AVP Strategic Project Manager

Sedgwick is a company dedicated to supporting individuals facing unexpected challenges, and they are seeking an AVP Strategic Project Manager to lead and manage strategic project assignments. The role involves project planning, communication with senior leaders, and providing training, while also overseeing strategic project teams and resolving business challenges.

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

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