Senior Project Manager at Rgare

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RGA is a purpose-driven organization working to solve today’s challenges through innovation and collaboration. A Fortune 200 Company and listed among its World’s Most Admired Companies, we’re the only global reinsurance company to focus primarily on life- and health-related solutions. Join our multinational team of intelligent, motivated, and collaborative people, and help us make financial protection accessible to all.

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.

Principle Duties:

• Leads projects beginning-to-end.

• Leads multiple, cross-functional business and IT projects and technology initiatives and applies innovative solutions to systems, hardware, software, networking, programming, and/or applications problems.

• 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.

Qualifications:

Education:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS) or equivalent experience. Required Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS) and/or LOMA certification Preferred

Work Experience:

• 10+ Years experience in project management, resource management, programming, or systems analysis. Required

Skills & Abilities:

• Highly advanced project management skills. Demonstrates ability to evaluate project objectives and scope feasibility, gain understanding, schedule resources, and manage budget to plan. Required

• Ability to lead, facilitate and drive to decisions with Executive Management. Required

• Previous experience managing large international/global projects. Effectively managed projects leading Virtual teams. Required

• Proficient in software development methodologies Required

• 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 Required

• Highly advanced oral and written communication skills, demonstrating the ability to convey business terminology that is meaningful and well received Required

• Highly advanced level of investigative, analytical and problem solving skills Required

• Expert ability to balance detail with departmental goals/objectives Required

• Advanced skills in customer relationship management and change management Required

• Highly advanced ability to translate business needs and problems into viable/accepted solutions Required

• Highly advanced ability to manage multiple projects and/or teams simultaneously Required

• Project Web Access Required

• Application Development for Finance functional area or Finance background Preferred

What you can expect from RGA:

• 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.

Compensation Range:

Base pay varies depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience and market location. In addition, RGA provides an annual bonus plan that includes all roles and some positions are eligible for participation in our long-term equity incentive plan. RGA also maintains a full range of health, retirement, and other employee benefits.

RGA is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, gender identity or expression, sex, disability, veteran status, religion, national origin, or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.