Program Manager, Worksite

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CNO Financial Group

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Retirement • Insurance • Life Insurance • Annuities • Long Term Care

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1979

💸 Finance

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Description

• Accountable for the leadership, management, and direction of the largest and most complex/visible projects at Optavise, with budgets of typically up to $5M (and possibly more) and has a high impact to the organization. • Serve as a recognized expert and advisor across the organization. • Provide leadership and vision to program resources and stakeholders; demonstrate how to effectively execute and deliver on strategy. • Provide responsibility and guidance for meeting the overall strategic and business goals of the organization. • Maintain an observant view of the organization and a general view of each project to ensure convergence on objectives. • Lead multiple projects and is highly effective at resource planning and engagement of resource and vendor management in defining staffing needs and providing feedback to build and maintain a high performing team. • Define program charters, scope, objectives, success metrics and key milestones. • Anticipate bottlenecks, provides escalation management, anticipate and make trade-offs, and balance the business needs versus technical constraints. • Identify potential (positive/negative) risks and applicable contingencies plans. • Effectively coordinate project implementations across teams using very different approaches. • Develops and manages communication plans. • Provide continuous alignment of program scope with business objectives and make recommendations to modify programs and projects to enhance effectiveness toward the business result and business area intent. • Develop and lead executive-level steering committees which results in significant influence & impact on the CNO enterprise. • Direct internal/external consultants to upgrade, re-build and/or re-design programs using innovative business solutions. • Establish and facilitate appropriate governance frameworks including but not limited to: steering committees, change control, prioritization, as well as escalation and issue resolution processes. • Negotiate and deliver resource commitments between departments and teams. • Conduct complex process mappings, recommend and execute process improvements, and manage Agile/sprint-based implementations. • Develop plans to address complex risks and issues; recommend solutions and best practices for PMO. • Work with broad and high limits of authority to deliver and execute resource commitments between teams and departments. • Manage large internal and external resource requirements with competing demands and cross-functional intersections on the largest and most complex sized projects. • Frequently engage with executives to provide program oversight; provide input on large financial decisions. • Request and review proposals; negotiate and process contracts. • Interact/influence across all levels of management. • Delegate authority and empower others as appropriate.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Management, Operations, or other related field is required; or 8 years of equivalent work experience. • 10+ years of related experience, with proven project management experience on large and complex projects. • PMP, Lean, Six Sigma Green Belt, and/or Agile/Scrum Master certifications

Benefits

• medical insurance • dental insurance • vision insurance • 401(k) retirement plan with company match • short-term & long-term disability insurance • Paid time-off and corporate holidays • paid parental leave • company paid life insurance