Senior Project Manager

Role Overview

• Leads and manages multiple, large, cross functional, and more highly complex projects and/or technical initiatives.
• Assemble project teams, manages project, delegate responsibilities, provide training, and develop project schedules.
• Determine and acquire resources needed.
• Participate in the development of policies, procedures, standards and controls.
• Responsible for project scoping and budgets.
• Support business planning requirements including, but not limited to budgeting, scheduling and workload planning.
• Drives out cross-functional decisions through project steering facilitation.
• Provides leadership and direction on firm-priority programs and projects.
• Mentor associates on the project teams including, but not limited to hiring, training, evaluating, and coaching.
• Maintain and foster internal client relationships.
• Take ownership of the relationship and ensure that clients’ objectives are met and gain understanding when the objectives are not feasible.
• Analyze customer requirements, evaluate new or existing technology, present recommendations, and determine test and implementation schedules for introduction of new or enhanced systems, networks, hardware, software, or applications.
• Plan and manage resources ensuring all projects meet obligations and budget expectations.
• Provide technical guidance to ensure effective systems’ utilization and integration.
• Maintain current knowledge of industry practices, trends and applications.
• May perform an advisory role to senior management on potential new business developments and programs.
• Ensure that projects adhere to the project approval process as dictated by the Portfolio/Project Management Office (PPMO), track time and provide quarterly reports to the PPMO.
• Establish and maintain best practices and consistent project management policies and guidelines in line with IT project management methodologies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience.
• Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) and/or LOMA certification Preferred.
• 10+ Years experience in project management, resource management, programming, or systems analysis.
• Highly advanced project management skills.
• Demonstrates ability to evaluate project objectives and scope feasibility, gain understanding, schedule resources, and manage budget to plan.
• Ability to lead, facilitate and drive to decisions with Executive Management.
• Previous experience managing large international/global projects.
• Effectively managed projects leading Virtual teams.
• Proficient in software development methodologies.
• Highly advanced level of people management skills, demonstrating the ability to lead, mentor, and develop associates; including the ability to delegate key areas of responsibility.
• Highly advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received.
• Highly advanced level of investigative, analytical and problem solving skills.
• Expert ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives.
• Advanced skills in customer relationship management and change management.
• Highly advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions.
• Highly advanced ability to manage multiple projects and/or teams simultaneously.
• Project Web Access.
• Application Development for Finance functional area or Finance background.

Benefits

• Gain valuable knowledge from and experience with diverse, caring colleagues around the world.
• Enjoy a respectful, welcoming environment that fosters individuality and encourages pioneering thought.
• Join the bright and creative minds of RGA, and experience vast, endless career potential.