Avp, Program Manager - Boston, United States - Global Atlantic Financial Group

Global Atlantic Financial Group

Verified Company

Boston, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

COMPANY OVERVIEW
Global Atlantic Financial Group is a leader in the U.S. life insurance and annuity industry, serving the needs of individuals and institutions.

Global Atlantic is a wholly-owned subsidiary of KKR, a leading global investment firm that offers alternative asset management across multiple strategies and capital markets solutions.

We are looking for a diverse team of talented individuals who reinforce our culture of collaboration and innovation.

We are dedicated to the career development of our people because we know they are critical to our long-term success.

Join our team and come grow with us.

The KKR-Global Atlantic partnership - The Global Atlantic Story

POSITION OVERVIEW

This position will be a direct report to the VP, Shared Services (Including Technology, Risk) Portfolio in the Operations, Shared Services Organization at Global Atlantic Financial Group.

The Shared Services is focused on the design and implementation of integrated solutions to enable efficiencies and effectiveness; supports the strategic planning, budgeting and governance of business transformation initiatives and facilitates coordination across functional and organizational boundaries; collaborates with stakeholders to assess business process efficiency, operational performance and environmental factors to identify improvement opportunities; manages and coordinates resources to support program and project management, business analysis and provides oversight of project execution; and serves as GA's center of excellence in the execution of large scale business transformation initiatives.

This role can sit out of our New York City, Boston or Hartford Offices.

As a member of the EPMO team, Shared Services Program Manager partners with Human Resources, Legal & Compliance, Corporate Services, Corporate Development and Risk and other key stakeholders to lead the Shared Services function for Global Atlantic.

This role oversees and directs the strategy for the planning, and execution of the Shared Services portfolio of projects focused on shared services transformational engagements for our business.

You will work closely with project teams (including product owners, technology solution architects sourcing consultants and industry SMEs) and key stakeholders to understand customer and user needs, resolve conflicts and remove barriers, and ensure deliverables are on-time and meet quality standards.

This role will typically interface with a diverse mix of internal and vendor stakeholders, all working towards the goal of delivering a project on-time and at or under budget.

We are looking for someone with an entrepreneurial and consultant outlook, has a systems thinking mindset, the ability to simplify the complex and act upon it, who is comfortable working in a dynamic team environment, and who will embrace the opportunity to connect cross functionally with other ahead, program/portfolio management experience, and possess excellent business partnering, negotiation and networking skills.

Responsibilities:

Oversee and ensure technology projects are on time and on budget that require multiple layers of service providers and internal and external stakeholders.
Build and maintain collaborative relationships with business stakeholders, technology partners, Strategic Sourcing, and other key teams across organization.
Drive and Lead vendor selection process (including RFPs and Pricing) and manage against deliverables (including SOWs, change management, approval of deliverables).
Prioritize and report on project portfolio updates and value capture plan with internal stakeholders for Shared Services Monthly Governance reviews
Translate the business strategy, needs & requirements into clear direction for the project teams
Drive and execute multiple projects at a time based on demand of shared services projects
Drive and execute in the definition of project scope and goals, including project and staffing estimation
Define and create project approach, including project plans, targets, milestones and dependencies in Workfront/ Jira tool
Coordinate and manage Technology related annual discretionary planning and Quarterly financial planning with Business Finance Officer and Business sponsors/leads
Serve as the product owner in Agile / SCRUM development process; write user stories, groom the backlog, and lead sprint planning
Track project/engagement dependencies, milestones, and deliverables to ensure successful project implementation and deployment by closely working with business and technology teams.
Experience as a Project Manager in the Shared Services and IT sector
Relevant industry recognized certification related to project management, e.g. PMP, o Agile PM, o SAFe.
Good Knowledge and 15+ years of experience of project management (Agile, Prince2, PMP, Waterfall) methodologies
Lead stakeholder communications across all project work threads. Ensure appropriate communications regarding issue