MassMutual · 16 hours ago
Project Mgmt Director
Springfield, MA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expMassMutual's ETX Delivery Management & Migration Technology organization is seeking a highly motivated and experienced PMO Director to join their team. This role involves overseeing project management processes, leading project managers, and developing strategies for governing the project portfolio to ensure compliance with organizational policies and standards.
FinanceFinancial ServicesInsuranceLife InsuranceRetirement
No H1B
Responsibilities
Establish PMO role, create center of excellence that aligns with project manager standards and guidelines, quality standards and company strategy
Be a trusted partner to a business stakeholder(s) aligned to a specific domain
Provides process improvement recommendations based on best practices and industry standards
Demonstrates leadership and the ability to build a high performing team by operating inclusively and motivating their team around their vision to drive results
Support development of and participate in standard governance forums, working groups, COEs/guilds to enable consistency in process and innovation
Articulates vision and business value and impact of the work to the team, key partners, and stakeholders
Adopts project management governance and standards to consistently drive results with deliverables across Product and Platform Technology
Clearly articulates roles and expectations to the team
Implement efficiencies that meet or exceed the financial expectations established at project initiation
Develop and govern program and portfolio management processes, uses of dashboards, templates, keeping aligned with policies and metrics
Monitor projects, programs and portfolio to ensure compliance with project policies and standards as well as keeping to schedules, budgets and quality expectations
Manage project, program and portfolio deliverables and tasks
Coach and mentor team, share knowledge, and best practices
Hire and manage PMO staff, including project, program and portfolio professionals, in line with project objectives
Coordinate deliverables with project managers, et al., while supporting contractors and reporting structure
Oversee project managers of all projects to make sure delivery of their projects is on time and within budget as well as meeting quality standards
Reports to organization leadership team on progress and performance of PMO
Ensures top talent is aligned to organizational strategic priorities
Identify project, program and portfolio priorities, deal with challenges and communicate project risks and opportunities
Establishes and ensures adherence to a department budget, providing project-level budget forecasts and manage in accordance with the established budget
Assist with prioritization of incoming demand and strategic execution, as well as building compelling business cases for future efforts
Works very closely aligned to our broader organizational Portfolio Management team
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 8 years of project management experience
At least 3+ years of management experience and creating an engaging work environment
Bachelor's degree
8+ years of experience acting as an advisor and partner in the development and definition of business strategies
Must be authorized to work in US without visa sponsorship now and in the future
Preferred
Proven track record of leading and delivering medium to large scale programs and projects
Excellent presentation, influencing and reasoning skills including the ability to interface across all levels of the organization and communicate in a way that reinforces the value and impact of the work
Experience managing business engagements, starting with building strong relationships with the various business leads and balancing a wide variety of competing and sometimes conflicting priorities
Proven ability to promote ideas and proposals persuasively, shape stakeholders' opinions, project a positive image, work through conflicts and negotiate win/win solutions
Experience with multiple delivery models including waterfall, agile, Kanban, etc
Familiarity with data and analytics processes including ETL, data governance, reporting, and data science
Experience working with technology vendors and managing supplier relationships
Experience with policy administration platforms at all stages of application and product development lifecycles
Company
MassMutual
MassMutual is a mutual life insurance company that provides investment management and trust services.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Eddie Ahmed
Chairman, President & CEO
Roger W. Crandall
Chairman, President & CEO
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