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Voya Financial · 17 hours ago

Project Management Director

Voya Financial is committed to providing individuals and communities with access to financial opportunities. The Project Management Director will manage strategic initiatives, ensuring project planning, execution, and reporting align with corporate goals while addressing complex business challenges and fostering collaboration across teams.

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Responsibilities

Responsible for shaping, leading, developing and maintaining program/project strategies to support business objectives and drive growth, ensuring alignment of initiatives to strategic goals and objectives
Drive execution and achievement of milestones in highly matrixed organization without direct control of resource management responsibilities
Address business challenges by bridging the gap between strategy and execution and identifying scalable solutions designed to reduce the complexities
Act with strong personal and situational awareness; understands what motivates stakeholders; learns their concerns, takes them seriously and addresses them
Partners with Finance to support and provide insight to leadership on portfolio and/or program financials and forecast; understands what is driving the costs and what is needed to achieve desired outcomes
Responsible for financial management of respective programs/projects. Accountable for understanding financial trends, insights and recommendations
Responsible for effective vendor management including being able to manage effectively the sourcing process within context of the role, managing vendor deliverables, understanding dependencies both for individual vendors and between multiple vendors, managing risk mitigation and understanding where the vendor supports a critical path item
Act as a trusted advisor / leader with team, customers, and stakeholders at all levels of the organization (up to and including SLT/EC); solid executive presence
Industry leading and expert knowledge and understanding of project management best practices, principles, project lifecycles, and various delivery methodologies
Apply industry leading project and program management knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to project deliverables, processes, communications, and presentations
Develop and deliver compelling fact-based stories and recommendations in written and presentation form while teaching and coaching others
Hands-on and results driven leader with a proven ability to work collaboratively and effectively across organizations and cross functional teams
Drive complex situations to develop strategic, concise plans of action that help business areas achieve defined goals
Foster an environment and culture that appropriately balances the “art” and “science” of project delivery across various methodologies while building deep bench strength and growth opportunities
Effectively understand, interpret and communicate insights related to budgets, cost benefit analysis and trends in actuals for respective programs/projects
Proactively coach and mentor members of the PM community across the enterprise

Qualification

Financial AcumenVendor ManagementChange ManagementProject ManagementStrategic PlanningCommunication SkillsLearning AgilityCustomer FocusCritical ThinkingTeam Mentality

Required

Bachelor's degree or master's degree, or related field or equivalent work experience required
Industry leading and expert knowledge and understanding of project management best practices, principles, project lifecycles, and various delivery methodologies
Expert understanding of project management or portfolio management principles
Expert knowledge of a project lifecycle and methodologies
Strong interpersonal, communication, and influencing skills required
Strong knowledge and experience with vendor management
Expert Project/Program/Portfolio Management Financial Acumen ability
Experienced leading significant change management and transformation efforts across business and technology partners
Effectively, clearly and concisely communicate in all methods (verbal, written, presentation) to all levels of the organization

Preferred

Innovative strategic thought leader with the ability to question status quo, influence change and provide forward thinking
Sought out as a proven project management professional
Demonstrated ability to apply judgement in all scenarios
Strong ability to communicate the need for change, its purpose, and it's expected impact to stakeholders at all levels of the organization to ensure understanding and buy-in
Highly results oriented; ability to effect change in a matrix managed geographically dispersed environment
Strong competency in customer service
Continuous learner; quickly adapt to changing environment and personalities

Benefits

Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year

Company

Voya Financial

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Voya Financial is a financial services company that specializes in the fields of retirement, investments, and insurance.

H1B Sponsorship

Voya Financial has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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2025 (1)
2024 (4)
2023 (2)
2022 (1)
2021 (5)
2020 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
unknown
2018-06-01Acquired
2013-05-02IPO

Leadership Team

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Heather Lavallee
CEO
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Michael Katz
Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer
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