively identified, monitored and controlled
Leads multiple teams in the development of estimates and cost-benefit analysis, project delivery and resource plans, schedules and dependencies
Assess costs, benefits and risks, and risk response through effective action and appropriate resolution
Provides overall vision and guidance to the program, builds consensus, and support throughout the program lifecycle
Utilizes risk management practices to address execution challenges associated with quality, schedule and cost, in adherence with project management framework
Oversees program planning, execution, and deployment.
Reviews, discusses, submits and/or approves all change requests and deliverables
Facilitates information collection and documentation, work categorization, and prioritization involved with portfolio of enterprise-wide strategic programs
Works with business partners to identify resources, assemble project teams, and assign responsibilities across the working group
Drives collaboration among the initiative leaders, project managers and the delivery teams
Collaborates with project stakeholders to develop a robust risk mitigation plan
Clearly defines project roles, responsibilities, and expectations to ensure appropriate accountability
Creates awareness, accountability and alignment for program resources, ensuring deadlines are being met and employees are focused on the value-add activities in the order of priority
Clears roadblocks across all initiatives.
Escalates issues to sponsor and/or executive committees as needed
Monitors project execution to deliver incremental business value
Collaborates with program leaders on direction and methodology
Conducts trainings and provides support on non-strategic initiative projects as part of a center of enablement, including teaching project methodolgy capabilities
Partners with the Agile Delivery Enablement team for a consistent, company-wide delivery, approach and continuous improvement for business analysis, project and program management, and Agile delivery to ensure a project alignment with the overall strategy and objectives of the organization.
Mentors and coaches peers on best practices and project methodologies.
Maintains an on-going knowledge base of new and changing program management, project management, and business analysis tools, skills, terminology, and processes.
Assists with departmental communications and website content, as well as maintaining and improving the portfolio, program, and project management software used in support.

Benefits

life, medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
Competitive paid time off plan
full day of volunteer time off annually
401(k) plan match
pension plan
OneEMC bonus plan
recognition and anniversary awards
Professional development and growth opportunities
tuition reimbursement
Wellness initiatives to improve team member well-being and reduce health insurance costs