Unum · 16 hours ago
Senior IT Project Manager
Chattanooga, TN
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$89K/yr - $184K/yr
6+ years expUnum is a Fortune 500 company that is driving a digital transformation in the employee benefits industry. They are seeking a Senior IT Project Manager to lead complex projects, manage cross-functional teams, and ensure successful project delivery while mentoring colleagues and improving project management practices.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsurance
Responsibilities
Delivers results for medium and large cross-functional project initiatives within established timeframes and quality measures
Utilizes advanced level project management skills and extensive knowledge of the System Development Lifecycle (SDLC) methodologies to manage assigned projects
Consults with business leaders to translate a project idea into a defined project with goals, objectives and scope
Identifies resources needed, negotiates with people managers as required to lead a project team, ensuring clarity of project roles and responsibilities, so that all project plans are completed within defined timeframes, meeting objectives and strategic goals
Develops and implements communication and reporting mechanisms to manage issues, risks, and timely delivery of initiative results. Translates project goals and objectives into a defined future state and project success measures that can be understood by project stakeholders, project team, and others
Ensures business needs and objectives are effectively captured in functional and non-functional business requirements for a system, process, or workflow
Oversees business requirements to meet expected business solutions and traces delivery of requirements through testing to final implementation. Generally, understands business requirement management and quality management in order to provide expected business solutions. Manages project quality through activities such as conducting appropriate reviews, obtaining approvals, and taking corrective action when necessary, with mentoring by a more experienced program manager, if applicable
Ensures that project documentation is complete, current and archived appropriately
Articulates project management best practices with peer group and others within Unum, as applicable
Contributes to adjustments to the corporate system development methodology
Proactively identifies barriers and resolves issues, determining contingency plans (executing as needed), while mitigating risk. Escalates issues to appropriate audiences for awareness and/or additional support
Proactively establishes and maintains cooperative, productive cross-functional partnerships on current projects and deliverables and prepares for future project opportunities
Promotes the benefits of change and acts as a catalyst for change across the corporation and adapts to changes imposed by others
Organizes and directs the activities of cross-functional project teams. Prioritize tasks to meet deliverables and commitments on time. Ensures that project members’ time and experience is well utilized. Recommends alternatives/options to minimize any schedule delay
Shares project experience/knowledge and mentors others across the corporation to help build project management skills
Qualification
Required
Bachelors degree, or equivalent relevant work experience
Has 6+ years of experience with a focus in finance, project management, systems, or IT
Extensive knowledge/understanding of SDLC methodologies
Extensive knowledge of logical data model/management
Effectively uses technical project management tools
Exceptional ability to work effectively in a dynamic, rapidly changing business and technical environment
Exceptional initiative and ability to set stretch goals
Exceptional ability to negotiate effectively with business and IT partners on business requirements and timeframes on large initiatives
Exceptional ability to rally support among peers and work effectively in challenging situations
Exceptional analytical and problem solving skills and the ability to balance the need to gather detail with the need to solve the problem
Exceptional general management skills including: Conflict resolution and negotiation skills, Facilitation and elicitation skills, Exceptional consultative advisory skills
Exceptional ability to effectively articulate difficult ideas and concepts through clear and concise verbal or written communication
Exceptional ability to identify and apply different communication mediums based on content and audience at all levels (both internal and external to Unum) to achieve intended goal
Has advanced PC skills (Excel, Power Point, Word, etc.)
Preferred
Has 6+ years of experience with a focus in finance, project management, systems, or IT
PMP designation
ServiceNow experience
Extensive knowledge of Unum's products and businesses
Benefits
Healthcare benefits (health, vision, dental)
Insurance benefits (short & long-term disability)
Performance-based incentive plans
Paid time off
401(k) retirement plan with an employer match up to 5% and an additional 4.5% contribution whether you contribute to the plan or not
Company
Unum
Since our founding in 1848, Unum has been a leader in the employee benefits business through innovation, integrity and an unwavering commitment to our customers.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$700M2025-11-11Post Ipo Debt· $300M
2024-06-05Post Ipo Debt· $400M
1986-11-14IPO
Leadership Team
Curt Burghardt
Vice President People Delivery
Mike Schubert
Vice President Of Technology
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